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- From: banks_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Armadillo 16 bit sound sampler
- Date: 22 Dec 92 12:27:23 NZST
- Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.122723.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>
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- In article <ARM200-921219213022-6DAA049D*@MHS>, /G=Owen/S=Smith/O=SJ-Research/ADMD=INTERSPAN/C=GB/@mhs-relay.ac.uk writes:
- > Today I upgraded a friend's A310 (4MB RAM, ARM3, Watford ST506, Acorn SCSI
- > + CDFS, IOTA Scanner, Watford ArchiTablet) to RISC OS 3.10. Most things
- > work fine, but one thing that doesn't is the Armadillo 16 bit sound
- > sampler. According to Malcom, Armadillo went out of business some time ago
- > so he can't ring them up to ask them about it. The symptoms are that when
- > starting !Highnote, you either get a total machine hang, a "Branch through
- > zero at location &3812CA4", or an "Internal error". (You have to start it
- > in mode 12 to even get this far.) Does anyone know what the problem is,
- > how to fix it, or know of anyone who might know? Has any other company
- > picked up the rights to the Armadillo kit?
-
- If I have got things right the problem is more than likely the removal of
- read track from the ADFS_DiscOp functions. Highnote wants to read some hidden
- track data (around track 80-81 odd) that gives it it's crucial branch table
- to the rest of it's code.
-
- Personally I would go in favour of getting new sound sampling software.
- Highnote is old Arthur software and has a few 'quirks' that make it very
- irritating to use.
-
- At any rate if your friend has email access could you get him to email me
- please? The only person I know of who has this kind of sampler is not email
- connected and I'd like to get a few details about that sampler to support it
- in some sampling code I am working on. (For those who want to know yes I am
- going to support the Elektor sampler too. Just as soon as I get the code
- sorted out for it I'll email you again about it.)
-
- Philip
-