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- Readme.txt for Sound Blaster 16/AWE for DOS/Windows 3.1
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- This file contains the following sections:
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- 1. Package contents
- 2. Installing the software
- 3. If your audio card is a Plug and Play audio card
- 4. Update existing software
- 5. Full-duplex constraints
- 6. Online documentation
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- 1. Package contents
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- This package contains the following software:
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- - Audio drivers
- - DOS Mixer program
- - DOS Diagnostic program
- - Creative Mixer (Windows 3.1 version)
- - AWE Control Panel (Windows 3.1 version - for SBAWE card)
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- 2. Installing the software
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- To install the software:
- 1. Exit to DOS if you are in Windows.
- 2. Put the entire set of files in this package into a
- sub-directory on your hard disk (or diskette).
- 3. At the DOS prompt, change to the drive/directory where the
- installation files are located.
- 4. Type INSTALL, and press the ENTER key.
- 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the
- installation.
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- 3. If your audio card is a Plug and Play audio card
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- If your audio card is a Plug and Play audio card, you need to
- install a Plug and Play Configuration Manager before you proceed
- with the software installation.
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- * If you do not have a Configuration Manager, please download the
- Creative PnP Configuration Manager (CTCM) from the Creative Labs
- FTP site or World Wide Web site.
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- 4. Update existing software
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- To update your existing audio software, install this package to
- your existing audio software directory. The installation program
- will replace the existing files in the directory with the updated
- versions, and the original versions will be copied to a BACKUP
- directory.
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- If you specify your Windows 3.1 directory during the installation,
- the installation program will backup the existing files in your
- Windows directory to another extension (e.g. the file CSPMAN.DLL
- will be renamed to CSPMAN.D~L), and replace them with the updated
- files.
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- 5. Full-Duplex Constraints
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- To make full use of the full-duplex recording and playback feature,
- please make sure you observe the following constraints:
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- a. Start only one session of simultaneous playback and recording.
- b. Use the same sampling rate for both operations.
- c. Preferably play back and record audio files which are in
- uncompressed (that is, Pulse Code Modulation or PCM) wave format.
- d. Reduce the sampling rate for both operations if your audio
- playback and recording session is too slow.
- e. Start your Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode.
- f. Check that the version number of the CSPMAN.DLL file in your
- Windows SYSTEM directory is 3.51 or later.
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- 6. Online Documentation
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- To help you obtain information on the applications in this package
- easily, we have compiled a set of on-line documentation which can be
- accessed from your audio card's group window in Windows 3.1. Just
- double-click on the icon(s) with names that start with the words
- "How to Use".
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