workaround for PAS-16 on Gateway 2000 P5-90

[John Karabaic]

This is an abridged copy of an email I sent to ask_next:

NextAnswer 1158 (1158_Pro_Audio_Spectrum_16_Sound_Adapter.rtfd) mentions
that the PAS might have trouble on IRQ 5 on some systems. We had a
similar problem on the subject machine, but the sounds were not repeating
infinitely, as the NA said, but only partly (like a skipping LP record).
I did notice that they all seemed to skip in the exact same place, as far
as my ear could tell.

I changed the DMA channel from 7 to 0, and the problem went away. There
were some pops in the sound which lessened when I changed the IRQ to 15
from 5.

For those of you who are more PC-hardware-literate than I am, does the
order of DMA channels matter?

Those of you having sound card problems on other PC's might try this and
report back...
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John S. Karabaic, j...@exNeXT.com, 513 825 6266, 513 825 0443 (fax)
Senior Software Engineer, Vanguard Software Corporation
Opinions expressed are mine, not Vanguard's or SENCO's