Sound Blaster 16 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. Online Documentation. 6. BLASTER settings under MSDOS Mode 7. Audio Tracks. 1. INSTALLATION The full installation option requires about 6 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 the Sound Blaster 16 applications are closed. Any Sound Blaster 16 application that is running when the uninstallation is in progress will not be deleted. Also, files that are added to the Sound Blaster 16 directory after the initial software installation will not be deleted by the uninstallation process. You will have to manually delete these files after the uninstallation process has completed. 3. DOS ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS Some of the existing DOS programs require the presence of MIDI and SOUND environments in order for it 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:\\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 /WIN95 DEVICE=C:\\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS Remarks: a. 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 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 in setting 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. ONLINE DOCUMENTATION To help you access information on the applications in this package easily, we have compiled the online documentation so that it can be accessed from your audio card's group window. Just click on the icon(s) with names that start with the words "How to Use". 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. AUDIO TRACKS The following is a list of audio tracks available in this CD-ROM package: Track 2 Aria Track 3 Beethoven: 5th Symphony Track 4 Mozart: Magic Flute Opera Track 5 Sound Blaster Track 6 Bukitimah Track 7 Streetwise Track 8 Gemalan Track 9 Piano Jam Track 10 Sketch3 ********** E N D O F R E A D M E **********