GS entertainment is a program for showing graphics and playing music on the Apple IIgs. It can show PNT files, PIC files, ANI files and 3200 color files. It can show them individually or in a timed series. Music can also be played along with the graphic files. The music files that can be played are Sound Smith, Music Studio, Synth Lab, Music Composer and Hyperstudio sound files. This program is shareware. A donation to the author of $10 would be appreciated.
This program uses the Splasher program to show the opening graphic and music. If the program will not launch lock the program file. This will prevent the Splasher program from running. For the music to play on program start up the user tool Clays.MTool must be in either the same directory as GS Entertainment
or in the */system/tools subdirectory of the boot disk.
If you are interested the full Splasher program can be located on AOL, and Genie.
The music and sound files can be played across another graphic file loading. This usually sounds fine on a hard or ram drive, but on a 3.5 inch drive it may play haltingly. I created a switch so you could choose to play across loading another graphic picture or not.
Now Hyperstudio and Hypercard GS formatted sound files can be played with graphic images and in the jukebox.
A jukebox has been added to the program. You can now play a series of music and sound files seperately from viewing graphics.
When choosing the options menu you can force it to search for another music subdirectory by holding down the option key while choosing the option menu.
Version 3.4 fixed a couple of bugs. SynthLab music now plays at correct tempo. Sound files now play completely to the end.
Version 3.7 allowed the display of; 256 color, Paintworks packed type C0, Aux. 0000, and packed super hires screen C0, Aux 0001, as well as the other formats it could display before.
Version 3.8 adds the ability to limit your choices with the types of files in the various file dialog windows and the option window.
You can now choose animation files (ANI), 3200 color files and PNT files. All files that aren't ANI or 3200 color are considered PNT files. I decided to sacrifice some speed for flexibility. There are some 3200 files which are file type $C0 aux type 2 the same as regular PNT files. The only way to tell the difference is to have the program look into the file. It does this when you choose one of these two files but not both. If you have a subdirectory with a lot of graphic files in it (like I do), this can take some time.
In sound files you can choose between, Music Studio, Sound Smith, SynthLab, and just plain sound files.
I also fixed a bug introduced in version 3.7 (never released). This bug would cause problems with some graphic files when certain music or sound files were playing. The reason for the intermittency are a bit technical and I won't go into that here.
version 3.9e.
While in the juke box the title of the sound or music playing is real big.
version 3.91.
In the previous versions the rSounds weren't being played at the correct frequency. Now they are.
version 4.00.
This version now plays Music Composer files in addition to the other files it plays.
version 4.20
You can now choose to display the name of each graphic before it is displayed on the screen.
In earlier versions only one rSound from a file could be played. Now all the rSounds in a file will be played.
The files included with this set are.
READ.ME... This file
Manual... Documentation for this program
GSEntertainment... S16 Program
Clays.MTool... Music playing user tool
Clayburn W. Juniel, III
1928 E. Camelback Rd. Apt# 623 Phoenix, AZ 85016-4143
