Yes, the bigger chip is: mwave

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From: "Kenneth J. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Soundblaster setup
Date: Friday 07 October 2005 18:06
> Blair Campbell wrote:
> >>1/That isa card don't work at all or 2/ I need to enable in in BIOS by
> >>assigning some system resources to it, but I don't have any documentation
> >> for
> >
> > Usually you must set %BLASTER% to the resources (IRQ...) of the sound
> > card.  If it is not a sound blaster, you also need a driver.
>
> Since you say it is a sound+modem card it is possible they share
> hardware, in which case it most likely will not work without associated
> software driver (an example would be mwave that was used in older IBM
> Thinkpads).  Of course it could simply be a an ISA-PNP [plug-n-play]
> card you may have to configure the resources the card uses; some BIOSes
> may do this, but usually a program accompanies the card and will do this
> for DOS, alternatively the ISAPNP program may work (a real mode DOS
> version is on darklogic.org somewhere or a DJGPP compiled DOS version is
> available from the maintainer's site, sorry I don't have the url handy).
>
> I'm sure you have, but be sure if you want to play CDs directly (as
> opposed to an audio file like a VOC or WAV) that you have the cable
> connected from the CD-ROM to the proper input on the sound card (some
> have multiple ones).
>
> Sorry, but without knowing what exact card you have I can't provide any
> good advice.
>
> Jeremy
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