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This file contains important last minute information for running PORT-ABLE
Sound. Please take a moment to read it.
1) Even though the Window install procedure loads all the DOS files, you
must run DGSETUP, in DOS (NOT from a DOS box under Windows) prior to
running any DOS PORT-ABLE Sound Plus drivers (e.g. BMASTER, PDIGI) for
the first time.
2) BMASTER is the Sound Blaster Emulation driver for PORT-ABLE Sound Plus.
There have been major improvements to the BMASTER driver in this release.
BMASTER now supports the major EMS memory managers, i.e., EMM386,
QEMM386 and 386MAX. However, since the changes to BMASTER are
invisible at the user interface level, the PORT-ABLE Sound Plus User
Manual description of how to use BMASTER is accurate. Please read the
Technical Note insert in the PORT-ABLE Sound Plus box for a full
description of the BMASTER improvements.
3) We have included an UNINSTALL program in this release (v2.0). Please read
the Technical Note insert in the PORT-ABLE Sound Plus box for a full
description of the UNINSTALL program.
4) Our Windows and BMASTER drivers now emulate the SB direct I/O playback
mode. This mode requires a much greater percentage of CPU time to transfer
sound data, as compared to the DMA mode playback. Some older applications
which use direct I/O mode playback instead of the DMA mode will work with
PORT-ABLE Sound Plus. However, the sound or the application may run slowly.
In this case we suggest that you talk to the Sound Blaster application
vendor and ask them to speed up their Sound Blaster software driver in
order to work better with slow machines and/or with Sound Blaster
Emulators, like the PORT-ABLE Sound Plus.
5) Our Windows and BMASTER drivers now fully emulate SB recording in DMA
mode. SB recording in direct I/O mode will not display an error message
(unlike previous versions of the driver), but records only silence. If you
cannot record sound using a Sound Blaster application, check to see if you
can record sound using the Windows sound recorder. This test will indicate
whether or not the problem is in the hardware.
6) When installing or setting up Windows software packages that allow you to
specify a sound card, select "MPC compatible board" or "Windows Multimedia
Extensions" board if available. If neither choice is listed, select the
AdLib board option, and then follow the procedure in note 9.
7) If you change the clock speed of your computer (e.g. Turbo button), you
must re-run the DGSETUP program in DOS prior to running a DOS PORT-ABLE
Sound Plus driver and re-run PORT-ABLE Sound Driver setup in the Windows
Control Panel if you are running under Windows.
8) If you have the EZsound FX Windows program and you cannot hear the
synthesized sound effects, or if you have selected an AdLib board for a
Windows program -- here is a way to make it work:
o Add AdLib driver by running Drivers applet from Windows Control
panel. Insert the Windows diskette(s) as required during AdLib
driver installation.
o Exit Windows.
o Find the SYSTEM.INI file, which is located in WINDOWS directory.
Edit the SYSTEM.INI file using any ASCII text editor, like EDIT
of DOS 5.
o The SYSTEM.INI contains several control sections. Find the
section labeled [386Enh]. Search for a line which looks like:
"device=vadlibd.386", and delete it.
o Find the section labeled [drivers]. There will be two lines
which read:
MIDI=ds301.drv
MIDI1=msadlib.drv
Change the lines so that they read:
MIDI=msadlib.drv
MIDI1=ds301.drv
o Save the changes and restart Windows.
9) The DOSREAD program has been completely rewritten from scratch. The
user's manual however, has not been updated. Please refer to the file
DOSREAD.DOC for instructions on how to operate DOSREAD.
---------------------- New Drivers! -----------------------------------------------
This release of the PORT-ABLE Sound Plus software contains two drivers that allow
direct use of the PORT-ABLE Sound Plus unit with more DOS programs.
DS301.SYS - This is an IBM Audio Device driver that is compatible with
any IBM program using the AUDIODD standard audio interface.
Known compatibilities are:
IBM Linkway Live! v1.00
IBM Storyboard Live, v2.0
To use this driver, use the following steps:
o Edit the CONFIG.SYS file in your bootable disk root
directory. If you have installed the PORT-ABLE Sound Plus
files to C:\PORTSND directory, add the following line to
your CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\PORTSND\DS301.SYS
If you have installed the files to a different drive or
directory, specify the full drive and directory name.
o Reboot your machine after saving changes to the CONFIG.SYS.
o Run the application and choose any of the IBM M-AUDIO
boards when selecting an audio device.
SOUND301.EXE - This is a First Byte driver compatible with any First Byte
or Davidson program that uses the SOUNDxxx drivers. A lot of
third party programs that use Text-To-Speech from First Byte
are also compatible.
To determine if an application is comaptible, look for one or
more files with filenames in the format SOUNDxxx.EXE, where
'xxx' is any three letter combination. The file SOUNDPWM.EXE
is typically present. You might have to look in a subdirectory
of the application. Known compatibilities are:
Davidson's KidWorks 2
To use this driver, use the following steps:
o Copy the SOUND301.EXE file from your PORTSND directory
into the directory containing the SOUNDxxx.EXE files.
o Rename the SOUNDBST.EXE file:
REN SOUNDBST.EXE SBST.EXE
o Rename the SOUND301.EXE file:
REN SOUND301.EXE SOUNDBST.EXE
o Run the application and choose the Sound Blaster
board as the audio device.