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  Add The Power of Graphics To Your Programs With Genus Microprogramming

Genus Microprogramming, Inc. has been delivering quality graphics programming
tools and libraries to programmers in the PC environment since 1987. Our
distribution includes users in both the United States and Canada and in over
50 different countries world-wide. We'd like to add you to our growing family
of users as well!

As a leading graphics developer we take our products and customers very
seriously. That is why the Genus development staff includes the most
knowledgeable and creative programmers in the business. Genus President
Chris Howard is a recognized authority on graphics programming, and has
written a book and several feature magazine articles as well as appearing on
computer television programs.

With our knowledge and dedication, we've simplified the task of adding
graphics to your applications! Our solution is the GX Development Series. This
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GX Effects, GX Text, the PCX Toolkit, the GIF Toolkit and GX Sounds. Windows
versions are available for GX Images, GX Effects, and the PCX Toolkit.

Each toolkit in the GX Series is written entirely in Assembly Language, for
the fastest, tightest code. The toolkits are designed to support dozens of
compilers and languages, from Basic to C++.  All standard graphics modes are
supported, along with Super VGA resolutions up through 1280x1024 in over
sixteen million colors! (GX Sounds is written in C for C compilers only and
video mode support does not apply.)

The GX Series incorporates a modular design approach. The toolkits in the
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* Written in Assembly Language, yet they support a wide variety of languages
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resolution TO any size and color resolution.  (Does not apply for GX Sounds.)

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WHAT WE SUPPORT:

Adapters:

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                1024x768, and 1280x1024, in 32K, 64K, and 16.7M colors

Printers:

(GX Printer supports hundreds of printers! See the GX Printer
 description for a partial listing)

Sound and Music:

(GX Sounds supports most of the popular sound cards available!
 See the GX Sounds description for a partial listing)

Protected Mode:

Phar Lap 286/DOS Extender v2.5 or above
Rational Systems DOS/16M v4.3 or above
Blinker 3.0 or above
Clipper 5.x with Exospace 1.0 or above
Borland Pascal v7.0 or above

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Borland Pascal 7.0
JPI TopSpeed Pascal 3.0
Microsoft Basic 6.0, 7.x
QuickBasic 4.x, 7.x
Visual Basic for DOS 1.0
Power Basic 3.0c
Microsoft FORTRAN 5.0
Clipper Summer '87, 5.x
JPI TopSpeed Modula-2 3.0

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An IBM PC/XT/AT, PS/2 or 100% compatible
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DOS 2.1 or above (3.0 or above for disk-based memory support)
Microsoft MASM 6.x, if ordering source code

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GX SOUNDS

The GX Sounds toolkit offers professional sound effects and music
to developers writing their own application programs. With the emphasis
on multimedia, users nearly demand their programs to be capable of sound.
But the steadily increasing number of sound cards available makes this
more and more difficult. But not any longer!

GX Sounds shields you from the in-depth knowledge of sound required to
properly utilitize digital and MIDI sound on a wide variety of sound output
devices. You can automatically detect multiple sound devices, and detection
drivers are loadable so that new detection routines can be added without
requiring modification to your program.

With GX Sounds, you have complete control over all sound parameters such as
output rate, volume, and output channel. Plus, you can pre-process the sound
data to provide effects such as pitch shifting, echo, delay, reverb, and more.

For MIDI playback, GX Sounds supports the OPL2 and OPL3 sound chips found on
almost every sound board on the market today. The MIDI system supports the
simultaneous playback of up to 8 songs with full voice and channel stealing.
Plus, the MPU-401 interface is fully supported, allowing your MIDI songs to
be played out on a variety of external devices including the Roland MT-32.

Note that as new sound drivers are created, no code modification is required
by you. This allows GX Sounds to be upwardly expandable and remain downwardly
compatible.

Take advantage of the power of GX Sounds and add multimedia sound support to
your program today!

NOTE: This toolkit is available for the C language ONLY.

Here are just a few of the sound boards supported as of this printing:

  Sound Blaster, SB Pro, SB/16, SB AWE32
  Adlib Gold, Adlib Digitized
  Pro Audio Spectrum Plus, PAS/16
  Sound Master II
  Thunderboard
  Microsoft Sound System
  Roland Sound Canvas, RAP-10, MT-32
  Ensoniq Sound Scape
  Sound Galaxy NX Pro 16
  Cardinal Sound Studio
  Gravis UltraSound
  Disney Sound Source
  MPU-401
  OPL2/3
  UART MIDI



GX SOUNDS FUNCTIONS

Digital System

sndDigiConfigureDriver       Set up the sound card driver
sndDigiConfigureSample       Set up the digital sample
sndDigiInitDriver            Install a digital playback sound card driver
sndDigiInitSystem            Initialize digital sample playback
sndDigiUnInitDriver          Remove a sound card driver
sndDigiUnInitSystem          De-initialize sample playback

MIDI System

sndMidiConfigureDriver       Set up the MIDI driver configuration
sndMidiDigiConfigureDriver   Set up a digital driver for the MIDI system
sndMidiInitDriver            Install a MIDI device driver
sndMidiInitSystem            Initialize MIDI playback
sndMidiSetInsData            Install MIDI instrument data files
sndMidiUnInitDriver          Remove a MIDI device driver
sndMidiUnInitSystem          De-initialize MIDI playback

Timer System

sndTimerInitSystem           Install the timer system
sndTimerUnInitSystem         Remove the timer system

Device Detection

sndDigiDetectFirst           Detect the first sound card available
sndDigiDetectHardware        Look for a specific sound card
sndDigiDetectInit            Initialize sound card detection
sndDigiDetectNext            Detect additional sound cards
sndDigiDetectSettings        Detect the hardware settings
sndDigiDetectUnInit          De-initialize sound card detection
sndDigiGetDeviceCaps         Get the driver devices capabilities

Sample Playback

sndDigiConfigureSample       Set up the digital sample initialization
sndDigiContinueSample        Continue a stopped sample
sndDigiGetPlayCount          Get the number of samples playing
sndDigiGetSampleLength       Get the length of the sample buffer
sndDigiSampleDone            Determine whether a sample is done
sndDigiSetSampleLength       Set the length of the sample buffer
sndDigiStartSample           Start the processing of a sample
sndDigiStopSample            Stop sample processing

MIDI Playback

sndMidiConfigureSong         Set up the MIDI song configuration
sndMidiInitSong              Install a MIDI song
sndMidiPauseSong             Pause an active MIDI song
sndMidiResetSong             Reset a paused or stopped MIDI song
sndMidiResumeSong            Resume a paused MIDI song
sndMidiSongDone              Determine whether a MIDI song is done
sndMidiStartSong             Begin playing a MIDI song
sndMidiStopSong              Stop an active MIDI song
sndMidiUnInitSong            Remove a MIDI song

Timer Events

sndTimerGetEventRate         Get the processing rate of an event
sndTimerRegisterEvent        Register an event with the timer
sndTimerSetEventRate         Set the current event processing rate
sndTimerUnRegisterEvent      Remove a device driver DMA fill handler

Effects

sndDigiSetMasterVolume       Set the master output volume
sndDigiSetSampleChannel      Set the output channel for a sample
sndDigiSetSampleControl      Enable effects controls for a sample
sndDigiSetSampleLooping      Set the loop count, start, and length
sndDigiSetSamplePanning      Set the panning position and speed
sndDigiSetSamplePitch        Set the pitch shift value for a sample

Effects (Active)

sndDigiAlterSamplePitch      Alter the pitch of an active sample
sndDigiAlterSampleChannel    Alter the output channel
sndDigiAlterSampleControl    Alter the sample controls
sndDigiAlterSampleLoopCount  Alter the number of times to loop
sndDigiAlterSamplePanning    Alter the pan position and speed
sndDigiAlterSampleVolume     Alter the volume of an active sample

Memory

sndAllocMem                  Allocate a sound buffer in memory
sndFreeMem                   Free a memory buffer

Misc

sndDigiDetectEnvironment     Detect settings from environment string
sndGetVersion                Get the GX Sounds version string

Utilities

sndPlay.EXE                  Plays MIDI songs or digital samples
sndTrans.EXE                 Converts VOC,WAV,AIF to RAW and MIDI to GXM files
sndBank.EXE                  Assembles and disassembles Bank files



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