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On Sun, 06 Sep 1998 18:11:44 GMT,
nickmooney@REMOVETHIS.if.you.go.down.to.the.woods.today.you're.in.for.a.big.surprise.REMOVETHIS.softhome.net
(Nick) wrote:

>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??
>

Do you have a midi synth connected to the external midi port??

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
<nickmooney@REMOVETHIS.if.you.go.down.to.the.woods.today.you're.in.for.a.big
..surprise.REMOVETHIS.softhome.net> wrote in message
35f1702b.7983552@news.thefree.net...
>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.
>Nick Mooney - "Moo, Baa, Moo, Baa, Mooo, Baa."
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"Mike Oliva" <nospam@none.of.your.business.com> wrote:

>
>>
>>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??
>>
This card uses the Vortex Chipset, software midi currently is only
supported under the windows dos box, under plain dos you either have
to live with OPL3 sound or if your card has a Waveblaster connector
you can get a midi card. On the other hand this method has an
advantage it doesn't depend on emm386 to be loaded like the Creative
cards do. Therfore your card will even run with Ultima7. 

Werner

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