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DSP Solutions Digispeech Plus Release 4.0 Last Minute Notes
This file contains important last minute information for installing and
running the DSP Solutions Digispeech Plus adapter. Please take a moment
to read it.
Note for Internet users: additional product information and support is
available on DSP Solutions Web site: http://www.dsps.com
1) If you are installing the Digispeech Plus on top of existing DSP
Solutions Windows drivers, it is best to remove the prior drivers
manually before attempting the install. While the Digispeech Plus
install properly handles re-installation over itself, due to file
name changes it sometimes has problems removing old drivers.
To remove an old driver:
A) If you have the original install disks, use disk #1 and run
"UNINSTAL" to clear out the old drivers. If you don't have
the original install disks start with instruction # 1) to remove
the old drivers. Then use the version 4.05 install disk and
choose START, then RUN and type in a:install to install the
new drivers.
1) If you have Windows 95 installed -- Manually edit the SYSTEM.INI
file [drivers] section to remove the wave=DS301.DRV, midi=DS301.DRV,
aux=DS301.DRV, mixer=DS301.DRV or wave=DS3XX.DRV, midi=DS3XX.DRV,
aux=DS3XX.DRV, mixer=DS3XX.DRV.
If you have Windows 3.XX installed -- Use Windows Control Panel
'Drivers' applet to remove the DSP Solutions Audio Driver.
2) Manually edit the SYSTEM.INI file [386Enh] section
to remove the 'driver=VDS301.386' driver or driver=VDS3XX.386.
3) Exit and Restart Windows.
2) Even though the Windows install procedure loads all the DOS files,
you must run DGSETUP, in DOS (NOT from a DOS box under Windows) prior
to running any DOS Audio drivers (e.g. BMASTER, PDIGI) for the first
time.
3) Our Windows and BMASTER drivers emulate the SB direct I/O playback
mode. This mode requires a much greater percentage of CPU time to
transfer sound data, as compared to the DMA mode playback. Some older
Sound Blaster applications which use direct I/O mode playback instead
of the DMA mode will work with Digispeech Plus. However, the sound or
the application may run slowly.
4) Our Windows and BMASTER drivers fully emulate SB recording in DMA
mode. SB recording in direct I/O mode will not display an error
message (unlike previous versions of the driver), but it will record
only silence. If you cannot record sound using a Sound Blaster
application, check to see if you can record sound using the Windows
sound recorder. This test will indicate whether or not the problem is
in the hardware.
5) The version of BMASTER included with the Digispeech Plus requires a
memory manager such as EMM386, QEMM386, or 386MAX. If BMASTER cannot
be loaded due to insufficient memory, check to see if EMM386.EXE is
configured with NOEMS switch in CONFIG.SYS. If so, changing NOEMS
switch to FRAME=NONE may help to solve the problem.
6) The version of BMASTER included with the Digispeech Plus (v2.07) may
not work correctly with some very old version of EMM386. If your
system 'crashes' when BMASTER is loaded, try running BMASTER with the
/X switch on the command line: "BMASTER /X". If this does not correct
the problem, please contact our Tech Support.
7) When installing or setting up Windows software packages that allow
you to specify a sound card, select "MPC compatible board" or
"Windows Multimedia Extensions" board if available. If neither choice
is listed, select the AdLib board option, and then follow the
procedure in note 9.
8) If you change the clock speed of your computer (e.g. Turbo button),
you must re-run the DGSETUP program in DOS prior to running a DOS
Audio driver and re-run Digispeech Plus Driver setup in the Windows
Control Panel if you are running under Windows.
9) If you have the EZsound FX Windows program and you cannot hear the
synthesized sound effects, or if you have selected an AdLib board for
a Windows program -- here is a way to make it work:
o Add AdLib driver by running Drivers applet from Windows Control
panel. Insert the Windows diskette(s) as required during AdLib
driver installation.
o Exit Windows.
o Find the SYSTEM.INI file, which is located in WINDOWS directory.
Edit the SYSTEM.INI file using any ASCII text editor, like EDIT
(available in MS-DOS 5 and later).
o The SYSTEM.INI contains several control sections. Find the
section labeled [386Enh]. Search for a line which looks like:
"device=vadlibd.386", and delete it.
o Find the section labeled [drivers]. There will be two lines
which read:
MIDI=DS3XX.drv
MIDI1=msadlib.drv
Change the lines so that they read:
MIDI=msadlib.drv
MIDI1=DS3XX.drv
o Save the changes and restart Windows.
10)This release of the Digispeech Plus software contains several drivers
that allow direct use of the Digispeech Plus unit with certain DOS
programs.
DS3XX.SYS -
This is an IBM Audio Device driver that is compatible with
any IBM program using the AUDIODD standard audio interface.
Known compatibilities are:
IBM Linkway Live! v1.00
IBM Storyboard Live, v2.0
Stories & More II
To use this driver, use the following steps:
o Edit the CONFIG.SYS file in your bootable disk root directory.
If you have installed the Digispeech Sound files to C:\DIGIPLUS
directory, add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\DIGIPLUS\DS3XX.SYS
If you have installed the files to a different drive or
directory , specify the full drive and directory name.
o Reboot your machine after saving changes to the CONFIG.SYS.
o Run the application and choose any of the IBM M-AUDIO
boards when selecting an audio device.
SOUND301.EXE -
SOUND3XX.EXE -
These drivers are used by many First Byte and Davidson programs.
If the program contains SOUNDxxx.EXE files, where 'xxx' is any
three character combination, such as BST, PWM, DIG, etc., chances
are one of these two drivers will work.
To use these drivers, execute the driver prior to starting the
application. This will cause the driver to supersede any
drivers that the application attempts to load. If the application
uses a batch file to start, you may replace the existing SOUNDxxx
batch file command with a new one that loads the SOUND301.EXE or
SOUND3XX.EXE driver.
The SOUND301.EXE driver will work with most First Byte and
Davidson programs, but SOUND3XX.EXE may be required for the newest
programs.
The program NOSOUND.EXE removes the SOUND301.EXE driver from
memory. The program NO3XX.EXE removes the driver SOUND3XX.EXE from
memory.
11)The following table summarizes what is being recorded as a function
of the state of the "Line In" and "External Microphone" jacks:
Line In Ext. Mic. Recorded AGC Sensitivity
--------- ---------- ---------- -------------------
unplugged unplugged Internal Mic. Software Controlled
plugged unplugged Line in Low
unplugged plugged Ext. Mic. Software Controlled
plugged plugged Ext. Mic. Low
12)For some model PS/2 computers, you must set the parallel port
arbitration level to <NONE> for proper operation of the Digispeech
Plus. This can be done using the PS/2 Setup program that came with
your computer.
13)Novell DOS 7.0. Users of Novell DOS 7.0 that wish to use BMASTER must
execute the command:
BMASTER /I
instead of the usual:
BMASTER
This parameter will allow normal operation of BMASTER with the EMM386
memory manager that ships with Novell DOS 7.