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README.TXT Driver File Contents (s717.zip)

Hi,


This is the Waveartist NT Audio driver release 1.91 .

Changes/Additions with respect to release 1.9
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    1.  The interrupt 11 is removed, from the list of available interrupts
        in the installation dialog for Sound Blaster Pro Interrupts.
        This is because though interrupts 11 appears in the resource data
        files it is not being supported by the card.

    2.  The problem of not being able to make changes(interrupts, port
        addresses, etc) to resources after/during installation.

    3.  Confirming working of installation after uninstalling a previous
        SB16 PnP driver.

    4.  The CD and/or Modem settings also appear in the installation
        dialog.  They are enabled for selection/modification only if the
        resource data file used is for CD and/or Modem devices, Else they
        are greyed out.

        NOT DONE:
        --------
            a.  Testing of CD IDE device being enabled/programmed.
            b.  Installing of Modem device being enabled/programmed.
                (This was tested, but could not be installed because the
                modem could not be installed thru control panel applet. The
                applet was always looking for modem at COM4/COM1, but not
                at COM2. When finally COM2 was looked for modem, there was
                resource conflict with the mouse and probably COM1, and
                hence could not test this).

    5.  Flexmixer channel options for enabling/disabling some analog
        channels.  Also Flexmixer numeric options of MasterVolumeMax,
        StereoMic, TrebleBass. The registry path where these options are
        placed is:  "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Config\" .

        PENDING:
        --------
            a.  Flexmixer channels names are not reflected as the channel
                names in mixer controls.
                (This is not possible because NT uses resource string ids
                instead of resource strings and these resource strings are
                part of the waveart.dll . So to change the channel names,
                the resource strings for that channel have to be modified
                and this cannot be done automatically(i,e. from the DLL at
                the installation) to modify its own resources. Though there
                are API's to modify the resource strings for a DLL, they
                cannot be used to modify the resources of the same DLL that
                is currently running)
            b.  Flexmixer numeric option of AnalogFX for values 1, 2, 3.
                (AnalogFX option for value 0, which is supposed to be
                default, is implemented, and is working ok)
     
    6.  Version identification(Currently set as 1.91) for both waveart.sys
        and waveart.dll .  Product name, Copyright, Company name being
        specified as for Rockwell WaveArtist Driver, to appear in File
        Properties.

Note:
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    Case 64 of ACTNT WHQL Wave tests, was found by Rockwell to fail. We are
    not able to get this failure. The test case was run repeatedly for
    about 25 times, and still it did not appear. Please check with this
    release once more.  

    The Driver has been checked on all resource data files.

    Atleast 4 hours continuous and simultaneous operation of:
        a.  Wave player
        b.  Midi Player (FM Synthesis)
        c.  Midi Player (WaveTable)
        d.  Sound(Wave) Recorder (Used on and off)

    The Driver has passed thru the ACTNT WHQL tests.
        minddk.log      :   Midi In Tests Logfile
        moutddk.log     :   Midi Out Tests Logfile
        mxdrvtst.log    :   Mixer Driver Tests Logfile
        wavesan.log     :   Wave Sanity Tests Logfile
        waveout.log     :   Wave Out Tests Logfile
        wavein.log      :   Wave In Tests Logfile