Re: ae's sonic blaster: question...

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Sagochangi writes ...
> 
> i just bought one of applied engineering's sonic blasters for my rom 03, and
> everything seems to be running well.  the midi mapping hasn't improved any, but
> at least i can't hear my mouse whirring as background noise on my speakers any
> more.  i've got the card installed in a slot, but the slot isn't mapped to the
> card.  all it's doing, near as i can tell, is drawing power and intercepting
> audio signals from the jumper block it's connected to on the motherboard.
> 
> gs/os is currently using the apple.midi driver for midi support, so my question
> is this: were there any drivers for the card, to replace apple.midi, or for any
> other capacity?  and will i need to map the slot to the card to enable those
> (theoretical) features?
>
 ....

     A IIgs 'Stereo Board' typically uses a Slot as a place to get power
and to physically support the board. I do not know whether or not the
Sonic Blaster has any special stuff requiring access to Slot bus
signals-- probably, it does not.

     The main task of such a board is just to de-multiplex IIgs sound
into two channels. It also does some filtering, boosts the level a bit,
and may supply outputs which can directly drive speakers. Some boards
include a sound input for use with digitizing software like Sound Shop.



Rubywand