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Aztech/Packard Bell FM Radio Card Controller v1.02
by Jason Lewis (c) 1998 (see below for copyright stuff)
jlewis@solstice.vtc.vsc.edu
The official home page of this program is
http://bigbang.vtc.vsc.edu/fmradio/fmos2.html
More information about this card, as well as more software, are available at:
http://bigbang.vtc.vsc.edu/fmradio/
Installation
------------
To install this program, just put it somewhere in the PATH, or tuck it in a
special directory and make a WPS object on your desktop (or LaunchPad or
WarpCenter) to point to it (OS/2 System, Templates, Program). It has no
extra DLL's (or .HLP :( ) files, so all you need to move is the executable
(PMRADIO.EXE).
All settings are stored in USER.INI. This file is built into OS/2, so you
don't need to worry about creating it.
If your card is set to use port 358h instead of 350h (factory), supply 358
as a command line argument. Ex: "pmradio 358".
Use
---
To tune a station you can either type in a number or use the Station Up and
Down buttons. To fine-tune a station (not usually necessary), use the Fine
+ and - buttons. You can also use the Scan buttons to automatically find a
station.
There are 12 preset buttons. To set one, tune the station you want using one
of the methods above, then click on Set, and finally click on the preset
button you want to set (1-9 or A-C).
You can use the volume slider to adjust the card's on-board volume control
circuit. You can also use the mixer for your sound card to adjust the volume
for the input that you attached the FM Radio card to (ESOP).
The "tower" icon to the right of the frequency display will emit yellow lines
when a valid station is detected. If that station is broadcasting in stereo,
the headphones to the right of the frequency display will emit red lines.
Lame. Yes, I know.
Bugs
----
4/14/98 Fixed: Made the program show up in the Window List. Oops. Thanks
to Vladimir, for finding this one.
4/21/98 Fixed: Behavior of station Up/Down when the current station is
fine-tuned.
6/10/98 Fixed dates in above bug listings. :)
6/10/98 *Really* fixed the process listing bug. I should have listened to
Vladimir, when he said it still didn't work. l:)
This program is pretty simple, so I don't *think* there are any (more) bugs.
But, if you find one, just send me an e-mail at the address above, and I'll
fix it.
Notes
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I realize that this program is pretty darn ugly, but I only spent about a
week working on it. It works, and suits my meager needs. However, I am
more than willing to make the source available to anyone who wishes to spruce
it up. To me, it's not worth the effort to make a prettier interface. But,
I do think such interfaces are generally pretty damn cool (ie, WarpAmp).
Distribution
------------
This program is completely free.
If you redistribute this program, be sure to leave this file (READ.ME)
in the archive, and don't charge more than five bucks (for this program).
Copyright
---------
I don't know much about copyright law, but you probably can't redistribute
this program with your name on it.
As many rights as I have are reserved.
Warranty
--------
None. If this thing fries your hard drive, eats the cat, or blows up Jupiter
I refuse to be held responsible. It probably won't do any of these, though.
Credits
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I used Alger Pike's example i/o port code in this program.
see his site at http://avenger.mri.psu.edu/os2page.html
I used an example program from EDM/2 (using a dialog for a main window)
see EDM/2 at http://www.edm2.com/
The original radio card code was written by
* Jason Lewis (jlewis@vtc.vsc.edu)
* Scott McGrath (smcgrath@twilight.vtc.vsc.edu)
* William McGrath (wmcgrath@twilight.vtc.vsc.edu)
I used the following books as reference:
OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming by Charles Petzold ISBN:1-56276-123-4
Real World Programming for OS/2 2.11 by Blain, Delimon & English ISBN:0-672-30563-1
OS/2 2.1 WorkPlace Shell Programming by Stefano Maruzzi ISBN: 0-679-79162-0
I used Peter Chapin's Y editor to write this program (as with all of my
programs)
download Y at ftp://lunchtime.vtc.vsc.edu/pub/y/