HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Patrick Taylor)
Subject: Re: Borland C++ 3 is going crazy on me ?
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:26:57 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.071029.457@cognet.ucla.edu> tmark@cognet.ucla.edu (Terence Mark) writes:
>From: tmark@cognet.ucla.edu (Terence Mark)
>Subject: Borland C++ 3 is going crazy on me ?
>Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:10:29 GMT

>I'm constantly losing control over the IDE. Sometimes after some series
>of keypresses (I can't identify any particular precipitating conditions)
>I lose control. The mouse only moves on the perimeter of the screen,
>and does so erratically, random screens fly by me (mostly help), my
>computer makes little clicking sounds, and I can't use the keyboard to
>stop it. _Sometimes_ if I wait and am very still, everything will calm down
>and I can type (only, stil can't use the mouse) an ALT-Q to get out.
>If I then restart, everything is OK.

>This is really aggravating since _sometimes_ the thing never allows me to
>exit at all and I lose whatever I was editing. I have never had any problems
>like this with any other computer program.

>Has someone out there experienced this ? Can some *please* help me ?
>Because I'd hate to have to go back to Quick C 2.0...

>Thanks in advance.

Borland C is finicky about where you load the mouse driver.  Try playing
with your config.sys
                                                                                        "This must be Thursday.  I never could get the hang of Thursdays"                                                                     - D Adams
  - Patrick Taylor
    Ericsson Network Systems                                                        exuptr@exu.ericsson.se             "Don't let the .se fool you"                 alternately, exuptr@ZGNews.Lonestar.Org
    ---------------------------                                                     "There's no such thing as a signature virus - pass it on!"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer
From: tmark@cognet.ucla.edu (Terence Mark)
Subject: Borland C++ 3 is going crazy on me ?
Originator: tmark@regulus.cognet.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA Cognitive Science Research Program
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:10:29 GMT

I'm constantly losing control over the IDE. Sometimes after some series
of keypresses (I can't identify any particular precipitating conditions)
I lose control. The mouse only moves on the perimeter of the screen,
and does so erratically, random screens fly by me (mostly help), my
computer makes little clicking sounds, and I can't use the keyboard to
stop it. _Sometimes_ if I wait and am very still, everything will calm down
and I can type (only, stil can't use the mouse) an ALT-Q to get out.
If I then restart, everything is OK.

This is really aggravating since _sometimes_ the thing never allows me to
exit at all and I lose whatever I was editing. I have never had any problems
like this with any other computer program.

Has someone out there experienced this ? Can some *please* help me ?
Because I'd hate to have to go back to Quick C 2.0...

Thanks in advance.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer:303 alt.msdos.programmer:2098 comp.os.msdos.programmer:8162
From: pclark@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Peter Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: DOS Kernel/COMMAND.COM
Date: 30 Jul 92 01:11:41 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Distribution: usa
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA

In re-doing a COMMAND.COM you will have to take care of any services that
are listed in your DOS manual as 'internal' - like DIR, ERASE et al.

Xref: sparky comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer:298 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:10959
Organization: Bar-Ilan University Computing Center, Israel
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:46:21 IST
From: Shaul Wallach <F66204@BARILVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Opening files using DOS services

     Here is a novice's programming question to which I haven't
been able to find an answer in the books at hand. When you
create a disk file using functions AH = 3C or 5B, DOS (i.e.
INT 21H) returns a file handle in AX. However, these functions
don't require any file-access code in AL. Can I assume that
the file will be opened for write access, or must I first
explicitly open the file with function 3D and a file-access
code in AL and use the handle this function returns, ignoring
the handle returned by function 3C or 5B?

     Thanks very much for any help!

Shaul Wallach  <F66204@VM.BIU.AC.IL>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
From: mary@wam.umd.edu (Mary Louise Cassidy)
Subject: Fonts for Labels Unlimited 3.0 (CompuGraphic???)
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:04:49 GMT

Are there any FTP sites where I could get fonts for Labels Unlimited 3.0???
Or do I have to buy them..??  Please let me know via *MAIL*.

Thnaks!!
From: ddxxdd@mixcom.com (Jeff Ding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: PAS-16: left channel midi playback distorted
Keywords: Under DOS & WIN; Pro-Mixer SYNTH slider makes scratching sound
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:09:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Jul24.160956.14905
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.

In article <23287@alice.att.com> jsh@alice.att.com (Juergen Schroeter) writes:
>
>Midi playback worked fine originally.  Now, under Win3.1 media player,
>and under DOS running "spectrum", the left channel sounds center clipped
>(i.e., heavily distorted; right channel is fine).  Also, when moving the
>SYNTH slider (the leftmost) in PRO-MIXER under Windows, even without any
>file playing, I hear loud scratching noises similar to a dirty pot.  This
>is also only on the left channel.
>
>My best guess is that something in the FM-SYNTH part of the card blew.  What
>is the electronic equivalent of a cleanser for dirty pots?  :-)  Can't
>be a software/hardware configuration problem since the right channel works
>for Midi, and Windows still plays "TADA" just fine on both channels (*.wav
>files).
>
>Juergen, jsh@alice.att.com

I have a similar problem with my PAS16.  My problem is the left channel and
WAV (digital) sounds.  Midi sounds play just fine, but the MOD's and WAV
files cut in and out in the left channel.  I also get lots of static only
on the left.

I think something in the digitial part of my card blew.
I will be finding out what the 1 year warrantee means as well.

Anybody else out there having hardware problems?

jeff.ding@mixcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ross@kaos.ingr.com (Ross Erickson)
Subject: Re: Roland MT-32 system, but no DAC
Reply-To: ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:46:34 GMT

>
>	Umm, the biggest problem I see here is that I don't know of a
>	single game that will allow you to choose more than one sound
>	output at a time. If you select Sound Blaster, the MT-32 will be
>	silent. If you choose MT-32, the Sound Blaster (including speech)
>	will be silent.
>
>	So, although technically feasible, I don't believe any software
>	supports it.
>
>Larry
>
Sorry Larry, but on this you are painfully wrong.  There are many
titles that now support simultaneous usage of the Soundblaster and the
MT-32.  Virtually all of the Sierra titles do, back to their 1990 (?)
Christmas card and everything since.  Many new titles from many
vendors support this combination as well.  Falcon 3.0, Shanghai II,
and on and on.  The general usage is MT-32 for music and SB for sound
effects.
--
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  Ross Erickson             |                                     |
|  ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com    | "No individual raindrop considers   |
|  205-730-4019 - voice      |  itself responsible for the flood." |
|  205-730-6445 - fax        |                                     |
|  Internet: 129.135.200.245 |                                     |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: sasjaa@morticia.unx.sas.com (James Adams)
Subject: Re: Help with PAS16 "Speech"
Originator: sasjaa@morticia.unx.sas.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:14:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


In article  <9207282317.aa14156@mixcom.mixcom.com>, "Corey.Roome" <Corey.Roome@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
|> To:  ANYONE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PAS16
|> From: Corey.Roome@mixcom.com
|> 
|> 	MONOLOG:
|> 
|>         Using MONOLOG
|>         -------------
|>         Type MONO

Anybody know how to code to the Monologue TSR directly to send it words to
speak? Any help would be appreciated.


-- 
+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|James Adams                            |  I am going as a Homicidal Maniac.  |
|  sasjaa@unx.sas.com                   |  They look like anybody else.       |
|                                       |        Wednesday Addams             |
+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: arivero@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Angelo Rivero)
Subject: SCSI with PAS-16
Summary: Does it have bios? can i boot?
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 10:31:41 EDT

I have a SCSI hd as my primary (and only) drive, and my boot drive. Will I
be able to boot from the PAS-16 (with the SCSI cable-kit), or would I have to
 buy a cheap 20 meg IDE or
a floppy drive w/ drivers and then access my hd to use it?
From: hamish@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au (Hamish Moffatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Some more for: SoundBlaster, Adlib and FTP site info
Date: 18 Jul 92 05:35:50 GMT

Hello Jeffrey!

Thursday July 09 1992 14:23, Jeffrey Belt wrote to All:


 JB>    all of them at once. Check out pc/sound/sox4d.zip at
 JB>    garbo.uwasa.fi; there also is a Unix version. I'm not an author of

sox4e is available if you look around. Also sox5beta is around. I've compiled
5beta under UNIX (sun3) successfully, but I don't have a working c compiler for
DOS so I couldn't compile it.. sox is terrific for converting posts from
alt.binaries.sounds.misc.



Regards,
Hamish


=============================================================================
  Hamish Moffatt       | Cloud is a member of APANA    |    _--_|\   Cloud.
  Moffsoft Software    | The Australian Public Access  |   /      \  pub.uu
  Cloud Nine BBS       | Network Association.          |   \_.--._/  .oz.au
  Melbourne, Australia | Fidonet 3:635/552@fidonet     |         v
===================================== Standard Disclaimer Applies ===========
  NOTE! New path to cloud: ...!uunet!munnari!yarra!eyrie!cloud
X-Star-Trek-Quote: He's Dead Jim.
X-School: Penn State University
X-Nickname: <<APOCALYPSE>>, Lord of Destruction
Organization: Penn State Star Trek club
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:01:31 EDT
From: Matthew E. Bernold <MEB117@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Help Building a Parallel port DAC.

I am trying to build an audio DAC for the parallel port on my computer, and
the schematic I have calls for a 2 ZN428 8-bit DACs.  (The design included in
ModPlay Pro MP219B.ZIP for the Stereo-in-1 card.  I can find DAC0800 chips for
the mono version just fine.  :-))  My problem is that I can't get hold of this
chip, and don't know what to use as a suitable replacement.  Can someone give
me an idea which chip to use?  Where do I get it?  How much does it cost?

Please E-Mail responses if possible, as I don't get to read these groups
very often.

Thanx in advance,

       Matthew E. Bernold             MEB117@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
         <<APOCALYPSE>>                  meb@haydn.psu.edu
From: lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Leo Chong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Help with PAS16 "Speech"
Date: 29 Jul 92 01:18:43 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407

In article <19020002@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> darrylo@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) writes:
>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard, etxfln@eos.ericsson.se (Fredric Lonngren) writes:
>
>> For what it's worth... My Thunderboard ( also MediaVision ) has serious
>> trouble with the speech in Ultima Underworld ( also Origin ), have not
>
>     For what it's worth, my PAS+ works just fine with my 385/25
>motherboard, U7, WCII, Falcon 3.0, Willy Beamish (yuk), etc..  The only
>game with which I *might* be having problems is Civilization, and I'm
>not sure that I really am having problems with it (I'm told that there's
>a lot of music in Civ, but I don't hear much).

stuph deleted.

I think the problem is more common among the 486'rs.  Also, I've tried running
falcon with my turbo switch off and 1/10 of the time, I can get speech
during the intro flight above the lochness monster but still lose the 
female "waypoint bla bla bla".  I have a 486/50 by the way from them dudes
at Hi tech USA. 

lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: ai830@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robertson G. Davenport)
Subject: Soundblaster sampling
Reply-To: ai830@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robertson G. Davenport)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 17:02:21 GMT


I'm trying to figure out how to connect alternative sources to my
SoundBlaster mike jack.  Mikes haven't been giving me the quality I'm
looking for.  I'd like to be able to connect to my stereo receiver/amp
and pick up from my CD player, radio, tv and VCR.  It doesn't have a
line out, unfortunately.  What other possibilities are there? I assume
the headphone jack is amplified and I don't know how to compensate for
that.  Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Rob

Please email to me at ai830@cleveland.freenet.edu or
72627.1331@compuserve.com as my access to usenet is tenuous and
infrequent at best.
-- 
Robertson G. Davenport  ---  ai830@cleveland.freenet.edu
-----------------------------------------------------------------
In Memoriam: Scott Robertson Yoder Davenport, 10-12-88 to 7-3-90
-----------------------------------------------------------------
From: telco@netcom.com (Telco Systems)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: Noisy SoundBlasterPro
Date: 31 Jul 92 16:06:46 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Jul31.101209.108422@zeus.calpoly.edu> cambler@zeus.calpoly.edu (Christopher J. Ambler, Phish) writes:
>[tale of SBP noise deleted]
>
>Mine is the same way, exactly. I am led to believe that that's
>just the way it is. I'm also led to believe that the Pro V.2
>is better about background noise. Rumour or fact? Anyone?
>

Do you think there is an upgrade path to the less noisy 
rev.?

-mark
From: jenkinch@ucs.orst.edu (Charley Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Noise using LAPC-1 and SoundBlaster v.1.0
Keywords: Roland LAPC-1 SoundBlaster
Date: 24 Jul 92 22:23:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: talon.1992Jul24.222348.23131
Followup-To: jenkinch@ucs.orst.edu
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU

Hi,

   I recently got a Roland LAPC-1 and added to my system in 
which I already had a SoundBlaster v.1.0.  I bought a stereo
mixer to mix the two into one signal, and I also got an
Awia Stereo Matrix amplified speaker system.

It sounds great except during quiet passages I can hear a
high pitched noise.  At a very low volume you don't notice
it, if try turning it up it becomes very distracting.

I think the noise maybe caused by using unshielded cables,
but before I spend even more $$$ I wanted to get a second
opinion.  I have tried increasing/decreasing the input
using the stereo mixer, offseting the amplification accordingly,
but I still can hear the noise during the quite passages.

Any suggestions will be appreciated!!!!

Thanks in Advance.

Charley Jenkins
D
but before I spend $$ more I wanted to get another opinionj
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
From: Gavin Adams <gavin.adams@lso.mts.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Help needed with PAS16 and digitized sound (Falcon 3.0)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d1
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:29:37 GMT



In article <ghartzog.0uao@terapin.com> Garrett Hartzog,
ghartzog@terapin.com writes:
>Get one of the patches (version D is the latest to my knowledge). I
usually
>call Clawmarks (510-452-0350) to get my patches (run by a SH employee).
That
>should solve the problem.
>
>Garrett Hartzog
>ghartzog@terapin.com

Except that it doesn't (completely).  I have a PAS-16, running Falcon
3.0d and I still have problems with digitized sound.  When I first enter
Falcon (and ESC past the two planes fighting scene) voices come out fine.
 After a while, the voices quit (clipping, static, etc.) and I have to
exit and reenter Falcon to get them back.

One guy at work called MediaVision who directed him th Spectrum Holobyte.
 Evidently, the problem exists on fast 486 chips (33/50's).  _Supposedly_
it will be fixed in a later patch version (no dates).

--- Gavin
Gone Fission.          Visualize Whirled Peas!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Tim Villa)
Subject: FTP sites for .VOC, .SND, .NST, .CMF SB
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 03:27:18 GMT

I've been looking around for the above type files to play on my Sound
Blaster. I've found just a few so far. Anyone know any? Particularly
NoiseTrackers (.NST)...or any PD music makers
TIA
Tim Villa
tvilla@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: leo@cae.wisc.edu (Leo Lim)
Subject: HELP... MY pas16 install disk#1 is defective.
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:47:08 CDT

Hi....

	My Pro AudioSpectrum 16 Multimedia system install disk #1 is defective.
I got this system a week ago. I already called media vision for disk 
replacement. But it's been a week, I haven't received yet. 

Would someone upload the install disk#1 (yes, the entire files) to some ftp 
sites or uuencoded and mail it to me? 

PLEASE i've been waiting for long.... HELP....... ARGGHHH....
I can't play games w/ my pas16 w/o these drivers......

MY 1,000,000 thanks to you.

=== Leo
From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Pro compatability with 486's
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:59:07 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: ar-rimal.cs.utexas.edu

I'm preparing to buy a 486 33Mhz CompuAdd clone, and later, a SoundBlaster Pro.
For purposes of background info, it's CompuAdd's 433i model, with an 80-meg
hard drive (quite ordinary), CompuAdd's OverDrive (it's a 3 1/2" and 5 1/4"
built into one diskette drive bay), SuperVGA, and very little else.  (Shucks.
I can't remember how much disk cache, extended mem, expanded mem, DRAM, RAM, 
or thank-you-ma'am it had.  :)  )

Is there anything I should have to ask the sound card dealer about the 'Pro
before I get it?  From what I've been reading here, it sounds like the main
problems seem specific to 50Mhz machines.

Paul Brinkley
brinkley@cs.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: mrtim@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (t.ihde)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Pro compatability with 486's
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:03:32 GMT

In article <1992Jul19.191823.7544@cbfsb.cb.att.com> jcs@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (John "C". Sucilla) writes:

Someone, who's identity is a mystery to me, wrote:
>>>Has anyone else had these problems with the SB-Pro and a 486?  Rumor has it
>>>that 486's are too fast.  I have at 25mz.

>I've got a 50 mhz 486 and my SoundBlaster works just fine.  This isnt a "pro"
>version of the card though, it the original one.

I have a 50mhz 486 and also have no problem.

However, I have a friend with similar hardware who also cannot make the
SB work in his machine.  The only difference is that he has a SCSI hard
disk, so we figured that was the incompatibility.

-- 
Tim J. Ihde                                   | UNIX(R) System Laboratories
tim@usl.com                    (908) 522-5571 | Systems Engineering Department
From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Pro compatability with 486's
Date: 23 Jul 1992 17:28:29 GMT
Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: pilsner.geo.brown.edu

In article <1992Jul23.130332.1907@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mrtim@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (t.ihde) writes:
>Someone, who's identity is a mystery to me, wrote:
>>>>Has anyone else had these problems with the SB-Pro and a 486?  Rumor has it
>>>>that 486's are too fast.  I have at 25mz.

>I have a 50mhz 486 and also have no problem.
>
>However, I have a friend with similar hardware who also cannot make the
>SB work in his machine.  The only difference is that he has a SCSI hard
>disk, so we figured that was the incompatibility.

   Well, I have the SB-Pro, a '486/25, *and* a couple SCSI hard drives,
and have no problems.  So it appears it's not speed, SCSI, or SB model,
per se.
--
Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
Brown University Planetary Geology
From: frank@cs.yorku.ca (Frank Pikelner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: Sound cards/stereo/no amp/phone jack
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:43:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: yetti.1360
Distribution: world
Organization: York University, Dept. of Computer Science

I'm not a stereo buff, but I'm looking to buy a sound board soon - maybe the
Ultrasound from GRAVIS. I have an old stereo with speakers and turntable that
I'd like to use with this sound board. A friend of my told me that the 
turntable is low powered and the signal in the phone jack of the stereo is
amplified. If I was to plug the card in to the phone jack could I avoid buying
an amplifier? My speakers are 45W each.
-- 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---  ---    Frank Pikelner                                          /~\
 \    \  \   Technical Assistant, Department of Computer Science    <v.v>
  \-   \--   York University (Toronto, Canada)                      ,\^/;
   \    \    Internet: frank@cs.yorku.ca                            _{!}_
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: tardif@eternite.ulaval.ca (Pierre-Martin Tardif)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
Subject: AdLib GOLD
Date: 22 Jul 92 22:38:42 GMT
Organization: Universite Laval


Great news,
	AdLib had been bought about 5 days ago by a company and the AdLib Gold
will be available pretty soon.  I wonder if they updated the AdLib Gold because
they are now talking of the AdLib Gold 1000 and 2000 ?
	I hope so because they are going to get rude competition on the market
with all the new and supposed to be released cards....

			PMT

-- 
Pierre-Martin Tardif, etudiant gradue  (email: tardif@gel.ulaval.ca)
Laboratoire de Vision et Systemes Numeriques
Universite Laval, Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot, local 00100-I, Ste-Foy, Quebec,
Canada, G1K 7P4         (418-656-2131, ext 4848)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard