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Aptiva - Prometheus audio device driver (ARIA16) installation

Applicable to: United States

This article describes how to install the Aria 16 audio device drivers for OS/2 on an IBM Aptiva or PS/1.

SETUP
This installation requires OS/2 WARP version 3.0 or later. This device driver requires the IBM OS/2 Aptiva Update diskette for Aptivas. To obtain an update diskette, download the file OS/2-ARIA.EXE from the IBM software library on American Online or Prodigy.

1. REMark the following lines in CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\ARIA\BIN\SOUNDCFG.SYS C:\ARIA\ARIA.CFG 298
DEVICE=C:\ARIA\BIN\SNDSAVER.SYS /R298

The above lines should look like the following example
REM DEVICE=C:\ARIA\BIN\SOUNDCFG.SYS C:\ARIA\ARIA.CFG 298
REM DEVICE=C:\ARIA\BIN\SNDSAVER.SYS /R298

2. Open OS/2 window.
At the C: drive type cd OS2\boot <enter>.
Type attrib -r clock01.sys <enter>.
Type attrib -r clock02.sys <enter>.

3. SHUTDOWN and REBOOT
Aptiva ARIA16 Audio Installation for OS/2
To install device support, insert the Aptiva Aria16 Audio diskette (created from the download instructions) in drive A: and type MINSTALL from the A: drive. Select "Aria Audio System 16" and select "install".

The Aptiva Aria16 Audio device driver installation adds the following 3 statements to your CONFIG.SYS file:
DEVICE=X:\MMOS2\TIMER0.SYS
DEVICE=X:\MMOS2\ARIA16DD.SYS /B:290 /I:10 /M:330,9 /N:ARIA161$
DEVICE=X:\MMOS2\AUDIOVDD.SYS ARIA161$

X: is the drive where MMOS2 is installed

The following parameters are valid for the ARIA16DD.SYS driver:

PARAMETERS	VALID VALUES	DEFAULT
Base I/O port address	280, 290, 2A0, 2B0	290
Aria Interrupt level	10, 11, 12	10
Midi Port	320, 330	330
Midi Interrupt level	5, 7, 9	9

SHUTDOWN and REBOOT

Using Audio in DOS and WIN/OS2 Sessions
To improve audio in DOS and WINOS2 sessions, set the following DOS properties:

Property	Setting
AUDIO_ADAPTER_SHARING	Required
DOS_HIGH	On
HW_TIMER	On
INT_DURING_IO	On
VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION	Off
XMS_Memory_Limit	7000k

Audio Concurrency Issues - OS/2, DOS, Win-OS/2

Using a single audio device, it is not possible for two programs (device drivers) to use the device at the same time.

DOS applications do not participate in MMPM/2 resource management. When DOS sessions use the audio device, all other programs are unable to access the audio device.

Problems
When opening a WIN/OS2 session an error is generated, "Midi Error". Select "Don't display this warning in the future". Click OK. Please ignore this message.

	Search Keywords	OS/2 Warp
	Hint Category	Audio, OS/2, Hardware Installation/Configuration, Software Installation/Configuration
	Date Created	17-04-97
	Last Updated	11-02-99
	Revision Date	11-02-2000
	Brand	IBM Aptiva
	Product Family	Aptiva
	Machine Type	2144, 2168
	Model	1R2; 66P; 67P; 86P; OR8
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