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MPU401 is for either external midi synths connected to the midi/joystick
port, or for daughterboard connected on a waveblaster port, assuming your
card has one. My Aztech card from Packard Bell does. It's a 26 pin
connector, two rows of 13 pins each. If your board has this, you may want to
consider an upgrade. I got a Yamaha DB50XG for mine and oh what a difference
it made.

Nick
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>Hi all.
>
>Sorry for the big list of groups that I've sent this message, but I
>really would like to get a response to my "boggle".  (Please send
>responses via email to nickmooney@softhome.net, as I really can't
>download all the newsgroups I've posted to.  I hope you'll
>understand.)
>
>I've got a Packard Bell Pulsar 20 PC with an Aztech Labs really good
>soundcard, with an MPU-401 Chipset.
>
>In Windows 95/98 I use the Wavetable that Windows comes with, and Midi
>is really nice.
>
>However, in DOS, it's a completely different story.  There are drivers
>for the MPU-401 which load in the autoexec.bat, and it says which IRQ
>the card is on (10) and the Port it's on (330), but no sound comes
>from it.
>
>I've configured my games (Including Ultima 8, Warcraft 2...) to use
>the MPU-401, and they don't give any errors at all.  So, I start the
>game and there is no Midi at all.  But no errors either??
>
>I've checked the volume controls and mixers and stuff, but they're
>fine.
>
>I get sounds from the same card if I tell it to use Sound Blaster Pro
>Compatible on IRQ 5, Port 220, and midi from the SBPro Compatible on
>220 and 388, but, as you can imagine, it's pretty dire.
>
>The card is just OEM, so no tech support from Aztech, and no
>newsgroups to post to, no driver disks, no manuals.  I only have the
>drivers that are on the CD with all the stuff on it.
>
>If there are any DOS Wavetable drivers out there (There doesn't seem
>to be any with the CD, I've run every EXE and COM file it came with)
>which I can use.
>
>I'm an advanced Windows/DOS user, so I'll know what to do if you ask
>me to do it.  I'm just really stuck!
>
>Thanks for listening.  Please reply via email (only!) at
>nickmooney@softhome.net
>
>Hope to hear from you soon,
>--Nick.
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