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From: kayd@prism.cs.orst.edu (Kayd)
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Subject: Miniscribe & Sound Blaster Questions
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Date: 5 May 91 00:22:48 GMT
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First the miniscribe question.  I have a miniscribe 8438 hard drive with
head 0 inoperative.  Repair costs are out of my league, so I was wondering
if anyone had the pinout for J10, (Where the heads plug into the controller
card on the drive) so I could re-wire head 3 in place of head 0 so the drive
would at least be 75% usable again.  Or, are there any easy tests that can
be done to determine if it is a problem with the on-drive controller rather
than a crashed head?  

Now for the Sound Blaster Question.  Does anyone have a map of the sound
blaster registers and addresses so I can program some of my own music or
sounds?  It would sure be nice if I could write some software to change the
annoying ^G beep into a pleasing sound blaster `ping' or something like
that.

I think the Sound Blaster is worth the $158 (delivered) cost that I paid
for it.  It adds a new life to old games, as well as new ones.

Darrek Kay
Kayd@Prism.cs.orst.edu
(503)737-9410