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In article <virtuallD...@netcom.com> virt...@netcom.com writes:
>From: virt...@netcom.com
>Subject: Re: Sound problem in modem play
>Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 01:20:54 GMT

>kki...@netcom.com (Kamikaze Kitty) writes:

>>This is a sound card/com2 conflict... I had the same problem, a standard SB on 
>>irq 7 and a modem on com1.  The default is Com2 for descent. so when I selected 
>>multi-player modem it checked com2, which the soundcard didn't like. I set com 
>>settings to com1 and when I restarted the game it wouldn't check com2... so it 
>>sounds all nice now...

>There is another probably cause if your modem is on COM3 and COM4 and 
>is a problem with the code Descent uses to detect the UART type for
>those two ports.  This has been fixed in version 1.1 which will be made
>available as either a patch or a new distribution of two disks shortly.

>If you use a COM3 or COM4 modem, you should pick up the 1.1 when it is
>posted.  Or if you can change to COM1 or COM2 the problem will likewise
>disappear.  The only side effects of this bug are the sound and probably
>the program will not correctly detect your UART type for 38.4k baud.

>Special thanks to the folks on IRC #descent who pointed this out within
>hours of release.
>----
>Robert Huebner
>Interplay Productions


One note on this:  The Wang 14/14i uses an early-version UART; the 16c450, not 
the standard; i.e. 16550.  DESCENT reported finding a 16550, and DOOM sees it 
as an 8250

thanks for the reply, and for the patch!  :)