README.TXT 06-02-1998 CDC For Yamaha OPL3-SAx OS/2 device driver ============================================================================= TOSHIBA DISCLAIMER Installation and use of this device driver is at your own risk. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) does not support OS/2 Warp. This driver set is produced by Yamaha and provided by (TAIS) as a convenience for TAIS customers who choose to install and use OS/2 Warp on their Toshiba computers. INSTALLATION If you accepted the default soundcard selections when you installed OS/2 Warp, you should use OS/2's Selective Install tool to remove all installed sound hardware before installing the Yamaha OPL3-SAx driver. Restart your computer after removing existing sound hardware drivers. The Installation process will ask you to provide several pieces of information about the hardware settings in your system. Before you begin, please note the following settings for the Yamaha OPL3-SAx sound system: Number of Adapters (1 for Toshiba portables) WSS Interrupt Lever (IRQ) WSS DMA Channel (playback, record) These need to be different DMA channels for playback and record. WSS Base I/O Port (534 is default) FM Synthesis Base I/O Port MPU401 Base I/O Port You can control these settings on your Toshiba computer using the TSETUP program from plain MS-DOS, or you can access the TSETUP screen by holding down the <Esc> key while the system processes its Power-On Self Test (POST). The Soundcard settings may be on page 2 of the BIOS settings, so you may need to press PgDn. The recommended settings for the Yamaha sound system in your Toshiba notebook under OS/2 are: WSS I/O: 530 (used interchangeably with 534) SB I/O: 220 (or 240 if you are using a token ring LAN Adapter) IRQ: 5 FM Synth: 388 DMA: 1 (Play) 3 (Record & SBPro) MPU401 I/O: 330 (or disabled) Control Register I/O: 370 (cannot be changed from default) WRITE THESE SETTINGS DOWN! o As always, it's a good idea to back up your system prior to installing any new software or device drivers. o From an OS/2 command prompt, change to the directory where the un-zipped files are stored and type MINSTALL to start the IBM MMPM/2 installer o You should see "Yamaha OPL3-SA Series Audio Adapter", and the version number should be 1.1.7 (127K). If this is not the case, you can adjust the drive and path to the extracted files using the provided controls. o Click to highlight the "Yamaha OPL3-SA Series Audio Adapter" entry. o Click "Install" to begin the driver installation. o The installer will ask you about changing CONFIG.SYS (say yes), about how your Yamaha sound system is set-up, and some gameport options. Refer to the settings you wrote down. The entries for the driver setup must match the hardware settings you wrote down. Ymersion mode should be set to "SA2/SA3 o Restart your computer as directed Release notes for the OPL3SA Series OS2 driver Yamaha Corporation 02/25/98 1. Version information and date Supported OS: OS/2 Warp Version 3,4 Supported hardware: YMF701(OPL3SA),YMF701B(OPL3SAS), YMF711(OPL3SA2),YMF715(OPL3SA3) YMF715B(OPL3SA3 A-Fversion) Version:3.1.6 1. Contents of this archive: GAMEVDD.SYS CARDINFO.DLL OPL3SA.HLP AUDPLAY.ICO MIDIPLAY.ICO VIDPLAY.ICO OPL3SA.SCR CONTROL.SCR OPL3SARC.DLL GAMEDD.SYS OPL3VDD.SYS OPL3SA.SYS YMERSION.EXE README.TXT 2. Difference from Version3.1.4 Supports OPL3-SA3 Fversion. 3. Defect list There are no known defects **end**Download Driver Pack
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