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From: rad@genco.uucp (Bob Daniel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Sound Driver vs. Sound Manager
Message-ID: <59@genco.uucp>
Date: 8 Oct 90 18:00:12 GMT
References: <10539.270e4548@amherst.bitnet>
Reply-To: rad@genco. (Bob Daniel)
Organization: Gentry & Assoc. Excelsior Springs, MO
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In article <10539.270e4548@amherst.bitnet> mbabramowicz@amherst.bitnet writes:
>Tech Notes really seem to discourage use of the Sound Driver, so I'd like to
>include Sound Manager routines in a game that I've written. However, I don't
>want to lose compatibility with old Macs and therefore want to have a simple
>test to determine whether or not a given computer has Sound Manager
>capabilities. What Mac type or system software versions will guarantee that the
>Sound Manager is present?

How about testing the version of system that is running?  I believe the Sound
Manager started in 6.0.