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From: bobc@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Bob Calbridge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: adlib board
Message-ID: <10423@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 1 Dec 89 04:40:46 GMT
References: <18819@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <18819@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, drmmudie@lotus.waterloo.edu (David R. Mudie) writes:
> Does Anyone know about programming the adlib sound board.  I have played with
> it a little bit on a friend's computer long enough to determine that I don't
> like the software that was supplied with it.  I didn't have a chance to study
> the manuals in detail and didn't see any technical information in the brief
> glance that I took.

If the manuals that you refer to are simply the ones that come with the 
board then you won't find any technical information.  There is a Programmer's
Manual available for the card.  It primarily contains information for passing
information to the sound device driver.  Though I haven't looked too deeply
I belive there is a builtin timer and the manual contains information
concerning the registers.  There is a 1-800 number for Adlib (stored somewhere
on my machine at the office.)  If you call them they will try have you work 
through a local vendor.  My experience has been that local vendors don't 
stock the Programmer's Manual.  I had to call Adlib back and tell them this.
Then they were willing to do business.  The manual lists for $39.something.
Be warned, this is Canadian dollars so the price is upped by a factor of
1.1472xx.  I was able to charge mine to MasterCard and found the upcharge
added to a receipt that Adlib send me.  The manual is relatively small but 
comes with a disk with header files and sample C source programs.

If push comes to shove and you need their phone number, just raise your DTR
line and flag me.  I'll see what I can do.
 
bobc@attctc
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