From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Allegro MIDI Date: 10 Mar 1997 18:59:56 GMT Organization: Oxford University Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5g1lnc$kts@news.ox.ac.uk> References: <5g0277$bo6 AT nuscc DOT nus DOT sg> <5g0ru3$6l4 AT news DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk> <5g14or$krs AT lyra DOT csx DOT cam DOT ac DOT uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mc31.merton.ox.ac.uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Michael Meeks (mejm2 AT hermes DOT cam DOT ac DOT uk) wrote: : In article <5g0ru3$6l4 AT news DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>, : George Foot wrote: : >The 0x330 port is for output to an external MIDI device; if you don't have : >one you're stuck with crappy OPL3 synthesis. This also goes for the AWE32, : >since Creative are not willing to release DJGPP-compatible AWE32 drivers to : >the general public. : It somewhat irritates me that people with cheap cards can get : better MIDI than my AWE32. Is there any Creative address that we can all : write polite, but blunt messages to demanding information ? support AT cle DOT creaf DOT com is the tech support address. I try to contact them a few times before, without even a reply saying "no we won't do it". Still, I think the polite approach is the best. We just need to get a significant volume into their mailbox, persuade them that DJGPP is a development platform worth considering, and point out that if they're unwilling to release the source code then that's just fine, they don't have to. The binaries and include file should be quite sufficient. Also they may be under the impression that they would be required to GPL the code, since DJGPP itself is GPLed; this is, of course, not true, and perhaps assuring them of this would help. I have just emailed them again mentioning the above; perhaps if more people do the same we may change their opinion. But keep it polite ;) -- George Foot Merton College, Oxford.