From: "Corey.Roome" <Corey.Roome@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: Help with PAS16 "Speech"
Status: R
To: reimert@mamacass.etdesg.TRW.COM
Originator: reimert@mamacass
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 23:17:41 CDT
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To:  ANYONE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PAS16
From: Corey.Roome@mixcom.com

	Well, it seems that people are having problems with their PAS16 not
working with the SPEECH in games and the MONOLOG program.  Here's what you
need to do.

	If you left your IRQ and DMA settings alone (ie. DEFAULT), this
should solve ALL of your problems.

	MONOLOG:

	Run the installation program: INSTALL.EXE
	  this is located in the MONOLOG directory on your HD, or on the
          floppy disk.
        
        Select: Configure Sound Device
          it's the second menu choice.

	Select: MediaVision deive
          it should be highlighted already.

	Then, you'll see a screen showing IRQ and PORT addresses.

        Select: PORT 220   IRQ 5
          note: IRQ 5 is the DEFAULT for SoundBlaster Mode.

        Install should copy the necessary files.

        Select: Save and Exit
          it's the final menu choice.

        Now, type SAYFILE and enter the filename README, or some
          other text file.  If all goes well, you'll here the file
          as it appears on screen.

 
        Using MONOLOG
        -------------
        Type MONO

        Press ALT-T from ANY text-based program

        You should see a mouse cursor.  Highlight the portion of the screen
          you want to hear and click the left mouse button.  You'll HEAR
   	  the screen!!!!  Click the right mouse button or ESC to return to
          the program.

        I'm sure keyboard equivs. are available... check your documentation.

        To deactivate Monolog, type: REMOVE

 
        Games and PAS16
	---------------
	As of yet, I am unaware of ANY games specifically designed for the
          PAS 16, but YOU have ***FULL*** SoundBlaster Compatibility!!!!

        In configuring or setting up games that support the SoundBlaster,
	  you must select the following:

	Port: 220
 	 IRQ: 5
	 DMA: 1


******* NOTES *********

	All of the information contained here is ONLY good if you HAVE NOT
modified your jumper settings for IRQ, PORT, DMA.  IT is OKAY to do this, but
be aware that you CAN NOT set the PAS 16 to IRQ 5 DMA 1.... this is ONLY
availiable to the SoundBlaster.  You can, however, use ANY OTHER settings on
your PAS16, as long as they are NOT IRQ 5 DMA 1.

	Note: Contrary to popular belief, the PAS16 SHOULD work on ANY 286 or
better.  I have the following setup:

386SX 25 mhz
4 megs of RAM
103 meg SCSI HD 17ms access
Trident SVGA
PAS16
MS Mouse

	My ONLY problem is with the PCM recording of stereo samples greater
than 22050 hz.  I get a similar message to the one mentioned before:

        FILE PATH FULL OR BLOCKED
        USE THE -M OPTION WHEN RECORDING

	I haven't tried using SmartDrive yet, but I'm going to try that. Also,
there is a utility called VMP.COM that is supposed to buffer the audio for 
high speed sampling.  

        The paramaters for VMP are as follows:

        VMP /amem:xx

        Where xx is either 12,16,20,24,28, or 32

	32 is the best setting, with 64k of RAM eaten, though.

	This may help those of us who have problems digitizing at a high
sampling rate.

----------------------
All information here is the result of TRIAL and ERROR and MAY NOT work
correctly on your particular system.  If you have tried these suggestions
and they still don't work, contact MediaVision.

I, the author of this message, am a USER of the product.  I am in NO WAY 
connected with MediaVision.  I just got the PAS16 the day of writing
this message and have had NO problems with my sound card.

-----------------------
R      M
 ender  an

Corey.Roome@mixcom.com

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