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         	README for the UltraSound Plug & Play 
		             December l995            
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It is highly recommended that you read through this readme file and follow
the given advice in order to take full advantage of your UltraSound Plug &
Play sound card.  If you have further problems regarding game settings,
please refer to our Games Help (games.txt) for more detailed advice.  You
may find it more handy if you can print this readme file and games help
file out and refer to them whenever you want advice in configuring your
UltraSound Plug & Play card or setting up your games.
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Before installing your UltraSound Plug & Play
---------------------------------------------

You must remove any Windows 3.x drivers from you previous sound card before
installing your UltraSound Plug & Play card.  This includes any Windows 3.x
drivers that you are using within Windows 95. The UltraSound Plug & Play
will not be set up correctly if these drivers are not removed.  



Rebooting During Setup in Windows 95
------------------------------------

It is possible that Windows 95 may ask you to reboot your computer during
the setup. We recommend that when asked to reboot, you press No. Our setup
program, when finished, will reboot your machine. 



Joystick Driver (Windows 95)
----------------------------

When installing your UltraSound Plug & Play, Windows 95 may prompt you for
a Joystick Driver. Choose the "Default Windows 95 Driver" option. It may
then ask you for your Microsoft Windows '95 CD.



Cakewalk Express
----------------

After installing Cakewalk, you will be asked which MIDI devices you wish
to use for MIDI IN and OUT when you run it for the first time. For your
MIDI IN device select "UltraSound MIDI IN Port" and for your MIDI OUT
device choose "MIDI MAPPER".



Recording from Microphone
-------------------------

To reduce background noise, the MIC input is muted by default. To enable
the MIC input, simply load up the UltraSound Mixer applet and un-mute
the MIC.



CompuServe Information Service
------------------------------

To access the Internet through CompuServe you will need to first install
WINCIM from the included CD-ROM. This will take you through the necessary
sign up procedures either as a new user or as someone with an existing
account. Remember there is a free one month introductory membership
included with 10 free hours of Internet access.

Once WINCIM has been installed you can then install the Internet Web
Browser found in "Netlauncher". This is also located on the CD-ROM. You
will be up and running, ready to surf the net.

We have also included some other great Internet utilities including Real
Audio and Internet Phone.  Real Audio allows you to listen to live or
pre-recorded audio broadcasts over the Internet. Check out their Web page
at WWW.REALAUDIO.COM. Internet Phone was the first to bring us real time
telephone style conversations over the Internet. They also have a Web page
at WWW.VOCALTEC.COM.

Enjoy your surfing.



EMM386.EXE
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We are providing a Microsoft authorized update for the EMM386.EXE file.
This update includes a fix that will assist our Sound Blaster Emulator
(IWSBOS) driver to work more effectively.



UltraSound Compatibility
------------------------

Our setup program will set your card up to support UltraSound supported
applications.  In order to be UltraSound compatible, you must have the
followings:

	1)  at least 512k RAM on-board. (Pro versions have 512k RAM
		already installed)
	2)  installed UltraSound RAM support from the CD-ROM.



PREPGAME.EXE
------------

This program, when run, has many features:

	1)  It will fix problems with EPIC MEGAGAMES games and UltraSound
		compatibility (Pro version only).
	2)  It will give the user Native (Direct) UltraSound support for
		the UltraSound Plug & Play card from games that use the
		HMI sound drivers.
	3)  It will automatically fix problems with the Pharlap extender.
	4)  It will automatically update version 1.92 of DOS4GW to
		version 1.97.
	5)  It will automatically update the sound drivers for IndyCar.
	6)  It will automatically update the sound drivers for Origin
		games so that they will work with IWSBOS.

We have provided 3 Epic Megagames games on our CD and you must run this
program before running the game as an UltraSound for the first time.
Please note that this is for users with the Pro version only.  

HMI drivers can be identified by having the following three files:

Hmidet.386
Hmidrv.386
Hmimdrv.386

Prepgame should be run before playing any games that you install on your
computer.  You must run prepgame in the directory where the above files
exist for prepgame to make the necessary changes.



Sound Blaster Emulation in Windows 95 DOS Box
---------------------------------------------

GUS Prompt will set up your UltraSound Plug & Play card with the same
settings as your Windows 95 environment.  This will alleviate any problems
with running the same game from within Windows 95 or from MS-DOS Mode.



SETULTRA.EXE
------------

This program works with Windows 95.  It ensures that your UltraSound Plug &
Play card has the same settings in MS-DOS Mode as it does in Windows 95.
This will alleviate any problems with running games is MS-DOS Mode.  This
program is called automatically upon startup of Windows 95.



IWSBOS
------

This program is a Sound Blaster emulation driver.  To enable the UltraSound
Plug & Play's Sound Blaster emulation, you must run IWSBOS before running a
game.  You will also need to run IWSBOS before running the sound setup for
the game. In the sound setup, select the following settings: General MIDI
music or Sound Blaster music and Sound Blaster digital.  



MEGAEM
--------

This program is also a Sound Blaster emulation driver.  If IWSBOS (refer to
section on IWSBOS) does not work with a game, use MEGAEM to enable the
UltraSound Plug & Play's Sound Blaster emulation.  MEGAEM must be run
before running the game.  You will also need to run MEGAEM before running
the sound setup for the game.  In the sound setup, select the following
settings:

General MIDI music and Sound Blaster digital.  If the General MIDI music
setting does not work,  select Sound Blaster music.



Sound for games (UltraSound Plug & Play Pro Version)
----------------------------------------------------

Before running games with your UltraSound Plug & Play Pro:

1) Run prepgame.exe from your game directory. (refer to PREPGAME.EXE
	section)
2) Use GUS Prompt if you want to run the game from a Windows 95 DOS box.
3) If the game's list of supported sound cards includes UltraSound, select
	it and play the game
4) If the game's list of supported sound cards does not include UltraSound,
	run IWSBOS. (refer to section on IWSBOS) 
5) If IWSBOS does not work, run MEGAEM (refer to section on MEGAEM)

Note: Unless your card has RAM installed and RAM support is installed from
the CD, you will hear no sound if you set up your UltraSound Plug & Play
as an UltraSound.



Sound for games (UltraSound Plug & Play)
----------------------------------------

Before running games with your UltraSound Plug & Play:

1) Run prepgame.exe from your game directory. (refer to PREPGAME.EXE
	section)
2) Use GUS Prompt if you want to run the game from a Windows 95 DOS box.
3) Run IWSBOS. (refer to section on IWSBOS) 
4) If IWSBOS does not work, run MEGAEM (refer to section on MEGAEM)



EPIC Pinball
------------

IWSBOS (Sound Blaster emulation driver) does not work with EPIC Pinball.
Please use MEGAEM to enable the UltraSound Plug & Play's Sound Blaster
emulation (refer to MEGAEM section). As well, remember to run prepgame.exe
before running the game (refer to Sound for Games section).



IWINIT Not Detecting my Sound Card
----------------------------------

Due to the nature of Plug and Play devices, IWINIT may not properly
initialize your sound card in DOS. If this occurs, you will see a message
stating that "Interwave Card Not Found". This usually occurs when exiting
into MS-DOS mode from Windows 95.  If this happens, simply run IWINIT once
or twice more until the card is initialized.
