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* Drivers and Applications *
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* for *
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* SPEA MEDIA XTC *
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* Drivers for WINDOWS 3.1x 1095.1 *
* Drivers for WINDOWS 95 1295 *
* Super JAM! Jr. 1.0 *
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* SPEA Software AG *
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This README file contains the following information:
A) Notes and known problems
B) Corrections to the manual
C) Windows 95
D) Information about Super Jam! Jr.
A) Notes and knows problems
Please also read the notes in Appendix B - Troubleshooting in the Hardware
User manual.
Installation of the Windows 3.1x driver
Important!
Different to the manual the Intel ICU Plug & Play Utility is NOT delivered
with the SPEA MEDIA XTC. The configuration and installation of the
soundboard can now be executed under DOS / Windows 3.1x also without Plug &
Play functionality (without ICU Utility and without Plug & Play BIOS in the
system).
In this case, the configuration of the I/O addresses, Interrupts and DMA
channels can be done by the SSINIT utility, which you can find in the
installation directory (in general C:\SPEA\MEDIAXTC).
Start SSINIT under DOS without any parameter. Select the Option `Advanced'.
In the following you can change the settings of the board in the menu
option `Hardware'.
If you have installed a mouse driver under DOS, you can comfortably make
the selections with the mouse.
If you don't want to make the hardware settings on your own, you should
install the Intel ICU Plug & Play Utility on your system before you install
the board. The program can be obtained by your local dealer. The
configuration of the SPEA MEDIA XTC then will be executed automatically by
this program.
Please note, that without an installed Plug & Play fuctionality the SPEA
MEDIA XTC will be set to the default values I/O=330, DMA=1, IRQ=9 and
IRQ=5. Perhaps conflicts with other system components may occur with these
settings.
Q: After the SPEA MEDIA XTC Windows 3.1x driver installation the system
reboots. During the booting process the system crashes while executing
the program SSINIT.
A: You have installed your SPEA MEDIA XTC without having installed a Plug &
Play Utility on your system and with the default I/O addresses, DMA
channel or Interrputs conflicts occur between the SPEA MEDIA XTC and
other system components.
Boot your system without starting SSINIT (e.g. with a DOS boot disk or
by pressing the F8 key while booting and confirming each executable
command separately).
Change to the installation directory (in general C:\SPEA\MEDIAXTC).
Start SSINIT without any parameter and select the option `Advanced'. Now
you can configure the settings of the soundboard in the `Hardware' menu.
May be that you have to enter the following commands before you start
SSINIT:
SET BLASTER=A220 1xx Dx T1
SET SNDSCAPE=C:\SPEA\MEDIAXTC
Alternatively you can edit the file SNDSCAPE.INI directly:
Open the file SNDSCAPE.INI -which you will find in the installation
directory - with an editor (e.g. the DOS-Editor EDIT) and change the
parameter values of IRQ, SBIRQ and DMA corresponding to your
requirements. For possible values for Interrupts and DMA channels please
refer to the SPEA MEDIA XTC hardware manual in Appendix C - Technical
Data.
Q: Different to the manual the installation doesn't offer the option for a
volume level control to be installed in the AutoStart group. The Level
Control Utility will not be installed.
A: Different to the description in the manual in Part 2 - Installing the
SPEA MEDIA XTC, the Level Control Utility is not supplied and installed
with the soundboard, as there are compatibility problems with Windows
95.
Q: The diagnostic Utility S2KSTAT - described in the manual in Part 3 -
Configuration of the SPEA MEDIA XTC is not executable. It terminates
with an error message.
A: To get use of the diagnostic Utility S2KSTAT you have to add the
following line to the file SNDSCAPE.INI.
CodeFile=SNDSCAPE.C03
Now you can use the program.
Q: The SPEA MEDIA XTC can not be installed under Windows 95 as described.
Either the board cannot be detected by the system or the driver tells
(in the Windows 95 device manager) that actually there are no conflicts
but that the board is not ready for use or that the driver installation
is incomplete.
A: In such a case the Plug & Play functionality under Windows 95 is
seriously disrupted. This most likely occurs with an elder or a
defective System BIOS. Contact your local dealer or the motherboard
manufacturer and ask for a System BIOS update.
Q: Windows 95 or the SPEA MEDIA XTC Windows 95 driver reports a conflict
between the SPEA MEDIA XTC and another installed device.
A: Eventually Windows 95 has not recognized the Ensoniq Soundscape chip set
of the SPEA MEDIA XTC due to an error with the Plug & Play functionality
and therefore installs the Soundboard as an unknown device. Remove the
unnknown devices and the SPEA MEDIA XTC entries with the device manager
of Windows 95. Restart Windows 95 and follow the instructions of Windows
95, in case that it requires driver disks.
Q: After a -as it seems- successful installation of the SPEA MEDIA XTC
Windows 95 driver the network card, the mouse or another device does not
work propely any more.
A: These problems can have several reasons:
- An elder Plug & Play BIOS or one that is incompatible to Windows 95
can cause the described effect. After you update the BIOS, the problem
should be solved.
- If your BIOS offers the possibility to mark IRQs as reserved, it may
be necessary that you mark the IRQs as reserved that are reserved by
ISA boards without Plug & Play functionality.
- May be that conflicts between different devices already occured before
the Installation of the SPEA MEDIA XTC. The devices could have worked
properly without any errors before, though the error has already been
existing. In the device manager check, if there are conflicts between
other devices and change the configuration of these devices.
Q: After a - as it seems - successful installation of the SPEA MEDIA XTC
Windows 95 driver the SPEA MEDIA XTC doen not work.
A: These problems can have several reasons:
- An elder Plug & Play BIOS or one that is incompatible to Windows 95
can cause the described effect. After you update the BIOS, the problem
should be solved.
- If your BIOS offers the possibility to mark IRQs as reserved, it may
be necessary that you mark the IRQs that are reserved by ISA boards
without Plug & Play functionality as reserved.
- May be that conflicts between different devices already occured before
the Installation of the SPEA MEDIA XTC. The devices could have worked
properly without any errors before, though the error has already been
existing. In the device manager check, if there are conflicts between
other devices and change the configuration of these devices.
- In some cases it can be necessary to reconfigure the SPEA MEDIA XTC,
to select another Interrupt or DMA channel, though obvioulsy no
problem occurs. It may be that other components or their drivers
cause errors on Interrupts or DMA channels they actually don't
reserve. It may also be that a motherboard has problems with some
certain interrupts or DMA channels if a board is installed in an
expansion slot.
B) Corrections to the manual
P. 9 Installation via a Plug & Play System or Utility (ICU):
If you don't have a Plug & Play Utility (e.g. Intel's ICU) or Plug &
Play BIOS in your system, then you can also configure your SPEA
MEDIA XTC with the SSINIT Utility (without Plug & Play
functionality). Though it is adviced to purchase a Plug & Play
Utility at your local dealer or motherboard manufacturer.
P. 11 Internal Audio Connectors / Mitsumi CD (J5):
Different to the description and the illustration on page 10 the
Audio Connector J5 for a Mitsumi CD is not available on the SPEA
MEDIA XTC.
P. 13 Installation of the Software for DOS / Windows 3.1:
For compatibility reasons (with Windows 95) the Level Control
Utility described under item 6 is no longer part of the delivery
scope. This means also that there is no possibility for setting up
the Volume Level control in the Autostart group of Windows.
P. 14 Standard Modifications AUTOEXEC.BAT
The 2nd line which will be added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT now is:
SET SNDSCAPE=<directory>
The 3rd line is:
<directory>\SSINIT /I
P. 18 Description of the Options for the Hardware Settings:
The options of the Hardware Settings are only available for SSINIT,
if the SPEA MEDIA XTC is configured without Plug & Play
functionality, that means that Intel's ICU is not installed.
C) Windows 95
The SPEA MEDIA XTC is supplied with drivers for Windows 3.1x as well as
drivers for Windows 95. Please use the drivers that fit to your operating
system. The drivers are available on the supplied disk or on the Media
Gallery CD Edition Nr. 12/95 upwards.
The supplied applications Super JAM! Jr. and Recording Session Plus can be
used under Windows 3.1x and under Windows 95.
D) Notes to Super JAM! JR. from the Blue Ribbon Soundworks
The Program SuperJAM! Jr. from The Blue Ribbon Soundworks is a powerful
program which makes it very easy to compose.
When you have successfully installed your Software you can get aware of the
program very easy with the available online help.
Installation of the Software:
1. Insert the Super JAM! Jr. Installation disk in the corresponding disk
drive.
2. Start Windows (if not already done)
3. Start the Software installation from the Program Manager with the
following call:
`File' `Run' A:\SETUP.EXE
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
The program is copied onto your hard disk.