Some miscellaneous notes regarding MIDAS Sound System v0.40a.
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PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE CONTINUING!

Finally it is here, a baffling four months late. We hope that
this MIDAS release proves to be worth the wait. At least MIDAS
is now much easier to use than before, more portable and can
finally be used with pure assembler only. There is a bit more
documentation and all libraries are included also in compiled
form to decrease compilation problems. Multitracker modules are
now supported, and you can use MIDAS with Borland Pascal 7 in
protected mode.

Read MIDAS.DOC before continuing. It contains instructions on
how to compile the examples and some other important
information. Also read the example source code through and make
sure you understand what is done.

The SRC\ directory contains all the source code for MIDAS Sound
System. Included is also full source code for MIDAS Module
Players. All necessary make scripts (*.mak files) are also
included in the source directory. The MIDAS Sound System source
code includes a lot of information on how to use the system, and
you should check there first if you run intro problems.
Especially important is the simplified MIDAS Programming
Interface, MIDAS.*. Read the header file through before
attempting to use it yourself.

There is still very little documentation. If you have problems
check the source code first, but do not hesitate to contact us.
More documentation will be available on later releases.

Not all the features are tested. Especially, we have not checked
the cut-down Pascal libraries, and there might be some problems
related to Sound Blaster series sound cards when using Watcom C.
Borland Pascal 7 Protected Mode support might also be somewhat
unstable, although we have not encountered any problems
ourselves for at least a month now. Please report any bugs and
anomalities you encounter to us, with as detailed description of
the problem and your equipment and configuration as possible.

This version of MIDAS Sound System consists of 1.4Mb of source
code. Everything is included here for you. Creating MIDAS has
not always been fun, far from it, and it has taken us
considerable amounts of time better spent studying etc. Still we
feel it has been worth it, and hope you agree.

Any feedback, whether positive or negative, is always welcome.
Please use Internet e-mail if possible - it's fast, inexpensive
and lets us deal with the messages when we have time. Our final
examinations are starting in a few days now, so do not be
disappointed if you do not get an answer right away.

I hope this has not been very confusing. I'm too tired to think
straight anymore, and am sick and tired of building this MIDAS
release package. Anyway, have fun and remember (once again):
Read the source code!

Petteri Kangaslampi, pekangas@sci.fi
