kayd@prism.cs.orst.edu (Kayd) (05/05/91)
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