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- Sound Blaster AWE32 Readme File
- ===============================
-
- This file contains additional information to supplement the manual.
- Please read all the sections before you proceed with the installation.
-
- This file contains the following sections:
-
- 1. Installation
- 2. Uninstallation.
- 3. DOS Environment settings
- 4. DOS Audio Driver Support under Windows 95 DOS Box
- 5. Using CREATIVE IDE CD-ROM drive in MSDOS Mode
- 6. BLASTER settings under MSDOS Mode
- 7. AWE Control Panel WaveFx
-
-
- 1. INSTALLATION
-
- The full installation option requires about 10 MBytes of hard disk
- space and addition of 2MB for working space. You might need more if
- your drive is in compressed form.
-
-
- 2. UNINSTALLATION
-
- Before uninstalling the software package, ensure that all Sound
- Blaster AWE32 applications are closed. Any Sound Blaster AWE32
- application that is running while uninstall is in progress will not
- be deleted. Also, files that are added to the Sound Blaster AWE32
- directory after the initial software installation will not be
- deleted by the uninstall process. You will have to manually delete
- these files after the uninstallation process is completed.
-
- Some of the files in the Windows directory are sharable by other
- applications. The uninstallation will prompt you when it tries to
- delete these files. You should select not to delete the files unless
- you are very sure that the files are no longer in use by Windows.
-
-
- 3. DOS ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS
-
- Some of the existing DOS programs require the presence of MIDI and
- SOUND environments in order for them to work. The Setup program will
- add the SET MIDI and SET SOUND environment lines at the beginning of
- the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
-
- 4. DOS AUDIO DRIVER SUPPORT UNDER WINDOWS 95 DOS BOX
-
- Some of the DOS applications are developed with Creative's Sound
- Blaster Developer Kit. These applications require the low level
- DOS audio device drivers to be loaded. To load the DOS audio
- drivers, you need to add the following lines to the CONFIG.SYS file:
-
- DEVICE=C:\<dir>\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 /WIN95
- DEVICE=C:\<dir>\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS
-
- Remarks:
-
- a. <dir> is the sound directory where the audio software is located.
-
- b. The /BLASTER parameter specifies the Sound Blaster base I/O port
- address (A), interrupt request line (I), low 8-bit DMA channel
- (D) and high 16-bit DMA channel (H).
-
- c. The settings in the /BLASTER parameter must tally with the actual
- settings allocated by Windows 95. To find out the actual settings,
- go into Windows 95 DOS box, and type SET and press <Enter> at the
- DOS prompt. You will see one of the lines displayed is:
-
- BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
-
- The values after the A, I, D and H are the actual settings to be
- used for the /BLASTER parameter.
-
- To help you set up the DOS audio drivers, we have prepared a text
- file CONFIG.TXT in the sound directory. This text file contains
- the above lines to specify the DOS audio drivers. The sound
- directory in the text file had been updated by the installation
- program. You just need to update the /BLASTER parameter and copy
- the lines into the CONFIG.SYS file.
-
-
- 5. USING CREATIVE IDE CD-ROM DRIVE UNDER MSDOS MODE
-
- When you open an MSDOS Mode session, the system will close all other
- active Windows-based or MSDOS-based programs. You can return to
- Windows 95 by typing exit. There are two ways that you can do to open
- an MSDOS Mode session.
-
- Shutdown the system and choose the Restart the computer in
- MSDOS mode option.
-
- or
-
- Change your MSDOS session properties by checking the MSDOS mode box under
- the Advanced Program Settings. You can specify whether you want to
- use the current MSDOS configuration, or specify a new MSDOS configuration.
-
- If you connect Creative IDE CD-ROM drive to the IDE interface that
- comes with your card, you need to do the following steps to make
- your CD-ROM drive work under MSDOS mode:
-
- 5.1 Shutdown and restart the computer in MSDOS mode option
-
- You need to add the following lines inside the DOSSTART.BAT :
-
- C:\<dir>\CTLOAD C:\<dir>\DRV\SBIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /V /P:1E8,11,3EE
- C:\<win95dir>\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /V /M:15
-
- Remarks:
-
- a. DOSSTART.BAT is batch file located in the Windows directory
- and it is executed everytime you shut down to MSDOS mode.
-
- b. <dir> is the sound directory where the audio software is located.
-
- c. <win95dir> is the Windows directory.
-
- To help you set up the DOS audio drivers, we have prepared a
- text file DOSSTART.TXT in the sound directory. This text file
- contains the above lines to specify the DOS CD-ROM drivers.
- The sound directory in the text file has been updated by the
- installation program. You don't need to change any of the parameters.
-
- 5.2 Changing MSDOS session properties and selecting MSDOS mode with
- current configuration
-
- You need to do the same steps as above
-
- 5.3 Changing MSDOS session properties and selecting MSDOS mode with
- new configuration
-
- You need to add the following lines inside the new AUTOEXEC.BAT :
-
- C:\<win95dir>\CTPNP
- C:\<dir>\CTLOAD C:\<dir>\DRV\SBIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /V /P:1E8,11,3EE
- C:\<win95dir>\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /V /M:15
-
- Remarks:
-
- a. <dir> is the sound directory where the audio software is located.
-
- b. <win95dir> is the Windows directory.
-
-
- 6. BLASTER settings under MSDOS Mode
-
- Whenever you change your Audio hardware configuration manually, the
- BLASTER environment under MSDOS Mode will only be valid after you reboot
- the system once.
-
- However, if you proceed to MSDOS Mode without rebooting, you need to run
- CTPNP.EXE which is in your Windows directory. This program makes the
- BLASTER environment tally with the actual hardware settings.
-
-
- 7. AWE Control Panel WaveFx
-
- To download a wave sample as WaveFx sample using AWE Control Panel, the
- wave format MUST be 16-bit, Mono, 44.1kHz. If you have wave samples in
- other formats which you like to use as WaveFx samples, you may convert
- them to the correct wave format using WaveStudio.
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