STARTUP.SYS: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:14, 25 March 2017

VIA 8233 Startup Sound driver.

BASEDEV=STARTUP.SYS <parameters>

An AC97 adaptation of the "SoundBlaster Startup Sound Driver" by Robert Muchsel. All the driver does is randomly playing a short tune during OS/2 startup (then it uninstalls itself, hence consuming no memory).

Besides serving as an amusement, the driver may also be useful in locating IRQ sharing problems - if the MMPM/2 driver, VIAUDD.SYS, does not work while STARTUP.SYS does, the IRQs should be examined for conflicts.

The driver requires a 14.xxx kernel.

Parameters:

/MV:

Set master volume to n% (0 to 100). Default is /M:100.

/V:

Set output volume to n% (0 to 100). Default is /V:100.

/SV:

Set PC Speaker volume to n% (0 to 100). Default is /SV:60.

Platform Support:
OS/2 2.x	OS/2 3.0	OS/2 4.0	OS/2 4.5x
No	No	*	Yes

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-An AC97 adaptation of the famous "SoundBlaster Startup Sound Driver" by [[Robert Muchsel]]. All the driver does is randomly playing a short tune during OS/2 startup (then it uninstalls itself, hence consuming no memory).
+An AC97 adaptation of the "SoundBlaster Startup Sound Driver" by Robert Muchsel. All the driver does is randomly playing a short tune during OS/2 startup (then it uninstalls itself, hence consuming no memory).
 Besides serving as an amusement, the driver may also be useful in locating IRQ sharing problems - if the MMPM/2 driver, [[VIAUDD.SYS]], does not work while STARTUP.SYS does, the IRQs should be examined for conflicts.