HELPFUL HINTS
This section contains information about the IBM Multimedia Modem Plus that you will not find elsewhere in this book. You might find it helpful in some situations.
INSTALLATION
1.When you run the Multimedia Modem Plus configuration program for Windows, CONFIG.EXE, it is recommended that you run Automatic Setup to test the board. The CONFIGO.EXE configurator program for OS/2 does not support the Automatic Setup and Test or Test functions. If you have Windows installed on your system as well as OS/2, use CONFIG.EXE to test the configuration values. Record the configuration values that pass in Appendix A. Next, go back to OS/2, run CONFIGO.EXE, and use the Setup option to manually select the recorded configuration values. Exit CONFIGO and accept the Setup configuration values.
If you do not have Windows installed on your system, you must choose your own configuration values. Check your system documentation and the documentation that came with any installed hardware to make sure your configuration choices do not conflict with values already used by the system. Also try typing "MSD" at the DOS command line. If the MSD.EXE is available on your system, it will provide you with valuable COM Port and IRQ information.
2.If you need another free IRQ and/or if you do not wish to use the external MIDI port on the Multimedia Modem Plus board, you can specify 0x0 as the MIDI I/O address in the Multimedia Modem Plus configuration program. The IRQ used by the external MIDI port will then be available for other devices. This feature may be useful if you have a limited number of unused IRQ's.
The MIDI port is only used to connect to external MIDI devices. You will still be able to use MIDI on your system.
3.If you have a board or device on your computer which overlaps the I/O address range 0x278 to 0x27F the board may conflict with the standard Plug & Play address of 0xA79 defined in the Microsoft/Intel Plug & Play specification. If the device is a standard parallel port device configured for the base I/O range
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