From: Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: SEVERE BUGS in ALLEGRO!
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:13:28 -0800
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> I have today discovered two very SEVERE BUGS in ALLEGRO that manifest
> themselves when the SOUND features are used.
> 
> SEVERE BUG #1: After running an Allegro program that executes a
> play_sample at some point, then returning to DOS, if you then run another
> DOS program that uses sound, e.g. the test-sbc program that comes with a
> creative labs soundblaster, the result is a squawk from the soundcard and
> a system hang.
Does example 17 use play sample? I guess it does. Well, anyways, I run
ex17 with a wav file, it plays. I exit and run a game (shattered steel)
that uses sound too. No hang, beautifull midi. Is this what you were
talking about? Coz it doesn't happen to me...
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