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From: milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: SOUND MANAGER CRASHES!
Keywords: sound, superclock
Message-ID: <1486@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: 15 Aug 89 15:21:18 GMT
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame
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Ok...here's the deal...I've got a game which (very frequently) calls the
6.0.2 sound manager to play 'snd ' resources.  This works great (except
that I can't play 2 sounds at the same time easily) but I have one very
SERIOUS problem.

Some of the people who use the game have SUPERCLOCK or other clock programs
installed that play a "chime" on the hour.  Apparently, if the clock makes
it's sound while my game is also making a sound, the Mac crashes or freezes
up.

This is a pretty serious problem and, although I haven't tested it yet, I
bet the "alarm" from the Apple alarm clock DA would do the same thing.  I'm
guessing that the problem is SUPERCLOCK using "old" sound manager while
I use the "new" one.  Either that or one of us is making an error when we
try to open a sound channel.

Anybody have a possible solution to this??  I really hate to have to tell 
users to turn off superclock everytime they play.

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306 
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