This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#51309-
OS/2 2.1 & SB CD DRV
Message #51460
IFS=CDFS.IFS /Q Make sure you put the file in a directory in your OS/2 path. – Keith.
#SB Pro working yet?
Message #30199
Well! That would explain the confusion between the SB and SB Pro and the line-in jacks. It explains a lot about Michael's comments. Thanks for the info. -Keith.
#soundblaster/cdrom
Message #30198
Yep! Saw it a week ago. Is the problem still there? -Keith.
DAK CDROM and Photo CD
Message #30197
It's possible about the drive being a Sony, but doubtful. The older DAK BSR drives were Sony. Sony drives use the caddy system. I don't think Sony has ever produced a caddyless system..I could be very wrong too! -Keith.
I don't know Chris..maybe something as simple as Win 3.1 compatible drivers for the Sherlock CDROM game people? – Keith.
#SB Pro working yet?
Message #29227
Michael, have you sorted out the CDROM/SB Pro problem yet? – Keith.
#Soundblaster/CdRom
Message #29226
Chris, I'm going to have a little more info to make and educated guess. First, I believe the Sherlock CDROM game is DOS based, right? Are you trying to run it under Windows? Does the SB Pro produce system sounds and play .MID files under Windows as its supposed to?…
David, you've found the correct forum for anything having to do with CDROM. You've piqued my interest in the mention of those drivers. Can you tell me if you got your drive direct from Sony and whether these drivers are Sony supplied. Or is the drive and drivers bundled from…
Clarke, I would like to know on what basis is your claim of incorrect impedance of the Line-In jack for CDROM audio is made. I don't see any specific specifications of impedances for any of the inputs on the SB Pro except for a text mention that the microphone should…
Jeff, I don't know why Sony's Optical Division is the company's best-kept secret…but it is. There are some very knowledgeable people at that number but they don't want to let the world know of them. Glad to help out. Cheers, Keith.
[>> Continued from previous msg] levels on the SB Pro to accept whatever inputs you have plugged in the card. The important ones for your case are the Master and Line inputs. Legal values ar 0-15. Let me reinforce the fact that this program is not necessarily _allowing_ the Mammals…
Hi Michael, OK let's see if we can get the hardware aspect of this dilemma out of the way. I do believe if I remember right that the Mammals disk has both Yellow and Red Book audio. Red book audio is nothing more than digitally recorded audio that has been…
I jumped in on this thread at the end…but if you are looking for a number for Sony's CDROM division, then try: Sony Peripheral Computer Products (800) 222-0878 Keith.
Michael, I have the same arrangement as you and all CD's work fine. Your statement about how you're powering the speakers is vague though. Are you driving the speakers from the SB Pro's internal speaker output? Or are you using self-powered speakers and still tapping off the front panel headphone…
No, I wasn't affronted Reese. Besides, sometimes, unnecessary explanations are beneficial for all the 'lurkers'and you can't really tell about the technical expertise of an online persona unless you've conversed before or read a lot of their threads. Thanks for the tip on the Speedway demo. Now I have another…
Thanks for the reply Reese. I guess I will wait until I get the next BLOC or Tiger catalog to read up on the product. Keith.
Thanks for the reply Reese. I am aware of the nuances of caches and buffers. I use the system cache in the 486 chip, a 2 Meg disk cache for the hard drive and expanded memory buffers for MSCSDEX. My question is how do you get a disk cache to…
Reese, right now I'm just guessing at what your product is or isn't. Please E-mail some literature of what the product is and what it is supposed to achieve. I am interested in any trick that can make a 7205 faster in data transfer. TIA, Keith.
I'm interested in your product. Something more than guesses.
Emilio, if you can find the 7/23/91 version of MSCDEX v. 2.21, it is the one that works with Win 3.1 and the LL. MS acknowledged that both recent versions of 2.21 on their MM BBS and CIS were hosed. Cheers, Keith.
I would be interested also if you turn up a source for a longer cable. TIA, Keith.
I believe that MV supplies a mixer mini-app that by default has the microphone input slider set to no input. Try and adjust the slider upward and see if you get a mike input. Keith.
soundblaster
Message #20360
No I got the unit as part of the Sony LL. You use the same cable as the one that is supplied with the Soundblaster Pro. 1/8" mini stereo to stereo RCA plugs. Yes I can play music CD's and everything else. I paid $519 for the LL from CDW…
I use a Sony CDU-535 external with the Pro by using the line in jack ont the Pro.
#19112-
MPC DRIVES
Message #19236
Dennis the Sony CDU-541 (internal) and CDU-7211 (external) are fully MPC compatible and are robust enough for future MPC spec growth. They are SCSI interfaces. Don't know anything about the Mitsubishi drive, though it sounds intriguing. Buffer size is no guarantee that a drive is MPC compatible, it depends on…
#19103-
Audio with Windows
Message #19235
I'm not familiar with the DRM-600. How does it output its analog audio stream, RCA jacks? Does it have a headphone output jack? If so, do you get audio through the headphones when you play the CD using Music Box? Do you have the audio output from the changer plugged…
#19070-
#MultiMedia Upgrade ???
Message #19234
Drives: Sony CDU-541 Int. or CDU-7211 Ext. NEC 73M Int. or 83M Ext. Matsushita/Panasonic SoundBlaster Pro proprietary Int. Sound Cards: Turtle Beach MultiSound Sampled voices Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 8 bit now…16 bit soon SoundBlaster Pro 8 bit ATI Audio F/X 8 bit Adlib Gold still ethereal since Yamaha…
#18915-
CD ROM Audio thru SB PRO
Message #18930
Try your local Radio Shack or a Silo, Good Guys, etc. etc.
Chris, I wish I could verify your observation, but I no longer have the LL. Basically, I was evaluating the library so that I could give it to my brother for his children. I did think it strange that when you clicked on a highlighted word, which is usually the…
Michael, you can still use any known brand of external CDROM drive with the SB Pro without a hitch. Only if you are going to install an internal CDROM drive and are running out of expansion slots will the proprietary SCSI port of the SB Pro be a handicap. Rumor…
Multimedia Windows
Message #17483
Robert, the 7205 works quite well with the MME. The 7205 has an 8K buffer and theoretically the MPC standard requires a 64K buffer, however in real life I and others have had no troubles playing Multimedia disks on the 7205. I presently use a SB Pro sound card with…
Sony CDROM bundle
Message #17482
No, the MM version has much more extensive audio and video selections. If you do a search on CDROM, and double-click on the word for example, you get a audio/video presentation on how CDROM works. The Compton's Family Encyclopedia shipped with the LL is not the Multimedia version.
Sony CDROM bundle
Message #17481
Thanks for the info Bob. I can't verify the multi-lingula capabilities as I gave the LL to my brother for his kids. I did forward on your message and Chris's message to my brother. As soon as he gets it installed, I will know if it works or not.
Street Atlas?
Message #17480
Dave, Thanks. Keith.
Make sure you are running DOS 5.0 's SETVER in your config.sys so MSCDEX is fooled into thinking that you are runing DOS 4.01.
I recently purchased ten caddies from CD ROM Inc. in Colorado at 303-231-9373 (CIS:72007,544) for $60 + $5 S/H.
#17135-
#Multimedia Windows
Message #17196
Robert, Windows with Multimedia Extentions are only available from manufacturers who offer the MPC upgrade kits. If you have a MPC sound card already, then contact your card manufacturer and order the Extensions. The MME comes on a CDROM and usually offers to upgrade your version of Windows to 3.00a…
I purchased my Sony LL for $519 from CDW in Chicago. Yes, the bundling is done by Sony and as such does not include the multimedia versions of MS Bookshelf nor of Comptons Encyclopedia. Mixed-Up Mother Goose is the English only version, not the multi-lingual version. The drive is the…
Ran, if you use the /V switch on MSCDEX, it will report the firmware ID of the drive its addressing. It reports the Sony CDU-6201 as the CDU-531 and the Sony CDU-7205 as the CDU-535. Thus, the 6201/7205 's are just the 531/535 dumped into a case for the external…
David, how much space is needed for Street Atlas' hard disk files?
I suspect you are right Nelson. If Sony has followed a logical numerical progression in their drive evolution, then the 541 comes after the 535 (7205 external), which came after the 531 (6201 external). Keith.
laser library info?
Message #17190
I guess you get what you pay for. I was also disappointed in the Mixed-Up Mother Goose disk. The LL manual section says MUMG has the ability to be multi-lingual, but the disk in the LL is in English only. I think my next disk is going to be Street…
Ok, Ran. Yes, I would hope it is possible to accomodate a fix in the software driver and not in hardware. Still the cost of a new interface board shouldn't be prohibitive, it's mostly a one chip VLSI board. I read in another thread of some one's experience using a…
Mad and Confused!! MPC!!
Message #17188
Sorry, Alex, that is not possible. The 541 uses a true 50 pin SCSI-1 interface card and the 535 uses the 40 pin Sony Hi-Speed Serial Interface card ( a proprietary form of SCSI ). Unless someone comes up with an adapter card to convert between the two, your only…
DAK and MM Extensions
Message #17187
Let me know your results of the MM MS Works disc test Terry. It will interesting, TIA, Keith.
DAK and MM Extensions
Message #17186
Thanks for the info. It's good to know that my system is playing the disk at normal speed. I think I am content with my current hardware. Keith.
You won't be able to use the MME. You won't be able to record audio from MIC, LINE-IN or CD sources.
Ran, what version of the LL did you get that provided you with BOTH the Toolworks (U.S.& World) atlases? Mine just has the World Atlas. Also, I think the 7205 has an auto-configuring power supply that will handle any voltage from 100-200 VAC 50-60 Hz as per the 7211 spec…
#16871-
Mad and Confused!! MPC!!
Message #17068
This is an addendum to my post to Ross. The CDU-541 as far as I can tell now has a true SCSI bus interface and as such requires a true SCSI adapter. The 6201/7205 use the Sony Hi-Speed Serial Bus, which is a modified SCSI bus adapter. Transplantation of the…
#16875-
DAK and MM Extensions
Message #17067
AHH, yes… but Terry, you realize we hardware junkies must have something out there as our Holy Grail. ;-}. Let's hope the rumor is true and a firmware fix will allow us to keep our old second generation drives a while longer. I still think we have a good 2-3…
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