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PAS 16 install warning
Message #47664
Warning to those who are using the new PAS 16 with a proprietary CDROM drive: I just installed the new PAS 16, rev D on my 386 computer, which already had a Mitsumi drive with a proprietary interface. I discovered the hard way, by a whole weekend of struggle, the…
I've sent you by E-Mail a copy of a reply I wrote to Joe Greer (mine was a reply to message 46704) on the same point. The answer is, I'm not completely sure, and think it would be safer to ask Media Vision directly, but I thought the tech support…
No, sorry, Susan isn't on Compuserve. She used to be one of the major computer and appliance vendors on Prodigy, but she terminated that (there were too many problems with credit card fraud.) It sounds as if your phone bills, from Guam, could be astronomical. Can you connect to CIS…
Nice to hear from you, too. I finally got a Mitsumi this winter – but still haven't really gotten involved with using it much. I have been spending my time learning about QEMM and memory management and IRQ conflicts instead (I've learned a lot. . . .). For anyone else…
I think you'd be safer asking in the MULTIVEN forum or calling Media Vision tech support to verify which IRQ levels are supported by the PAS 16, since my impressions from one quick phone call may not be accurate. The impression I had from talking to a Media Vision tech…
Oops – I made several errors in my previous message. 1) In Rev. D., in both the Soundblaster emulation and the Pro Audio portions, you can shift IRQ levels from software. 2) It should have said – I think the listing of IRQ levels in PC Magazine is _incorrect_ -…
I'm pretty sure I recently read that the audioports don't work with CD-ROM drives. I hope someone else can comment on whether I'm right about this. The article I read was in Windows Sources – it was an interesting commentary on the use of sound cards for business memos and…
#PAS 16 Rev D-Jumperless
Message #46644
This is a follow-up to my last message saying I discovered that Rev D of the PAS 16 is "jumperless" – you can change IRQ levels from software. This seems to be an important improvement to me. I decided to try to order the new revision (which has been shipping…
#PAS 16, Rev D
Message #46638
I've been putting off ordering a sound card until I felt I understood enough about IRQ conflicts to make sure I could make the sound card co-exist with all the other clutter on my computer. A recent PC Magazine review also mentioned IRQ problems in installing the board. I just…
#Sound card on IRQ10
Message #44223
I have a Mitsumi CDrom drive (the new internal one) on my 386 computer. I'm thinking of getting a sound card. I'm already up to my ears in IRQ conflicts. IRQ 3 and 4 are occupied (IRQ3 is shared, inappropriately), and I may be about to occupy IRQ5 (possibly for…