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- Watch -- Multi-Function MIDI Analyzer
- Copyright 1990, Kevin Weiner
- All rights reserved
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- Hardware
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- Watch needs a minimum of 162K of available ram for the program code,
- though 280K or more is recommended to permit large enough data areas for
- processing incoming data. Additional space is required to work with
- standard MIDI files.
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- The following MIDI interfaces are supported: all Roland MPU-401
- compatibles, IBM Music Feature card, Key Electronice MIDIator,
- Creative Labs SOUND BLASTER (with MIDI adapter).
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- Directories
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- For ease of use, it is recommended that WATCH.EXE and its associated
- files be kept in a subdirectory in the DOS path. The help files are
- assumed to be in the current directory, or else in the path. When Watch
- exits it updates the file WATCH.STP with any setup changes that were
- made. The first time the program is run, that file is created in the
- current directory if it was not found. Watch will also search the path
- for the setup file, so if only one setup file is desired, it should be
- moved to a path directory.
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- Device setup
- ------------
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- To select special MIDI device options, include the -d option on the
- Watch command line. The -d option identifies the MIDI interface(s) in
- use, and optionally, the IRQ and base I/O address:
-
- -dmfc selects IBM Music Feature
- -dmpu selects MPU-401 compatible
- -dmidiator selects MIDIator
- -dsbmidi selects SOUND BLASTER MIDI
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- (The first 3 letters of the device name are sufficient.)
-
- The MIDIator cannot be detected automatically and the -dmid option
- must always be specified if one is in use.
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- Optional IRQ and I/O port address information can be added following
- the device id if necessary:
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- -dxxx:<irq>:<ioaddr>
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- For example, to define an MPU-compatible interface using IRQ 5 and I/O
- address 332 (hex), use:
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- -dMPU:5:332
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- If only the I/O address is required but the default IRQ is alright,
- use -dMPU::332.
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- The irq and ioaddr are not relevant to the MIDIator, though the first
- option number can be given to indicate use of the com port 2 instead of
- the default com 1. (ex: -dmid:2)
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- To set up a device before hand, define the "opt1" environment variable
- to be the -d option that would be included on the command line. For
- example:
- set opt1=-dmpu:5:332
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- This line would generally be added to the autoexec.bat file to
- select the option permanently.
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- Help
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- All data entry within Watch is self-prompting. More complete usage
- information is contained in the help files, WATCH1.HLP and WATCH2.HLP.
- The help files may be viewed within the program via the F1 help option
- on any screen. They may also be viewed as normal text files, or
- printed. If using an editor to view them, be careful not to modify
- them, since they are specially formatted and may not be viewable within
- the program if modified.
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