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ESS had a collection of apps they bunled with the ES1688. I saw mention
of "Band in a Box" by pgmusic, and ESS' own "AudioRack".

Louis Ohland wrote:

Tom, I can't remember everything I published.

Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 15:13, Louis Ohland wrote:

  To use IRQ-5, you need to make the following modifications:
    a. Change @5150.adf file replacing "int 7" with "int 5"
         (you must re-configure your system after updating the ADF) >>>    b. DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT, change DOSMIXER statement from "-7" to "-5"
   c. Win31 SYSTEM.INI, change [auddrive.drv] from "int=7" to "int=5"
   d. OS2 CONFIG.SYS, change device=ES1688DD.SYS from "/I:7" to "/I:5" >>>    e. Win95, use device manager to change interrupt from 7 to 5
   f. WinNT, re-install and select interrupt 5

https://www.ardent-tool.com/sound/ChipChat.html#ADF_Hack

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https://www.pgmusic.com/
Sorry. This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.

Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 9:35, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6:38:25 PM UTC-4, lorenzo....@gmail.com
wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:22:02 PM UTC-4, Lorenzo Mollicone wrote: >>>> Aside from the cc1.zip that's available on the Ardent Tool &

ChipChat website, does anyone have the original disks that they can
make images of?

Would seem there's a second disk in the pack, and cc1.zip only gets
you halfway though the windows installation.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks !!

Nevermind -- I was able to rebuild the second disk from other
available sound card archives. ZIP file has been sent to Louis for
archival.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday !!

Lorenzo/Luis,

I recently acquired a ChipChat and need this 2nd disk image, do you
still have it?  It never made it to Ardent-Tool and it's not on
ChipChat's website.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
   -Lionel

Looks like the self-extracting disk files were called CCSOUND1.EXE & CCSOUND2.EXE: https://web.archive.org/web/19970103121340/http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChat/USA/ChpChtSB_SupportFiles.html

There were on a customer-only FTP though. No sign of them anywhere on
the internetz.

A stripped down version of the official ChipChat website is still up: http://www.chipchat.com/index.html
with some of the pages modified earlier this year: http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChatDirect.html
Maybe they still have the files?

Might be worth asking if everything else fails...

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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 10:53:32 AM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://www.pgmusic.com/
Sorry. This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.
Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 9:35, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6:38:25 PM UTC-4, lorenzo....@gmail.com
wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:22:02 PM UTC-4, Lorenzo Mollicone wrote: >>>> Aside from the cc1.zip that's available on the Ardent Tool &

ChipChat website, does anyone have the original disks that they can >>>> make images of?

Would seem there's a second disk in the pack, and cc1.zip only gets >>>> you halfway though the windows installation.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks !!

Nevermind -- I was able to rebuild the second disk from other
available sound card archives. ZIP file has been sent to Louis for
archival.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday !!

Lorenzo/Luis,

I recently acquired a ChipChat and need this 2nd disk image, do you
still have it? It never made it to Ardent-Tool and it's not on
ChipChat's website.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
-Lionel

Looks like the self-extracting disk files were called CCSOUND1.EXE & CCSOUND2.EXE: https://web.archive.org/web/19970103121340/http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChat/USA/ChpChtSB_SupportFiles.html

There were on a customer-only FTP though. No sign of them anywhere on
the internetz.

A stripped down version of the official ChipChat website is still up: http://www.chipchat.com/index.html
with some of the pages modified earlier this year: http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChatDirect.html
Maybe they still have the files?

Might be worth asking if everything else fails...

Wow just woke up! I'll keep looking, but I've crawled wayback machine on the chipchat site and didn't get lucky. I will scour the internet for CCSOUND1.EXE and CCSOUND2.EXE. I also pinged Lorenzo on facebook.

Install fails without the second disk. It asks for Disk2, which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll and then fails.

which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 11:09:05 AM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 10:53:32 AM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://www.pgmusic.com/
Sorry. This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.
Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 9:35, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6:38:25 PM UTC-4, lorenzo....@gmail.com
wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:22:02 PM UTC-4, Lorenzo Mollicone wrote:

Aside from the cc1.zip that's available on the Ardent Tool &
ChipChat website, does anyone have the original disks that they can >>>> make images of?

Would seem there's a second disk in the pack, and cc1.zip only gets >>>> you halfway though the windows installation.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks !!

Nevermind -- I was able to rebuild the second disk from other
available sound card archives. ZIP file has been sent to Louis for
archival.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday !!

Lorenzo/Luis,

I recently acquired a ChipChat and need this 2nd disk image, do you
still have it? It never made it to Ardent-Tool and it's not on
ChipChat's website.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
-Lionel

Looks like the self-extracting disk files were called CCSOUND1.EXE & CCSOUND2.EXE: https://web.archive.org/web/19970103121340/http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChat/USA/ChpChtSB_SupportFiles.html

There were on a customer-only FTP though. No sign of them anywhere on the internetz.

A stripped down version of the official ChipChat website is still up: http://www.chipchat.com/index.html
with some of the pages modified earlier this year: http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChatDirect.html
Maybe they still have the files?

Might be worth asking if everything else fails...

Wow just woke up! I'll keep looking, but I've crawled wayback machine on the chipchat site and didn't get lucky. I will scour the internet for CCSOUND1.EXE and CCSOUND2.EXE. I also pinged Lorenzo on facebook.

Install fails without the second disk. It asks for Disk2, which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll and then fails.

which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll

Messed up that last cut and paste, meant to have a link to a screenshot instead of repeating a sentence, lol. This is where setup dies, https://imgur.com/a/pHWWXjK
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On 20.11.2022 17:13, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 11:09:05 AM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 10:53:32 AM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://www.pgmusic.com/
Sorry. This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.
Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 9:35, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6:38:25 PM UTC-4, lorenzo....@gmail.com >>>>> wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:22:02 PM UTC-4, Lorenzo Mollicone wrote: >>>>>>> Aside from the cc1.zip that's available on the Ardent Tool &

ChipChat website, does anyone have the original disks that they can >>>>>>> make images of?

Would seem there's a second disk in the pack, and cc1.zip only gets >>>>>>> you halfway though the windows installation.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks !!

Nevermind -- I was able to rebuild the second disk from other
available sound card archives. ZIP file has been sent to Louis for >>>>>> archival.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday !!

Lorenzo/Luis,

I recently acquired a ChipChat and need this 2nd disk image, do you
still have it? It never made it to Ardent-Tool and it's not on
ChipChat's website.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
-Lionel

Looks like the self-extracting disk files were called CCSOUND1.EXE &
CCSOUND2.EXE:
https://web.archive.org/web/19970103121340/http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChat/USA/ChpChtSB_SupportFiles.html

There were on a customer-only FTP though. No sign of them anywhere on
the internetz.

A stripped down version of the official ChipChat website is still up:
http://www.chipchat.com/index.html
with some of the pages modified earlier this year:
http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChatDirect.html
Maybe they still have the files?

Might be worth asking if everything else fails...

Wow just woke up! I'll keep looking, but I've crawled wayback machine on the chipchat site and didn't get lucky. I will scour the internet for CCSOUND1.EXE and CCSOUND2.EXE. I also pinged Lorenzo on facebook.

Install fails without the second disk. It asks for Disk2, which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll and then fails.

which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll

Messed up that last cut and paste, meant to have a link to a screenshot instead of repeating a sentence, lol. This is where setup dies, https://imgur.com/a/pHWWXjK

CTL3D.DLL is a standard Windows library for 3D UI elements.

We could probably rebuild the second disk from a scratch, should all
other efforts fail. But it would be nice to have the "real deal"...
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 11:30:07 AM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 17:13, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 11:09:05 AM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 10:53:32 AM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote: >>> https://www.pgmusic.com/

Sorry. This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.
Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 9:35, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6:38:25 PM UTC-4, lorenzo....@gmail.com >>>>> wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:22:02 PM UTC-4, Lorenzo Mollicone wrote:

Aside from the cc1.zip that's available on the Ardent Tool &
ChipChat website, does anyone have the original disks that they can >>>>>>> make images of?

Would seem there's a second disk in the pack, and cc1.zip only gets >>>>>>> you halfway though the windows installation.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks !!

Nevermind -- I was able to rebuild the second disk from other
available sound card archives. ZIP file has been sent to Louis for >>>>>> archival.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday !!

Lorenzo/Luis,

I recently acquired a ChipChat and need this 2nd disk image, do you >>>>> still have it? It never made it to Ardent-Tool and it's not on
ChipChat's website.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
-Lionel

Looks like the self-extracting disk files were called CCSOUND1.EXE & >>>> CCSOUND2.EXE:
https://web.archive.org/web/19970103121340/http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChat/USA/ChpChtSB_SupportFiles.html

There were on a customer-only FTP though. No sign of them anywhere on >>>> the internetz.

A stripped down version of the official ChipChat website is still up: >>>> http://www.chipchat.com/index.html
with some of the pages modified earlier this year:
http://www.chipchat.com/ChipChatDirect.html
Maybe they still have the files?

Might be worth asking if everything else fails...

Wow just woke up! I'll keep looking, but I've crawled wayback machine on the chipchat site and didn't get lucky. I will scour the internet for CCSOUND1.EXE and CCSOUND2.EXE. I also pinged Lorenzo on facebook.

Install fails without the second disk. It asks for Disk2, which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll and then fails.

which you can fudge your way past by making a disk.2 file on the floppy... and after that you see that setup needs CTL3D.dll

Messed up that last cut and paste, meant to have a link to a screenshot instead of repeating a sentence, lol. This is where setup dies, https://imgur.com/a/pHWWXjK

CTL3D.DLL is a standard Windows library for 3D UI elements.

We could probably rebuild the second disk from a scratch, should all
other efforts fail. But it would be nice to have the "real deal"...

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?
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On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There was a
pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either DEFLATE or
just LZ77 iirc.

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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There was a pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either DEFLATE or
just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you back in 2019?
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On 20.11.2022 18:33, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There was a
pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either DEFLATE or
just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you back in 2019?

auddrive.ini probably...

Files from a generic ESS1688 driver package might work. Like here: https://oemdrivers.com/sound-ess1688

Ideally we would want to use the same version ChipChat shipped with the
card.



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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:46:28 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:33, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There was a >> pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either DEFLATE or >> just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you back in 2019?

auddrive.ini probably...

Files from a generic ESS1688 driver package might work. Like here: https://oemdrivers.com/sound-ess1688

Ideally we would want to use the same version ChipChat shipped with the card.

So I've been chugging along finding various files from different ESS1688 packages. Looks like A:\winapps\tcalc.exe is one I hit a wall with.
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:32:51 PM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:46:28 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:33, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There was a
pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either DEFLATE or >> just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you back in 2019?

auddrive.ini probably...

Files from a generic ESS1688 driver package might work. Like here: https://oemdrivers.com/sound-ess1688

Ideally we would want to use the same version ChipChat shipped with the card.

So I've been chugging along finding various files from different ESS1688 packages. Looks like A:\winapps\tcalc.exe is one I hit a wall with.

Actually, finding files I need in the sound piper drivers
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On 20.11.2022 19:41, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:32:51 PM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:46:28 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote: >>> On 20.11.2022 18:33, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There was a >>>>> pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either DEFLATE or >>>>> just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you back in 2019?

auddrive.ini probably...

Files from a generic ESS1688 driver package might work. Like here:
https://oemdrivers.com/sound-ess1688

Ideally we would want to use the same version ChipChat shipped with the
card.

So I've been chugging along finding various files from different ESS1688 packages. Looks like A:\winapps\tcalc.exe is one I hit a wall with.

Actually, finding files I need in the sound piper drivers

Ah right, we should have checked that package first probably... :)
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On 20.11.2022 19:48, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 19:41, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:32:51 PM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com
wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:46:28 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com
wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:33, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5,
slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to
compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks >>>>>>> like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There >>>>>> was a
pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either
DEFLATE or
just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is
A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you
back in 2019?

auddrive.ini probably...

Files from a generic ESS1688 driver package might work. Like here:
https://oemdrivers.com/sound-ess1688

Ideally we would want to use the same version ChipChat shipped with the >>>> card.

So I've been chugging along finding various files from different
ESS1688 packages. Looks like A:\winapps\tcalc.exe is one I hit a wall
with.

Actually, finding files I need in the sound piper drivers

Ah right, we should have checked that package first probably... :)

Tcalc.exe - Talking Calculator

Totally not a gimmick... Why is all that stuff mandatory to install?
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:50:26 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 19:48, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 19:41, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:32:51 PM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com
wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:46:28 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com >>> wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:33, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5,
slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to
compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks >>>>>>> like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There >>>>>> was a
pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either
DEFLATE or
just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is >>>>> A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you
back in 2019?

auddrive.ini probably...

Files from a generic ESS1688 driver package might work. Like here:
https://oemdrivers.com/sound-ess1688

Ideally we would want to use the same version ChipChat shipped with the >>>> card.

So I've been chugging along finding various files from different
ESS1688 packages. Looks like A:\winapps\tcalc.exe is one I hit a wall >>> with.

Actually, finding files I need in the sound piper drivers

Ah right, we should have checked that package first probably... :)

Tcalc.exe - Talking Calculator

Totally not a gimmick... Why is all that stuff mandatory to install?

The best part is the shitty installer has no retry option when it can't find a file..... I have re-run the installer probably 60+ times now... rebuilding this disk... for likely just Windows 3.1....
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On 20.11.2022 20:15, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:50:26 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 19:48, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 19:41, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:32:51 PM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com
wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:46:28 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:33, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 12:25:04 PM UTC-5,
slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 20.11.2022 18:12, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but I am not sure how to
compress the files to the format the installer expects. It looks >>>>>>>>> like its the classic expand... I assume I can use deflate?

Yeah, it's probably the usual expand-compatible compression. There >>>>>>>> was a
pair of utilities - compress.exe and expand.exe. It's either
DEFLATE or
just LZ77 iirc.

yeah i just did that with compress.exe So the next file needed is >>>>>>> A:\winapdll\auddrive.in_ not sure where to grab that........

Louis, would Lorenzo have emailed it to you or something to you
back in 2019?

auddrive.ini probably...

Files from a generic ESS1688 driver package might work. Like here: >>>>>> https://oemdrivers.com/sound-ess1688

Ideally we would want to use the same version ChipChat shipped with the >>>>>> card.

So I've been chugging along finding various files from different
ESS1688 packages. Looks like A:\winapps\tcalc.exe is one I hit a wall >>>>> with.

Actually, finding files I need in the sound piper drivers

Ah right, we should have checked that package first probably... :)

Tcalc.exe - Talking Calculator

Totally not a gimmick... Why is all that stuff mandatory to install?

The best part is the shitty installer has no retry option when it can't find a file..... I have re-run the installer probably 60+ times now... rebuilding this disk... for likely just Windows 3.1....

The main INF file is embedded into the SETUP.EXE binary. Might make
things slightly faster: https://pastebin.com/MHsh2AEg
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2:winapdll\CTL3D.DL_=&s\CTL3D.DLL, Windows 3D DLL, 2:winapdll\auddrive.in_=&w\auddrive.ini, Audio Card INI file, IMP 2:winapdll\audplay.dl_=&s\audplay.dll, Audio Play DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\essctl.dl_=&s\essctl.dll, Control DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\esstb.dl_=&s\esstb.dll, Stub DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\volapi.dl_=&s\volapi.dll, Volume Control DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\recapi.dl_=&s\recapi.dll, Record Control DLL, IMP

2:winapps\AUDIOREC.Ex_=&p\WINAPPS\AUDIOREC.EXE, Audio Recorder
Application, IMP
2:winapps\AUDIOREC.HL_=&p\WINAPPS\AUDIOREC.HLP, Audio Recorder Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\VOLCNTRL.EX_=&p\WINAPPS\VOLCNTRL.EXE, Volume Control
Application, IMP
2:winapps\VOLCNTRL.HL_=&p\WINAPPS\VOLCNTRL.HLP, Volume Control Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\mixer.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\mixer.exe, Mixer Control, IMP 2:winapps\mixer.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\mixer.hlp, Mixer Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\reccntrl.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\reccntrl.exe, Record Control Panel, IMP 2:winapps\reccntrl.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\reccntrl.hlp, Record Control Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\tcalc.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\tcalc.exe, Talking Calculator, IMP 2:winapps\tcalc.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\tcalc.hlp, Talking Calculator Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\chime.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\chime.exe, Chime Application, IMP 2:winapps\chime.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\chime.hlp, Chime Application Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\tclock.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\tclock.exe, Talking Clock, IMP 2:winapps\tclock.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\tclock.hlp, Talking Clock Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\reminder.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\reminder.exe, Talking Reminder, IMP 2:winapps\reminder.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\reminder.hlp, Talking Reminder Helpfile 2:winapps\esspm.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\esspm.exe, Executable, IMP

2:midi\BANJOBOY.MID=&p\midi\banjoboy.mid, MIDI File, IMP 2:midi\PARIS.MID=&p\midi\paris.mid, MIDI File, IMP 2:midi\PASQUINA.MID=&p\midi\pasquina.mid, MIDI File, IMP 2:midi\SALSA.MID=&p\midi\salsa.mid, MIDI File, IMP 2:midi\SIMPSONS.MID=&p\midi\simpsons.mid, MIDI File, IMP 2:midi\STOMP.MID=&p\midi\stomp.mid, MIDI File, IMP 2:midi\MAPLRAG.MID=&p\midi\maplrag.mid, MIDI File, IMP 2:midi\MINWLTZ.MID=&p\midi\minwltz.mid, MIDI File, IMP

2:awav\tickone.aud=&p\AWAV\tickone.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00001a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00001a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00050a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00050a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00080a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00080a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00008a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00008a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00008a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00008a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00000a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00000a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00040a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00040a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00090a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00090a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00100a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00100a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00004a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00004a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00008a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00008a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\analla.aud=&p\AWAV\analla.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anpointa.aud=&p\AWAV\anpointa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00002a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00002a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00004a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00004a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00020a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00020a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00030a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00030a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00060a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00060a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai00070a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai00070a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ai01000a.aud=&p\AWAV\ai01000a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aibillia.aud=&p\AWAV\aibillia.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aimillia.aud=&p\AWAV\aimillia.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00001a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00001a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00002a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00002a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00001a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00001a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00003a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00003a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00005a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00005a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00007a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00007a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00009a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00009a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00010a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00010a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00050a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00050a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00080a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00080a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00100a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00100a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00007a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00007a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00010a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00010a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00030a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00030a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00080a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00080a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anexpona.aud=&p\AWAV\anexpona.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anminuta.aud=&p\AWAV\anminuta.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\antimesa.aud=&p\AWAV\antimesa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00002a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00002a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00005a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00005a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00007a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00007a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00009a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00009a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00010a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00010a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00020a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00020a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00030a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00030a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00040a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00040a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ding1.wav=&p\AWAV\ding1.wav, Wave File, IMP 2:awav\ae00000a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00000a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00006a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00006a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00011a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00011a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00012a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00012a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00013a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00013a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00018a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00018a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00020a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00020a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00030a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00030a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00040a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00040a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00090a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00090a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aebillia.aud=&p\AWAV\aebillia.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aeplusa.aud=&p\AWAV\aeplusa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aerecala.aud=&p\AWAV\aerecala.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00003a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00003a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00005a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00005a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00009a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00009a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00011a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00011a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00012a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00012a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00020a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00020a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00040a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00040a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anama.aud=&p\AWAV\anama.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ancleara.aud=&p\AWAV\ancleara.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anminusa.aud=&p\AWAV\anminusa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anpercea.aud=&p\AWAV\anpercea.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anpma.aud=&p\AWAV\anpma.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ansecona.aud=&p\AWAV\ansecona.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00004a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00004a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00006a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00006a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00011a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00011a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00012a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00012a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00050a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00050a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00014a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00014a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00060a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00060a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00070a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00070a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae01000a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae01000a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aehoursa.aud=&p\AWAV\aehoursa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aemillia.aud=&p\AWAV\aemillia.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\aeminusa.aud=&p\AWAV\aeminusa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00006a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00006a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00018a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00018a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00050a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00050a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00060a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00060a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00070a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00070a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00090a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00090a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\almemora.aud=&p\AWAV\almemora.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anequala.aud=&p\AWAV\anequala.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anmintsa.aud=&p\AWAV\anmintsa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anplusa.aud=&p\AWAV\anplusa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00003a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00003a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00015a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00015a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00000a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00000a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00013a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00013a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00014a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00014a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00019a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00019a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anrecipa.aud=&p\AWAV\anrecipa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00013a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00013a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00018a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00018a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00016a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00016a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00019a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00019a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00015a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00015a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00016a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00016a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ansecnsa.aud=&p\AWAV\ansecnsa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ansqrta.aud=&p\AWAV\ansqrta.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\antimeia.aud=&p\AWAV\antimeia.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00014a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00014a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00015a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00015a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00019a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00019a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\ae00017a.aud=&p\AWAV\ae00017a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\al00017a.aud=&p\AWAV\al00017a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\andivbya.aud=&p\AWAV\andivbya.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00016a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00016a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anbkspa.aud=&p\AWAV\anbkspa.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\at00017a.aud=&p\AWAV\at00017a.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anclenta.aud=&p\AWAV\anclenta.aud, Wave File, IMP 2:awav\buzz1.wav=&p\AWAV\buzz1.wav, Wave File, IMP 2:awav\cuckoo.aud=&p\AWAV\cuckoo.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\anchsgna.aud=&p\AWAV\anchsgna.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\bigben.aud=&p\AWAV\bigben.aud, Audio File, IMP 2:awav\gong1.aud=&p\AWAV\gong1.aud, Audio File, IMP

2:audclips\sound\frog.wa_=&p\audclips\sound\frog.wav, Wave File, IMP 2:audclips\sound\bird.wa_=&p\audclips\sound\bird.wav, Wave File, IMP

2:audclips\phrases\ycomment.wa_=&p\audclips\phrases\ycomment.wav, Wave
File, IMP

2:audclips\music\quest1.wa_=&p\audclips\music\quest1.wav, Wave File, IMP

2:audclips\music\quichits.wa_=&p\audclips\music\quichits.wav, Wave File,
IMP
2:audclips\music\start.wa_=&p\audclips\music\start.wav, Wave File, IMP
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2:winapdll\CTL3D.DL_=&s\CTL3D.DLL, Windows 3D DLL, 2:winapdll\auddrive.in_=&w\auddrive.ini, Audio Card INI file, IMP 2:winapdll\audplay.dl_=&s\audplay.dll, Audio Play DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\essctl.dl_=&s\essctl.dll, Control DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\esstb.dl_=&s\esstb.dll, Stub DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\volapi.dl_=&s\volapi.dll, Volume Control DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\recapi.dl_=&s\recapi.dll, Record Control DLL, IMP

2:winapps\AUDIOREC.Ex_=&p\WINAPPS\AUDIOREC.EXE, Audio Recorder
Application, IMP
2:winapps\AUDIOREC.HL_=&p\WINAPPS\AUDIOREC.HLP, Audio Recorder Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\VOLCNTRL.EX_=&p\WINAPPS\VOLCNTRL.EXE, Volume Control
Application, IMP
2:winapps\VOLCNTRL.HL_=&p\WINAPPS\VOLCNTRL.HLP, Volume Control Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\mixer.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\mixer.exe, Mixer Control, IMP 2:winapps\mixer.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\mixer.hlp, Mixer Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\reccntrl.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\reccntrl.exe, Record Control Panel, IMP 2:winapps\reccntrl.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\reccntrl.hlp, Record Control Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\tcalc.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\tcalc.exe, Talking Calculator, IMP 2:winapps\tcalc.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\tcalc.hlp, Talking Calculator Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\chime.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\chime.exe, Chime Application, IMP 2:winapps\chime.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\chime.hlp, Chime Application Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\tclock.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\tclock.exe, Talking Clock, IMP 2:winapps\tclock.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\tclock.hlp, Talking Clock Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\reminder.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\reminder.exe, Talking Reminder, IMP 2:winapps\reminder.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\reminder.hlp, Talking Reminder Helpfile 2:winapps\esspm.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\esspm.exe, Executable, IMP
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 3:00:43 PM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:

2:winapdll\CTL3D.DL_=&s\CTL3D.DLL, Windows 3D DLL, 2:winapdll\auddrive.in_=&w\auddrive.ini, Audio Card INI file, IMP 2:winapdll\audplay.dl_=&s\audplay.dll, Audio Play DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\essctl.dl_=&s\essctl.dll, Control DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\esstb.dl_=&s\esstb.dll, Stub DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\volapi.dl_=&s\volapi.dll, Volume Control DLL, IMP 2:winapdll\recapi.dl_=&s\recapi.dll, Record Control DLL, IMP

2:winapps\AUDIOREC.Ex_=&p\WINAPPS\AUDIOREC.EXE, Audio Recorder
Application, IMP
2:winapps\AUDIOREC.HL_=&p\WINAPPS\AUDIOREC.HLP, Audio Recorder Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\VOLCNTRL.EX_=&p\WINAPPS\VOLCNTRL.EXE, Volume Control
Application, IMP
2:winapps\VOLCNTRL.HL_=&p\WINAPPS\VOLCNTRL.HLP, Volume Control Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\mixer.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\mixer.exe, Mixer Control, IMP 2:winapps\mixer.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\mixer.hlp, Mixer Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\reccntrl.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\reccntrl.exe, Record Control Panel, IMP 2:winapps\reccntrl.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\reccntrl.hlp, Record Control Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\tcalc.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\tcalc.exe, Talking Calculator, IMP 2:winapps\tcalc.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\tcalc.hlp, Talking Calculator Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\chime.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\chime.exe, Chime Application, IMP 2:winapps\chime.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\chime.hlp, Chime Application Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\tclock.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\tclock.exe, Talking Clock, IMP 2:winapps\tclock.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\tclock.hlp, Talking Clock Helpfile, IMP 2:winapps\reminder.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\reminder.exe, Talking Reminder, IMP 2:winapps\reminder.hl_=&p\WINAPPS\reminder.hlp, Talking Reminder Helpfile 2:winapps\esspm.ex_=&p\WINAPPS\esspm.exe, Executable, IMP

Thanks guys, this was helpful. I dumped the whole AWAV contents from the SoundPiper drivers in there and with a few more files got the install to complete. Things are really broken because the Audiovation was installed previously. I am going to nuke the system and start fresh and report back. Will take a bit. Thinking of using System commander so i can multiboot different OS's
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On 20.11.2022 21:05, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks guys, this was helpful. I dumped the whole AWAV contents from the SoundPiper drivers in there and with a few more files got the install to complete. Things are really broken because the Audiovation was installed previously. I am going to nuke the system and start fresh and report back. Will take a bit. Thinking of using System commander so i can multiboot different OS's

Hopefully things will become less broken after the reinstall. Luckily,
all the important (and potentially somewhat customized) files were on
the first disk. The second one is mostly support software + some junk.
So, we should be good with this "crossbreed" disk set, I think...
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Tom, can we determinate what the disk-2 files are for other OS? Win3.1x
done, what of W95 and NT?

Tomas Slavotinek wrote:

On 20.11.2022 21:05, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks guys, this was helpful.  I dumped the whole AWAV contents from
the SoundPiper drivers in there and with a few more files got the
install to complete.  Things are really broken because the Audiovation
was installed previously.   I am going to nuke the system and start
fresh and report back.  Will take a bit. Thinking of using System
commander so i can multiboot different OS's

Hopefully things will become less broken after the reinstall. Luckily,
all the important (and potentially somewhat customized) files were on
the first disk. The second one is mostly support software + some junk.
So, we should be good with this "crossbreed" disk set, I think...

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On 20.11.2022 21:42, Louis Ohland wrote:

Tom, can we determinate what the disk-2 files are for other OS? Win3.1x done, what of W95 and NT?

The SETUP.EXE with its integrated INF file is for Win 3.1 only it seems.

The first disk also has the Win95 and NT drivers, but no setup program
for them, so they must be installed using the Add New Hardware Wizard or Device Manager (the included DOC files confirm this). This will not
install any of the support software. The DOC files mention WINAPPS.EXE
on disk 2 that is supposed to install the SW under Win95/NT.

The OS/2 driver set appears to be standalone as well. No mention of disk
2 or support software in the OS/2 DOCs.

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On 20.11.2022 9:35, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 6:38:25 PM UTC-4, lorenzo....@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:22:02 PM UTC-4, Lorenzo Mollicone wrote:

Aside from the cc1.zip that's available on the Ardent Tool & ChipChat website, does anyone have the original disks that they can make images of?

Would seem there's a second disk in the pack, and cc1.zip only gets you halfway though the windows installation.

Any thoughts would be helpful.

Thanks !!

Nevermind -- I was able to rebuild the second disk from other available sound card archives. ZIP file has been sent to Louis for archival.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday !!

Lorenzo/Luis,

I recently acquired a ChipChat and need this 2nd disk image, do you still have it? It never made it to Ardent-Tool and it's not on ChipChat's website.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
-Lionel

I just emailed ChipChat and surprisingly it didn't bounce. Not yet anyway...

I doubt I will get a reply, but eh, it's worth a shot.
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I just emailed ChipChat and surprisingly it didn't bounce. Not yet anyway...

I doubt I will get a reply, but eh, it's worth a shot.

I think I had seen the account for one of the brothers on LinkedIn - I tried contact there, but never got a reply.
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 6:38:20 PM UTC-5, IBMMuseum wrote:

I just emailed ChipChat and surprisingly it didn't bounce. Not yet anyway...

I doubt I will get a reply, but eh, it's worth a shot.

I think I had seen the account for one of the brothers on LinkedIn - I tried contact there, but never got a reply.

It wont happen tonight, but I plan to run Setup in Win95/NT/OS/2 and see what happens. Never played with OS/2 before so I have to acquire it and see what happens. Let me know if I should bother if it appears the files are just for Win31
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 6:41:48 PM UTC-5, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 6:38:20 PM UTC-5, IBMMuseum wrote:

I just emailed ChipChat and surprisingly it didn't bounce. Not yet anyway...

I doubt I will get a reply, but eh, it's worth a shot.

I think I had seen the account for one of the brothers on LinkedIn - I tried contact there, but never got a reply.

It wont happen tonight, but I plan to run Setup in Win95/NT/OS/2 and see what happens. Never played with OS/2 before so I have to acquire it and see what happens. Let me know if I should bother if it appears the files are just for Win31

Also, I wasn't able to locate the midi files... I just inserted some really small random Midi I found on the internet. If anyone can find them... let me know!
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On 21.11.2022 0:41, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 6:38:20 PM UTC-5, IBMMuseum wrote:

I just emailed ChipChat and surprisingly it didn't bounce. Not yet anyway...

I doubt I will get a reply, but eh, it's worth a shot.

I think I had seen the account for one of the brothers on LinkedIn - I tried contact there, but never got a reply.

It wont happen tonight, but I plan to run Setup in Win95/NT/OS/2 and see what happens. Never played with OS/2 before so I have to acquire it and see what happens. Let me know if I should bother if it appears the files are just for Win31

The SETUP.EXE binary is only for Win 3.1. See the "Re: Other installs?"
branch of this thread...

I think the missing WINAPPS.EXE binary from disk #2 probably installs
the same 16-bit software referenced in the SETUP.EXE... but I have no
way of telling for sure.
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On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 6:46:30 PM UTC-5, slavo...@gmail.com wrote:

On 21.11.2022 0:41, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 6:38:20 PM UTC-5, IBMMuseum wrote:

I just emailed ChipChat and surprisingly it didn't bounce. Not yet anyway...

I doubt I will get a reply, but eh, it's worth a shot.

I think I had seen the account for one of the brothers on LinkedIn - I tried contact there, but never got a reply.

It wont happen tonight, but I plan to run Setup in Win95/NT/OS/2 and see what happens. Never played with OS/2 before so I have to acquire it and see what happens. Let me know if I should bother if it appears the files are just for Win31

The SETUP.EXE binary is only for Win 3.1. See the "Re: Other installs?" branch of this thread...

I think the missing WINAPPS.EXE binary from disk #2 probably installs
the same 16-bit software referenced in the SETUP.EXE... but I have no
way of telling for sure.

Tomáš how did you get the Setup.inf from the setup.exe? I mean I am sure I could google it.... but if you know of good software that I can use, please let me know. I might look into manipulating the install and perhaps sharing the results.
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On 01.12.2022 7:06, lharr...@gmail.com wrote:

Tomáš how did you get the Setup.inf from the setup.exe? I mean I am sure I could google it.... but if you know of good software that I can use, please let me know. I might look into manipulating the install and perhaps sharing the results.

Sorry for the late reply.

I simply used a hex editor to open the executable - the INF contents are appended at the very end. Try editing the text in a hex editor and see
if the setup complains. Maybe if you remove the INF section completely
it will try loading an external file instead?

I'm dealing with a bunch of stuff right now, and can't look into it
deeper... sorry.
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