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JAMMIN ver 1.01
Copyright (c) 1993
Accelerated Light & Graphics
This program is shareware, please feel free to copy
this software and pass it along to others. Any
donations of $5.00 or more will be greatly appreciated.
This document will serve 3 functions, a readme.txt
file, a Help file, and a manual. The following 9 files
should be included:
1. README .TXT This file.
2. SETUPKIT.DLL Runtime for the setup program.
3. VBRUN200.DLL Visual Basic RUNtime Library.
4. SETUP .EXE Setup program.
5. JAMMIN1 .EX_ This is the executable program.
6. MCI .VB_ Multimedia Control Interface.
7. MCICDA .DR_ CD Audio device driver.
8. THREED .VB_ 3D Visual Basic eXtension.
9. CDPLAYER.EX_ A CD Player.
NOTE: JAMMIN originally had a lot more features than
you see here. Version 2 will be the full release with
all the feature-rich options that makes you drooool. So
enjoy this preview and please donate/register.
This program was written for several reasons:
1. Visual Basic for Windows Ver 2.00 made it easy.
2. I was sick and tired of not being able to find a CD
Player that acted like a real CD Player.
3. I've always been curious as to how well the
Shareware concept worked. Thats also why the
donation/registration fee is only five dollars.
Donations:
I'm asking for a small donation/registration fee to
encourage users to do just that, donate/register.
However, if you feel JAMMIN is worth more than five
dollars, then by all means "Don't delay, mail your
check TODAY!" Remember, I'm putting JAMMIN on the
market VIA Shareware to see if the concept is viable.
You, the user, will determine if Accelerated Light &
Graphics will continue to write software for shareware.
Operation:
The workings of JAMMIN are quite simple. Remember, it
works like a real CD Player.
Power: None of the controls work without power with the
exception of the About Button and the Power Light which
will be explained later in this text. Once the power
has been activated the program responds by lighting up
its display panels, and highlighting the buttons that
can be used.
Note: All times are in minutes:seconds format.
Display: JAMMIN has four displays:
1) TRACK: In READY mode, displays the total number of
tracks available on the current CD. In PLAY mode,
displays the current track that's being played.
2) LENGTH: In READY mode, displays the total time for
the current CD. In PLAY mode, displays how long the
current track will play. This display is static and
only changes when the track changes.
3) TIME: In READY mode, displays 0:00. In PLAY mode,
displays the current time or how long the current
track as been playing. This display is updated twice
every second.
4) STATUS: Indicates the current mode of JAMMIN. Modes
are:READY, PLAY, NEXT, PREV, BACK, STEP, PAUSE, STOP
and EJECT.
5) POWER LIGHT: The power light, located beneath the
power button, is on when its black and off when its
white. The buttons and the display panels are both
sitting on a slightly raised panel. Double clicking
the power light will change these panels from raised
to inset.
CD BUTTONS: (There are no keyboard equivalents)
PREV: Moves the head to the Previous track.
NEXT: Moves the head to the Next track.
PLAY: Plays the CD from the current track.
PAUSE: Pauses the CD until Pause is clicked again.
BACK: Moves the head back about 10 seconds.
STEP: Moves the head forward about 10 seconds.
STOP: Stops playback of the current CD.
EJECT: Ejects the current CD from the drive.
Some of these buttons may not work on your CD ROM
Drive. For example, some CD ROM Drives don't have the
ability to eject a CD. In this case the EJECT button
will still be enabled, but nothing should happen when
clicked. I say should, since I don't know what will
happen. All the CD ROM drives I have tested this on
have the capability to eject.
History of JAMMIN: THE ULTIMATE MUSIC BOX Ver 1.00,
JAMMIN Version 1.00 was conceived when I purchased an
old 8088 machine that was being sold on close-out as
a multimedia machine (Yeah, right). At the time Sony's
CD ROM drive was selling for $600.00 plus. This CD ROM
was $500.00 and it came with an 8088 machine, keyboard,
512K VGA Card, and a 40 meg IDE Hard Drive which sounds
like a tank without a muffler. Naturally, I ripped out
the CD ROM Drive and shoved it in my 386 machine. I
bought a pair of speakers and began searching for a CD
Player to play back my audio CD's. Well I found quite
a few, but none of which I liked very much. Further-
more, I wanted more, at least (and I don't know why)
a CD Player that acted like a real CD Player that you
purchase at your local Wal-Mart, Sears, or any other
retail outlet. By this, I mean the interface should
look like the one on your stereo. There should be no
slider bars. It had to have a power button, and so
on. The only thing that I didn't put in JAMMIN is
a digital readout that looks like either an LED or LCD.
That feature I have reserved for Version 2.00.
JAMMIN Version History:
1.00 Release date: March 1993 - The program works,
however I didn't include all the support files
that where needed to get the program running. I
didnt know which files where needed. I know have a
fool proof way of checking for support files.
1.00 Release date: May 1993 - Included all support
files.
1.01 Release date: October 1993 - Added a setup
program that copies support files to the
\windows\system directories and the JAMMIN files
to the directory of your choice. (Registered users
will receive a free upgrade to version 1.01.)
Two very important files, both of which come with
Windows and are on disk #4 (1.44 disks) of the
Microsoft Windows 3.1 distribution set.
MCICDA .DRV Windows CD-ROM driver, included with
windows. Windows does not load this
on your system. This file needs to
be in the \windows\system directory.
Insert disk #4 of the Microsoft
Windows 3.1 distribution set in
drive A: and double click on the
CONTROL PANEL icon then double click
on the DRIVERS icon. Then click on
the ADD button. A dialog box will
appear with a list of available
drivers. Select [MCI]CD AUDIO
and click on the OK button. Windows
will let you know if you already
have the driver installed on your
system. If this driver is not on
your system, then windows will load
it for you.
MMSYSTEM.DLL Multimedia System library, Windows
does load this file onto your system
and it is not included on the JAMMIN
disk. However If this file is not on
your system JAMMIN will not run.
Some people may remove certain files
to regain disk space.
CDPLAYER.EXE Plays a CD in the background. The
cost of updating the JAMMIN display
once every second can take it's toll
on even the fastest system. For
those times when you dont care about
status information, run CDPLAYER.
Executing the CDPLAYER application
starts the CD Player playing, this
is the only feedback you'll hear,
and you won't see a window.
-( HINT )-
Once you exit windows your CD Player
should continue to run even if your
at the DOS prompt. A few Guidelines:
1) You must have a CD in the drive
before you double-click on the
CD Player icon.
2) Once playback has begun, the only
way to stop it is to run JAMMIN
and click on the stop button. Or
let it run it's course.
SETUP .EXE Installs the JAMMIN program on your
system and creates a Program Group.
SETUPKIT.DLL A file used by the setup program.
WARNING: Setup needs VBRUN200.DLL, SETUPKIT.DLL, and
SETUP.EXE to run. If you have the JAMMIN
version without VBRUN200.DLL, you can't run
SETUP or JAMMIN unless you have or obtain a
copy of VBRUN200.DLL.
NOTE: The fastest way to setup JAMMIN is to copy all
files on the distribution disk into a temporary
directory on your hard drive and run the setup
program from there. This procedure will cut the
setup time to less than 1/3 of setting up from a
floppy. (If you have the disk space, this works
for larger applications such as Microsoft Excel.)
Dont forget to delete the temporary directory
when setup is done.
SUPER VGA Users: Problems have been reported using the
larger fonts on some super VGA cards while using
the super VGA mode. If your using JAMMIN in super
VGA mode and the captions beneath the buttons
dont line up, try a differant font and/or a lower
resolution.
DONATIONS/REGISTRATION: If you would like to donate to
THE CAUSE of this product please send a check or money
order drawn on a U.S. bank and payable in U.S. funds
to:
Accelerated Light & Graphics CompuServe
A.J. Thompson User ID: 70402,412
JAMMIN Ver 1.01
P.O. Box 2015
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
All suggestions and comments may also be sent to the
above address.
Qwirks (other than the misspelling of quirks): The only
quirk that I've found is that with a CD in the drive
while the drive is not playing, if the NEXT or PREV
track buttons are clicked, on some discs it will
advance to the next track, on other discs (for some
reason) it will not advance. I don't know what is
causing this, but I do hope to have it fixed by the
version 2.00. Any help on this matter would be greatly
appreciated.
JAMMIN: CD ROM GHETTO BLASTER VERSION 2.00
o A filing system to catalog your CD's and allow the
CD Player to display the current song and title
during playback.
o Auto recognition - I.E. When a CD is inserted it
will automatically pull up the Author/Title song
list.
o Shuffle, Continuous, and Repeat Playback.
o Time remaining display.
o Total time for programmed playback.
o And lots more if I can squeeze it all in.
There are also other products on the drawing board:
o An Image database management system.
o A windows Beeper utility.
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