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- Release notes for VStation Amiga Professional Demo
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- Introduction:
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- This version of VStation Amiga Professional is provided to allow
- people to take a close look at the software before considering
- purchasing it. It doesn't save anything, edit performs are
- converted to previews, and various other features are disabled
- but for the most part the program is intact. This includes the
- toaster interface, serial communication, and pretty much everything
- needed to see how the program works. Transport control,
- online help, loading data, edit previews, and many other
- functions operate the same way as the release version.
-
- Requirements:
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- VSPro requires about one megabyte of free memory to load and run.
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- It does not require a Video Toaster, but is well integrated with it
- if present.
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- SunRize Industries SoundSwitch control is supported.
- DPS Personal Animation Recorder control is supported.
- DPS TBC-III and TBC-IV control is supported.
-
- Note: Support for additional hardware can be accomplished via ARexx.
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- Installation:
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- Floppy Disk Installation:
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- No installation is neccessary. The program can be used
- directly from the floppy, but function hooks, keyboard
- macros, and other features will be slower.
-
- Hard Drive Installation:
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- To install VSPro, double-click the 'InstallVSPro' icon and follow
- the instructions given by the installer program to copy the
- program and it's related directories onto your hard drive.
- It will also add a VS: assign to the user-startup file the
- first time you perform the install. Requires the standard
- AmigaDOS Install command.
-
-
- The major files and directories being installed are:
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- VSPro The executable
- VSPro.Readme This file
- VSPro.Guide The AmigaGuide documentation.
-
- EDL Directory with a small set of projects
- already present to be used for testing.
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- EDLOperations Directory of ARexx programs that are
- executed when the user selects them
- in the EDL window.
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- Commands Directory of ARexx programs used by
- VSPro for various things.
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- Tapelogs Directory with a few sample tapelogs.
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- Envarc/VStation Directory of environment variables
- and keyboard macros.
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- ..and a few other files will be placed in the same directory.
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- Removing the Installation from your System:
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- To remove the files installed by the Installer, run the installer
- again. When it starts, it will detect the presence of the VStation
- files and prompt for permission to delete them. Once the files
- have been deleted, it will continue with the install script which
- should be aborted if the software is to be permanently removed
- from the system. If continued, however, it can be used to
- re-install the VStation environment files to ENVARC:, providing
- a means to selectively add and remove the sounds, function hooks,
- keyboard macros and setup files from ENVARC:.
-
- To remove the VSPro program and other support
- files, simply delete the entire VStation directory created
- by the Installer. Careful!
-
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- Documentation:
- --------------
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- At this time, the most current documentation for the program
- is in the AmigaGuide file 'VSPro.Guide', which will be placed
- in the same directory as the VSPro program. Requires AmigaGuide
- to be installed on your system, which is part of the standard
- AmigaDOS Workbench configuration.
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- Using the program:
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-
- The icon named 'VSPro' is the program icon, and it's tooltypes are used to
- define certain variables used by the initialization procedures.
- Their default values should work for most users, but they
- provide the option of changing the ARexx portname, window
- refresh mode, and other features that can help optimize the
- program for your system. To change the tooltype variables, select
- the icon once and select the menu function 'Icon Information'.
- Refer to the AmigaDOS manual for more information about editing
- icon information.
-
- Start the program by double clicking on the VSPro icon. Here's
- a couple of important things to know about the VSPro interface:
- . The help key turns on the online help, and when followed
- by another keystroke it is used to define keyboard
- macros.
- . The right mouse button does not activate menus; it is
- used instead as a 'qualifier' for gadget hits to
- change the way some gadgets operate. For instance, you
- can clear an edit point by holding the right mouse
- button while left clicking on it's gadget.
- . If you have enough memory, you can read the amigaguide
- on the workbench at the same time that VSPro is running.
- Use the screen depth gadgets or the left-amiga-M key to
- cycle screens.
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- History:
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-
- VStation Amiga Professional version 1 released on 3-15-1995
- Lots of changes, improvements over v2.x that are
- described in the supplied AmigaGuide manual 'VSPro.guide'. Improved
- interface and toaster support, optimized the edit process, added
- cut and paste edl, ARexx EDL operations, keyboard macros, CMX translation,
- edit performance statistics, and much more.
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- Version 2.x (v2.0 - v2.8)
- Improved interface and added basic edl support, tapelogs, toaster
- control, and ARexx support for almost all functions.
-
- Version 1.x (v1.0 - v1.4)
- Basic functions for edit control.
-