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- Some miscellaneous notes regarding MIDAS Sound System v0.40a.
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-
- PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE CONTINUING!
-
- Finally it is here, a baffling four months late. We hope that
- this MIDAS release proves to be worth the wait. At least MIDAS
- is now much easier to use than before, more portable and can
- finally be used with pure assembler only. There is a bit more
- documentation and all libraries are included also in compiled
- form to decrease compilation problems. Multitracker modules are
- now supported, and you can use MIDAS with Borland Pascal 7 in
- protected mode.
-
- Read MIDAS.DOC before continuing. It contains instructions on
- how to compile the examples and some other important
- information. Also read the example source code through and make
- sure you understand what is done.
-
- The SRC\ directory contains all the source code for MIDAS Sound
- System. Included is also full source code for MIDAS Module
- Players. All necessary make scripts (*.mak files) are also
- included in the source directory. The MIDAS Sound System source
- code includes a lot of information on how to use the system, and
- you should check there first if you run intro problems.
- Especially important is the simplified MIDAS Programming
- Interface, MIDAS.*. Read the header file through before
- attempting to use it yourself.
-
- There is still very little documentation. If you have problems
- check the source code first, but do not hesitate to contact us.
- More documentation will be available on later releases.
-
- Not all the features are tested. Especially, we have not checked
- the cut-down Pascal libraries, and there might be some problems
- related to Sound Blaster series sound cards when using Watcom C.
- Borland Pascal 7 Protected Mode support might also be somewhat
- unstable, although we have not encountered any problems
- ourselves for at least a month now. Please report any bugs and
- anomalities you encounter to us, with as detailed description of
- the problem and your equipment and configuration as possible.
-
- This version of MIDAS Sound System consists of 1.4Mb of source
- code. Everything is included here for you. Creating MIDAS has
- not always been fun, far from it, and it has taken us
- considerable amounts of time better spent studying etc. Still we
- feel it has been worth it, and hope you agree.
-
- Any feedback, whether positive or negative, is always welcome.
- Please use Internet e-mail if possible - it's fast, inexpensive
- and lets us deal with the messages when we have time. Our final
- examinations are starting in a few days now, so do not be
- disappointed if you do not get an answer right away.
-
- I hope this has not been very confusing. I'm too tired to think
- straight anymore, and am sick and tired of building this MIDAS
- release package. Anyway, have fun and remember (once again):
- Read the source code!
-
- Petteri Kangaslampi, pekangas@sci.fi
-