Technical Support Note
 

Product(s) involve	:	SB 2.0, SB Pro, SB Pro 2
Software(s) involve	:	DUNE II Form Virgin Software
Third party hardware	:	N.A.

 

Subject

The game DUNE II does not produce digitised sound but still play music when 
Sound Blaster mode is selected.


Description

The game DUNE II will detect the Sound Blaster card based on the BLASTER 
environment and it is UPPER CASE SENSITIVE. The following BLASTER 
environment examples show DUNE II detection of Sound Blaster address:-

BLASTER = A220 IX DX TX	Detection of SB at address 220H
BLASTER = a220 IX DX TX	SB detected at default address 220H
BLASTER = A240 IX DX TX	Detection of SB at address 240H
BLASTER = a240 IX DX TX	SB detected at default address 220H
BLASTER = SB detected at default address 220H

DUNE II will default to address 220H for Sound Blaster when the BLASTER 
environment is not set or user had use 'a' instead of 'A'.


Solution/Action

The following remedy actions are to be taken to  correct the problem :-

1. Request user to type 'set' at the DOS prompt and check that the BLASTER 
   environment is set-up.

2. Ensure that user had use 'A' and not 'a' when they set-up the BLASTER 
   environment in their AUTOEXEC.BAT.

			SET BLASTER = A2XX ...		*

			SET BLASTER = a2XX ...		*


11 March, 1993
Issue No: TSN930309



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Technical Department, Creative Technology Ltd