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- From: Lowey@Sask.USask.CA
- Subject: Re: OS/2 and Modplay
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.041657.1062@access.usask.ca>
- Originator: lowey@jester.usask.ca
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- Organization: University of Saskatchewan
- References: <1992Jul22.174346.28233@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 04:16:57 GMT
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- From dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap):
- > raf4482@rigel.tamu.edu (REID FORREST) writes:
- >>Has anyone had any success with OS/2 and programs like ModPlay? I've tried
- >>and Modplay slows to a crawl, and needless to say what comes out of the speak-
- >>ers nowhere near resembles music. I have a Covox Sound Master II, and can
- >>use programs designed to Covox, DAC on LPT1, Speech Thing, etc.
- >>Any help would be appreciated.
- >
- > Modplay is sending bytes directly to the sound hardware. This is a
- > timing critical application, and may cause problems. This is known.
- > Using a DAC on LPT1 will mean all your data gets channeled through the
- > spooler - not a happy situation.
-
- I use a soundblaster pro, and the PROMOD program. After I set
- HW-TIMER to on, it worked flawlessly on my 33Mhz 486, complete with sterio.
-
- You can get this program from /pub/archives/msdos/sound/promod11.zoo
- on FTP.USASK.CA. This is a DOS program, not an OS/2 specific program.
-
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- - Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Sask.USask.CA)
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