ACS LaserWave 16

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Reply 20 of 21, by MrFiveThumbs

Posted on 2024-08-24, 13:33

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Well, messing with the PAS16 drivers some more, I'm able to source the missing MVSOUND.SYS from another driver set, and that makes this card work a bit more.

- Load the PAS16 version of MVSOUND.SYS on config.sys, with the parameters as-is from the LW16 installer
- Use MVDIAG to set the volume level

Quick testing on Master of Magic shows that now the PAS16 music works, but no digital sounds. Setting from config.sys to enable SB emulation, I can then use the thunderboard for digital sounds. That kind of defeats the purpose though, considering the point is to use the MDR-401 and midi modules for music, and this card for digital sound effects and the CD-ROM drive interface. Neither of the two work with this hack (the lousy SB emulation doesn't count). But hey - the card is definitely less than 90% dead!

Still possibility to recover drivers fully if:
- Some miracle happens, like disks heal themselves or drivers appear from one of you humans to this thread or elsewhere on the internet
- Original owner finds the 3,5" disks and they're not as crunchy as the 5,25" disks were
- Original owner finds his hard drive and brings it here so I can poke around and recover the drivers from the original installation

Reply 21 of 21, by MrFiveThumbs

Posted on 2024-09-02, 16:53

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Well things took a 180 degree turn today.

The original seller pulled a rabbit out of his hat, and brought in today not only copies of the original 3,5" floppies - which worked, but also his original HDD - which also worked, and original manuals, plus another ISA CD-interface card, which he thought may or may not have been connected to the CD-ROM all along - and that also worked. I did yank the CD-ROM driver folder separately. For anyone interested, please find attached the original driver floppy contents.

In conclusion, the ACS LaserWave is now 100 % complete with drivers and original manuals, and the card is working. Well, mostly. Given that it seems to be a mediocre PAS16 clone, the card does seem to quirk out on some games, failing to produce other than SB emulator digital sound effects. PAS side music seems to work. Also the card's install.exe is way more happy than it was with the PAS16 sourced driver, and now the installer plays out test sounds without any hiccups. Seems to be 100% working clone PAS, which I guess means it is about 80% working in real-life terms.

For anyone looking for the LW16 drivers in the future: these are it, these are working drivers for the ACS LaserWave 16 ISA sound card.

Disk 1:

The attachment LW16_1.ZIP is no longer available

1 Volume in drive A is unlabeled   
2 Directory of  a:\*.*
3
4chord.wav       57630  14.08.91   0.00 
5dosshell.ini    18943  10.12.92   3.50 
6filelist.txt     1237   7.01.93  14.10 
7install.exe     42847  24.11.92  15.19 
8laser.wav       17362  14.08.91   0.00 
9lharc.exe       31256  31.07.89   0.05 
10midi.lzh       110105  23.03.92  13.15 
11mod.lzh        509104   6.05.92  20.54 
12mvinst.inf       6507   5.12.92   8.28 
13play.exe        39926  24.07.92   1.42 
14programs.lzh   345957   7.01.93  13.58 
15      1 180 874 bytes in 11 files and 0 dirs    1 183 232 bytes allocated
16        274 432 bytes free

Disk 2:

The attachment LW16_2.ZIP is no longer available

1 Volume in drive A is unlabeled   
2 Directory of  a:\*.*
3
4sfx.lzh        274400   6.05.92  23.08 
5speech.lzh     899018  23.03.92   3.02 
6      1 173 418 bytes in 2 files and 0 dirs    1 173 504 bytes allocated
7        284 160 bytes free

Disk3:

The attachment LW16_3.ZIP is no longer available

1 Volume in drive A is unlabeled   
2 Directory of  a:\*.*
3
4file1.lis         259  24.11.92   1.44 
5file2.lis         171  24.11.92   1.44 
6file3.lis         244  24.11.92   1.44 
7file4.lis          64  24.11.92   1.44 
8file5.lis         189  24.11.92   1.44 
9install.ins     10610  24.11.92   1.44 
10mcimixer.drv    10560  24.11.92   1.44 
11midimap.cfg     42250  24.11.92   1.44 
12mmmixer.dll     22800  24.11.92   1.44 
13mv.ini            131  24.11.92   1.44 
14mvfm.drv        23248  24.11.92   1.44 
15mvlgo.bmp        7750  24.11.92   1.44 
16mvmixer.drv     37488  24.11.92   1.44 
17mvproaud.drv    24608  10.12.92   1.45 
18mvsound.sys     16510  30.11.92  18.45 
19oemsetup.inf      952  24.11.92   1.44 
20opl3.drv        27648  24.11.92   1.44 
21pkcd.exe       106720  24.11.92   1.44 
22pmix.exe        53744  24.11.92   1.44 
23prec.exe       116784  24.11.92   1.44 
24promix.exe      36192  24.11.92   1.44 
25readme.doc       2820  14.12.92  11.00 
26sbwave.drv      33712  24.11.92   1.44 
27setup.exe      241664  24.11.92   1.44 
28update.wri      22912  24.11.92   1.44 
29vadmad.386       4690  24.11.92   1.44 
30vpasd.386       15967  24.11.92   1.44 
31        860 687 bytes in 27 files and 0 dirs    867 840 bytes allocated
32        589 824 bytes free

CD-ROM driver disk:

The attachment LW16CD.ZIP is no longer available

1 Volume in drive A is DISK           Serial number is 2612:19EC
2 Directory of  a:\*.*
3
4CDROMDRV     <DIR>      2.09.24  18.23 
5              0 bytes in 0 files and 1 dir
6
7 Directory of  a:\cdromdrv\*.*
8
9.            <DIR>      2.09.24  18.23 
10..           <DIR>      2.09.24  18.23 
11OPTI-CD      <DIR>      2.09.24  18.23 
12autoexec.bat       95   3.09.93   9.28 
13cdmke43.sys     13403   5.07.93   4.03 
14cdplay.exe      34350  14.01.92  14.22 
15chklist.ms        108   6.05.94  18.13 
16config.sb          75   2.09.93  17.32 
17config.sys         66   2.09.93  15.35 
18mscdex.exe      25377  10.03.93   6.00 
19readme.txt       5951   3.09.93  10.01 
20         79 425 bytes in 8 files and 3 dirs    82 432 bytes allocated
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22 Directory of  a:\cdromdrv\opti-cd\*.*
23
24.            <DIR>      2.09.24  18.23 
25..           <DIR>      2.09.24  18.23 
26bigbook.asc     33371  15.06.93  11.40 
27cachstub.bat      197  15.06.93  11.40 
28cdcache.exe     17730  15.06.93  11.40 
29chklist.ms         54   6.05.94  18.13 
30install.exe     84294  15.06.93  11.40 
31install.txt      8220  15.06.93  11.40 
32read.me         13714  15.06.93  11.40 
33        157 580 bytes in 7 files and 2 dirs    159 744 bytes allocated
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35    Total for:  a:\cdromdrv\opti-cd\*.*
36        157 580 bytes in 7 files and 2 dirs    159 744 bytes allocated
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38    Total for:  a:\cdromdrv\*.*
39        237 005 bytes in 15 files and 5 dirs    242 176 bytes allocated
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41    Total for:  a:\*.*
42        237 005 bytes in 15 files and 6 dirs    242 176 bytes allocated
43      1 214 464 bytes free

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