CompuServe Thread

#PAR NT drivers

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#189763From: David RhotenSep 8, 1995 9:17 AM
Dave: There are newer NT drivers on DPS's ftp site now: PANTi146.EXE (as opposed to the 136 drivers that were there the other week). This set includes a small text file of revision info. FWIW…. Dave
#189818From: david W. mennenohSep 8, 1995 1:49 PM
Thanks much David. I'll grab 'em later and take a look. Have you found them to be better? DM
#190484From: David RhotenSep 12, 1995 3:24 PM
I personally didn't see much difference — but then I wasn't brave enough to try doing any file manipulation yet!<g> Dave
#190494From: david W. mennenohSep 12, 1995 4:20 PM
Yeah, I haven't been bold enough to try doing file manipulation on the PAR from NT. I guess I do have everything on DAT though…. Maybe, I'll give it a go. I haven't actually gotten the 1.4 ones yet – maybe later. Right now, I'm trying to find the Beta NT Monterey drivers. I thought I'd found them but no such luck. Their BBS is hard to get on right now… I think I've found a suitable solution to my problems. At least for a while. I'm gonna give NT a smaller partition – like 400Mb instead of 650 that way I can have regular windows, Razor, etc. on another 450Mb FAT partition. At least everything will work then and I can still learn NT. It sure is fast – my computer seems much more responsive. It's an amazing OS really. I got the new shell for it and it's got some little bugs in it, but it's nice. DM
#190619From: David RhotenSep 13, 1995 10:31 AM
I just love dragging windows around in NT — it's so beautiful, compared to the clunky Windows 3.1x method. Dave
#190674From: Sep 13, 1995 3:01 PM
Dave: >> Right now, I'm trying to find the Beta NT Monterey drivers. I thought >> I'd found them but no such luck. When you do, please let me know!!!! Greg Pyros
#190679From: Mike MorganSep 13, 1995 3:58 PM
Greg & Dave or is it Dave & Greg, I think Dave was the one that started the question. Those drivers you guys are looking for are on the Multiven Forum in the Turtle Beach section. I think they just went up yesterday the file is called MSNDNTEV.ZIP. These cover the Multisound series of cards (e.g. Monterey, Tahiti, Multisound classic). -Mike
#190732From: Sep 13, 1995 8:23 PM
Mike: >> Those drivers you guys are looking for are on the Multiven Forum >> in the Turtle Beach section. I think they just went up yesterday >> the file is called MSNDNTEV.ZIP. You are both a gentleman and a scholar (in addition to an animator!) Thanks, Greg Pyros
#190766From: Mike MorganSep 13, 1995 11:02 PM
Greg, With the audio working it has given me the ability to have the NT up and going all the time with the exception of 3DS4. I set up NTServer on a 486 w/16megs, hooked up 4 DOS machines running Lantastic and a NTWorkstation and all is going real well. This NT stuff is getting real fun. Glad to be of some help! 🙂 -Mike
#190892From: Sep 14, 1995 5:58 PM
Mike: >> I set up NTServer on a 486 w/16megs… And they said it couldn't be done! How's the performance? >> hooked up 4 DOS machines running Lantastic and a NTWorkstation Great to hear! I ended up putting Samba on both of our Sun SparcStations, thanks to Gus and John Foust, so I can log into them whether I boot up into DOS for 3DS or NT for just about everything else, including OzWIN which I am using right now! Greg Pyros
#191157From: Mike MorganSep 16, 1995 4:16 PM
Greg, <<How's the performance?>> Compared to what?<g> For what I'm using it for right now, the performance is great. There are three things it's used for, to learn about NTServer, to access my files between DOS and NT applications and a printer server for others in the office. Under these circumstances the server is working great. If I was rendering from all 5 stations and others accessing the NTServer all in the same period, I think I would be in trouble, I'm taking it one step at a time. -Mike
#189865From: Chris JohnstonSep 8, 1995 7:30 PM
Dave: What's the internet address of the DPS FTP site? Thanks, Chris – Chris Johnston, Written 08-Sep-1995 @ 20:20:56 Using: Windows NavCIS PRO 1.62
#190485From: David RhotenSep 12, 1995 3:24 PM
ftp://dps-inc.com/pub will get you there! Dave
#190736From: Chris JohnstonSep 13, 1995 8:25 PM
Dave: Thanks dave! I'll hit the FTP site tomorrow. Chris – Chris Johnston, Written 13-Sep-1995 @ 21:13:23 Using: Windows NavCIS PRO 1.62
#190899From: Andrew SinagraSep 14, 1995 6:16 PM
David, Have you gotten the preview window to work for you? All I get when I try to use the preview is black, besides that my PAR works fine in NT with the software from the DPS site. However, there was no help file or an install. Any helpful hints would be nice…<g> Andrew
#190969From: David RhotenSep 15, 1995 9:32 AM
Andrew: I didn't really expect the preview to work on my PAR as I lack the decimator chip (which I figured was required). I've been meaning to get around to ordering one, and just have to remember to get it done. If your board has the chip, I'd bet they just don't have that bit implemented yet…. Apparently, this is a beta driver — you ought to check out the site fairly often — I found an updated (1.46) of the driver there about a week after having dl'ed the 1.35 version. Dave
#191652From: Andrew SinagraSep 19, 1995 3:05 PM
David, I have an older PAR and I'm positive I don't have a decimator chip on it. Thanks, Andrew