Re: Mwave2.00 and Win95 overcommited

["Chris Liljenstolpe (Swanson) - SSDS" <Chris.Liljenstolpe@SSDS.com>]

Greetings,

        The issue I was seeing was that the theme that I installed had
longer sounds than the previous themes.  I think that the sound triggered
when the dial box popped up is what was causing my grief.  Went back to the
old theme and the symptoms went away.

        Regards,
        -+Chris

At 10:24 95/12/18 -0600, the sage, Todd Tannenbaum, uttered these words:
(>At 10:45 AM 12/15/95 -0800, you wrote:
(>>Keep in mind that the MWave cannot do both MIDI/Wav/SoundBlaster functions
(>>and v.34 (28.8kbps) at the same time.  The IBM tech support kid said "Hey,
(>>what do you want?  You got a modem and sound board in a laptop."  "Yipee!" I
(>>said.  "So does your competition..."  
(>>
(>>I went ahead and got a PCMCIA Ethernet/v.34 Modem combo card which frees-up
(>>my MWave to do the *important* sound stuff ;]
(>>
(>>-Ted
(>
(>
(>This is not true.  i do Wav sound and MIDI (about 8 voices) while connected
(>at 28.8baud on my thinkpad 755CE.  i also can use Internet Phone
(>successfully, which both utilizes the 28.8 modem and obviously WAV sound at
(>the same time.
(>
(>i am using win95, MWAVE 2, and run a plus-pack "theme" which has sound events.
(>
(>98% of the time i have no problems using the modem at 28.8 and using the
(>sound events at the same time.
(>sometimes, very rarely, after i dial-in, my sound events "go away", i get
(>similar problems as mentioned below, and the machine becomes very sluggish
(>when trying to open up new menus.
(>
(>i think i have detected a pattern to all this (not certain however):
(>here is what i do to avoid problems:
(>1) before using the modem, make certain a "sound-event" has been triggered
(>at least once in your win95 session. (press the Start button, whatever).  it
(>seems like you want MWAVE to have to spit out at least one WAV sound before
(>using the 28.8 modem (perhaps so it loads the WAV sound code first?)
(>2) do _not_ trigger any sound events while the modem is dialing and
(>negotiating a carrier; i.e. patiently wait and don't be mouse clicking while
(>the modem is connecting.  once you are fully connected, then continue your
work.
(>3) i think i have had worse luck when i try using modem/sound together after
(>i bring the machine up out of "hibernate" mode than when i do a "real" power
(>up (i.e. give a chance for MWAVE to boot up clean).
(>
(>hope this helps you out.
(>
(>i have actually been very please with my sound capabilities while running
(>the V.34 modem; it actaully works better for me than the older version of
(>the MWAVE software did running just a 14.4 modem.... (back then i could not
(>run any MIDI with the modem, but with the new MWAVE software even MIDI works
(>while I am using the modem at 28.8, just with a reduced number of
(>simultaneous voices).
(>
(>Todd
(>
(>>
(>>At 12:37 AM 12/15/95 -0600, Chris Liljenstolpe (Swanson) - SSDS wrote:
(>>>
(>>>        I have been running the MWave 2.0 code on Win95 and my Thinkpad
(>>>755CE for some time, but all of a sudden am getting "MWave overcommitted"
(>>>errors upon starting up a PPP session (I was doing this before with no
(>>>problems).  This just started a few days ago and, although the modem keeps
(>>>working, it becomes VERY unstable.  If I acknowledge the error
(>>>(overcommitted - stop an application and acknowledge), I end up having to
(>>>reboot to get the modem back.
(>>>
(>>>        I have made no changes to the system other than using a new theme
(>>>about 1-2 weeks ago.  Any clues as to how to track this down, or what may be
(>>>causing it?
(>>>
(>>
(>>
(>>
(>
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