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ProAudio Spectrum STATE Selector
Version 1.52
Copyright July 1993
All Rights Reserved
ProAudio State Selector, herein referred to as PASSTATE, is dis-
tributed under the Shareware concept and it is not free. The program(s)
may be used for a Trial Period of thirty days. At the end of this trial
period you must do one of the following:
■ Send in the required registration fee OR
■ Delete all programs from your use.
Copying of this program in welcomed and encouraged provided the follow-
ing guide lines are followed:
■ The program package or archive is not copied or
distributed after April 15, 1994.
■ All of the files contained in this package remain
intact and unaltered.
■ None of the files are altered or modified without
prior written permission of the Author(s).
■ No fees are charged to anyone except for the
following:
1. Disk Duplication/Costs.
2. Shipping.
3. Downloading fees.
4. Membership fees
This program package may be placed on ANY BBS granted the above
conditions are met.
DISCLAIMER: PASSTATE is offered to the Public without warranty and is
offered as-is. The author takes no responsibility implied or otherwise
to the loss/damage of data or information. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
What is PASSTATE?
PASSTATE is designed to fill in one of the holes left be MediaVision's
support software. This program will either save or restore certain
settings of the ProAudio Spectrum 16, Fusion 16, or Logitech SoundMan.
It will also provide a Graphical User Interface, GUI, for modify most of
mixer and volume settings of these cards. A list of these settings appear
below:
■ Mixer Settings (Input, Output, Default):
* ° FM
° Internal Mixer
° External Audio (CD-ROM)
* ° Internal CD-ROM Audio
* ° Microphones
* ° PCM
* ° Internal PC speaker
* ° SoundBlaster DAC
■ Cross Channel settings
■ Sound Settings:
* ° Loudness Switch
* ° Enhanced Switch
* ° Bass
* ° Treble
* ° Volume Left
* ° Volume Right
° Mode
* ■ Filter setting
■ RealSound setting
* Denotes the settings that the PASSTATE GUI supports.
The requirements for this version of PASSTATE are shown below:
■ MS-DOS 3.0 or Higher.
■ IBM AT, 286, 386, 486, or other 100% compatibles.
■ A Proaudio Spectrum 16, Fusion 16 CDROM kit,
Logitech SoundMan. [It is presently unknown if it
will work with other boards]
■ Some free disk space.
In addition to the requirements of the PASSTATE GUI requires a VGA card
capable of 640x480x256.
What is in the PASSTATE package?
The package should contain the following files:
PASSTATE.EXE - The actual heart of the PASSTATE program package
PASSTATE.DOC - This document
README .NOW - Last minute notes and comments
GENERAL .P16 - My general setting file
DEFAULT .P16 - The startup defaults of my PAS16
How do I use PASSTATE?
The program is run by the simply typing PASSTATE at the OS prompt.
PASSTATE can be run in a combination of ways. The command-line options
are shown below:
PASSTATE [-R|-S|-V] [filename]
First, there is a FULL interactive mode by simply running the program
WITHOUT any arguments. You will then be prompted on whether to Restore,
Save, or Abort. Enter either a R or S or you will abort the program.
Next, you will be asked for the filename you wish to do the operation.
Type in the filename and press Enter. You may include PATH designations.
If you are Restoring a file, the program checks to see if the file
exists as you typed it. If it does not find the setting file, it will
abort with an error message. Otherwise, the program will ask you to
confirm the restore operation.
If you are Saving a setting file, PASSTATE will ask you to confirm
the save operation. If you confirm, PASSTATE will then check to see if
a file with the same name exists. If it determines that that file
already exists, PASSTATE will ask you to verify replacement of the old
file.
You can force a partial interactive by specifying a -R or -S, as
the first argument, to restore or save respectively. You will then be
prompted for a filename.
You can take it one step further and make the next argument a file-
name such as PROAUDIO/DEFAULT.P16. Then the program will only ask you to
verify.
It should now be noted that PASSTATE will cease to function as of
May 1, 1994. The only was to avoid this problem will be to register your
copy of PASSTATE. Why have I done this? See "Miscellaneous Information"
below.
Using the PASSTATE GUI
The PASSTATE GUI is invoked by the command line switch, -V. If you
have a graphics card capable of 640x480x256 colors and MVSOUND.SYS or
similar in memory, PASSTATE should come up with a LED DIGIT display with
bar graphs showing the current settings of your card. Each display is
either a percentage or an error code. The only error code that should be
shown is EE, which means that the value retrieved by the program was in
error. This can happen if it was incorrectly set or you restored an
improper file. You may clear an error by successively decreasing the
setting until the error is replaced by a value. The keys allowed by the
GUI are listed below with their functions.
ALT-B Bass
ALT-E External Audio In
ALT-F Brings up File menu
ALT-H Enhanced Stereo
ALT-I Internal Audio In
ALT-L Filter
ALT-M Microphones
ALT-N Internal Speaker
ALT-O Loudness
ALT-P Pulse Code Modulator
ALT-R Frequency Modulator
ALT-S Sound Blaster DAC
ALT-T Treble
ALT-U Mute
ALT-V Main Volume
ALT-X Exit PASSTATE GUI
Down Arrow Next setting
Up Arrow Previous setting
Left Arrow Decrease the setting's magnitude
Right Arrow Increase the setting's magnitude
If the File menu is brought up, you may either Restore or Save a setting
file or you may exit the GUI. Please note that the Restore and Save options
are disabled in the shareware version of this program package. To get these
options and others, you will have to register with Zittware. See
"REGISTRATION" below.
Miscellaneous Information and Contacting Me
As a Full-Time College Student, I hope one day to graduate and move
to bigger and better things, such as good Electrical Engineering job. My
expected graduation date is now May of 1994. Since this is copyrighted
material, I do not want it to become "Abandoned Shareware". If after
April 1994, you read this Document just after downloading the package,
please contact me for a replacement and ask the SYSOP of the site or BBS
to remove the package. Please note that the SYSOP will have little choice
since the will expire and cease to function on May 1, 1994. If you contact
me I will attempt to get the SYSOP a new version of the package with my
new address. If all else fails, I plan to keep an America OnLine account
for a very long while. You can contact me there for sure. Please see
"REGISTRATION" for more information on how to contact me.
As a shareware author, I am _ALWAYS_ interested in any ideas,
comments, or improvements that can be made to PASSTATE. If you find your-
self with some ideas, please do not hesitate to contact me personally. By
keeping close contact with my users, I hope to expand PASSTATE to be an
important and versatile tool for you, the user.
REGISTRATION
As stated above this is a Shareware Package. To continue to use it
after the trial period you MUST send me a registration fee of $10US + $5US
for shipping and handling. Canadian and Foreign order will require add-
itional costs for shipping and handling. A invoice form is included in
this package as REGISTER.FRM. Registering PASSTATE will get the user the
following benefits:
■ A more efficient, latest version of PASSTATE which will -AT LEAST-
include:
° Quiet operation mode.
° Smooth transition mode.
° Removal of all Shareware messages and limitations.
° Enabling of the Save and Restore options of the GUI.
° Removal of the Registation option in the GUI.
■ A neat, well written printed manual which will include some tips
and ideas for the uses of the program.
■ A list of the all PASSTATE's error codes.
■ Notification of any significant address or technical changes.
■ Discounts on this and other new versions of Zittware products.
Site and Network Licenses are available, contact the address below for
more information. The current U.S. address to send this fee is:
ZittWare
c/o John Zitterkopf
940 North Jackson Street
7D RoseHill Place
Starkville, MS 39759
If you have any questions, comments, problems, or just want to talk, I
presently have numerous Electronic Mail, E-Mail, addresses. If you have
access to INTERNET try the following addresses in the order they appear:
jdz1@Ra.MsState.Edu
jdz1@Isis.MsState.Edu
jdz1@MsState.Bitnet
zitt@aol.com
bo262@freenet-in-a.cwru.edu
If you have an America Online account my USERID is ZITT. If you have
another E-mail accounts like CompuServe, MCImail, FidoNet, ect. there
should be a way to mail out to INTERNET addresses. I will do my best
to answer any mail I get.
Acknowledgments
MS-DOS are of course trademarks of MicroSoft.
The Proaudio Spectrum 16 and Fusion 16 is a trademark of MediaVision.
The Logitech Soundman is copyrighted product distributed and sold by
Logitech.
Many thanks to MediaVision for their PAS-SDK, without it
this project would not have been possible.
Melissa Zitterkopf for her help and patience. {You know I
can't leave the wife out 8-)}
Shane Zehnder as one of my better/older friends and programming help.
And last but not least, All the Beta Testers.