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Sound Blaster
@5084.ADF
- Creative Labs, Inc. - SOUND BLASTER/MCV
@5103.ADF -
Creative Labs SOUND BLASTER PRO MCV CT5330
sbpmwu.exe
Win 3.1 drivers for SB/SB Pro MCV
sbpmdu.exe
DOS Drivers for SB/SB Pro MCV
NT support- Creative's site sez
"NO" to NT 3.51 and NT 4.0
OS/2 No drivers at Creative Labs
Link to Creative Lab's Download site HERE
Use to find SB utilities
SBPro MCV
SB MCV (CT5320)
>Is the MCA Creative Soundblaster (Pro) a useble
soundcard, MIDI W95/98 e.g.?
From Peter
Yes - from the principle.
However the card technically bases
on the old 8-bit ISA (!!) card, roughly conversed to MCA and originally
designed for Stage I and II MCA (80286 and low-end 80386 machines). They
tend to cause bus timeout errors on faster machines ... and since you mentioned
Win98 (which won't work properly on most PS/2) these will be your prefered
machines I guess.
Best recommendation: do yourself
a favour, forget the SB MCV and buy a ChipChat or SoundPiper card. They
have been designed and tested to work with the better PS/2.
Hardware General Info
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General Hardware
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SB MCV (CT5320)
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SB Pro MCV (CT5330)
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General
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FM Synthesis
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Yes
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Yes
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Digitized Sound
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Yes
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Yes
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Stereo Power Amplifier
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No
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Yes
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Digital/Analog Mixer
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No
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Yes
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Plug and Play
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No
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No
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CD-ROM Interface
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None
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None
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Hardware Settings
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Interrupt (IRQ)
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3, 5, 7
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3, 5, 7
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8-bit DMA Channel
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1
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0, 1, 3
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16-bit DMA Channel
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N/A
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N/A
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Joystick I/O Address
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200
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200
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Audio I/O Address
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210, 220, 230,
240, 250, 260
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220, 240
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FM Synthesizer I/O Address
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388
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388
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External Connectors
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Mic-In
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X
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X
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Line In
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X
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X
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Line-Out
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X
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Speaker Out
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X
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Game/Joystick Port
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X
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X
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PC Speaker
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X
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CD-ROM Audio-In (SB Audio Socket)
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X
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Audio
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