MT32-driver instruction manual for the Soundblaster card (v 2.00)
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"MT32SB.EXE"

Copyright Anders M Olsson, 1991, 1993

Important: Please read the install instructions carefully. In particular,
take note of what to do if Sierra's INSTALL-program fails after setting
up MT32SB! You may need to edit a file in your game directory manually,
using a text editor (for example DOS 5.0 EDIT).

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  This program may be distributed freely as long as you don't charge any     
  money except for reasonable disk and/or handling costs. It is NOT in the   
  "public domain", and you must not modify it in any way. With any           
  distribution all files MT32SB.EXE, MT32SB.DOC and RESETSB.EXE must be      
  included.                                                                  
                                                                             
  You are normally not allowed to copy or give away any driver (MT32SB.DRV)  
  that you create with this program. (Subject to permission from Sierra)     
                                                                             
  Please report any bugs or peculiarities to the following address:          
                                                                             
                              Anders M Olsson                                
                              Jaktstigen 37                                  
                              S-226 52  Lund                                 
                                                                             
                              SWEDEN                                         



Introduction
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The Soundblaster (and SB Pro) cards have become increasingly popular 
among PC game enthusiasts. But many people want to go beyond the 
capabilities of the Soundblaster by upgrading to a Roland MT-32 
sound module.

The MT-32 connects to the PC through a "MIDI interface". The Sound-
blaster has a MIDI-port, so all you have to do is hook up the MT-32
to the Soundblaster, right? 

WRONG! The Soundblaster's MIDI-port is not compatible with the 
"industry standard" known as MPU-401. So there are only a few
sequencer-programs that can support the Soundblaster's way of doing
MIDI. Until now there haven't been any games at all for use with
such a setup. If it was games you wanted, you would have to buy an
extra MIDI-card, even though there already is a MIDI-port in your
computer.

Now you can save money as well as an expansion slot with this
experimental fix. It will allow most Sierra games to run on
the MT-32 using the Soundblaster's MIDI port.

The following games, released to date (April '91), are supported:

- "King's Quest IV - The Perils of Rosella"
- "Leisure Suit Larry II - Looking for Love..."
- "Police Quest II - The Vengeance"
- "Silpheed"
- "Space Quest III - The Pirates of Pestulon"
- "Hero's Quest"
- "Hoyle's Book of Games"
- "Leisure Suit Larry III - Passionate Patti..."
- "The Colonel's Bequest"
- "Conquests of Camelot"
- "Codename Iceman"
- "Sorcerian"
- "Hoyle's Book of Games, volume 2"
- "Mixed-up Mother Goose" (SCI-version)
- "King's Quest I" (SCI-version)
- "Oil's Well"
- "Quest for Glory II - Trial by Fire"
- "Jones in the Fast Lane"
- "Firehawk - Thexder the Second Contact"
- "King's Quest V - Absence Makes the Heart go Yonder!"
- "Space Quest IV - Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers"

NOT Supported:

- "Zeliard"
- All Dynamix games

Support for many more games have been added with version 2.00,
January 1993.

Note: Most recent Sierra games have an option where you can use
the Soundblaster for sound-effects (and possibly speech) together
with music from the MT-32. However, I recommend that you use
the MT-32 on its own without sampled sound-effects and speech.
Simultaneous use of the Soundblaster MIDI and audio channels will
result in degraded sound-quality, and I cannot guarantee that
it will work reliably. You may experience the game hanging or
other strange symptoms.


Supported equipment
===================

Make sure that you have a Soundblaster card and a Roland MT-32 Multi
Timbre Sound module. Roland CM-32L, CM-64, or MT-100 should also work,
but I have not tested that. If you have Creative Labs' MIDI connector
box, simply connect a cable from any "OUT" jack on the box to "MIDI
IN" on the MT-32.

If you don't have the box, make this cable:

Soundblaster                                             MT-32
15-pin D-sub male                               5-pin DIN male
     Ŀ
1  Ĵ 220 Ohms   4
     
     Ŀ
12 Ĵ 220 Ohms   5
     

4  ========================================================  2
   Shield                                            Shield



How to install
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Start by installing the Sierra game of your choice to your hard
disk. Run the fix-program by typing "MT32SB" followed by the path
to your game directory. For example:

         MT32SB C:\SIERRA\KQ6

(Alternatively, you may make the game directory default, and run
MT32SB without any parameters.)

You will be asked for the address of your Soundblaster card.
Normally, you can keep the default value of 220H. 

If everything worked out OK, a new driver called MT32SB.DRV
should appear. Now run Sierra's installation program and select
"MT-32 / Soundblaster MIDI" from the music card menu. You may
see check-marks in front of the options the install program
thinks you have. Don't worry about that "MT-32 / Soundblaster
MIDI" is not checked. Go ahead and select it anyway.

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 IMPORTANT: If Sierra's Install-program fails (It WILL on most      
 new games), use a text editor and append the following two lines   
 to the end of the file INSTALL.HLP in your game directory:         
                                                                    
          \\MT32SB.DRV                                              
          MT-32 / Soundblaster MIDI                                 


Note: Make sure that you create the MT32SB.DRV driver
individually for EACH game. Do NOT copy music drivers from
one game to another since the drivers are sligthly different.

You are normally not allowed to copy or give away the drivers
"MT32SB.DRV" that you create with this program. Since the drivers
contain both mine and Sierra's code, this is subject to permission
from Sierra.


A note about the program RESETSB.EXE
====================================

This is handy to put in the batchfiles for starting your
Sierra games. Some software may mess up your Soundblaster
card and/or MT-32 so that subsequent programs may not work.
If you run RESETSB.EXE before every Sierra game, you can be
sure that everything starts up from a known state.

The command to do this is simply

         RESETSB

from the DOS-prompt. You may give the address of the Sound-
blaster card as an argument if you use a non standard setup.
For example:

         RESETSB 240
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