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- Appendix : History
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- As I've already said it in the documentation, I've coded this
- program like a snowball falling, getting bigger and bigger. Three
- years ago, I started to write a program which only worked on the
- internal pc speaker, then I added more and more features. Here's
- the list of improvements which were made since version 1.3, the
- first one to have a documentation.
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- Version 2.70 (12 May 1995)
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- Bug fixed with GUS
- Bug fixed with SB16 (8 bits only)
- Bug fixed with adlib (non random volume anymore !)
- Show cpu and memory usage
- Nicer vu-meters
- Better documentation
- Speed up GUS driver (x5 !)
- Add functions to read or change position during playing
- Can play completely under interrupts
- Use DMA 0 to 3 (not just 1) and IRQ higher than 8 with SB
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- Version 2.60 (18 Mar 1995)
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- Use Sound Blaster pro
- Use Adlib sound board
- Rewrite of major code parts
- Sound better with Sound Blaster and DAC
- Link only used device
- Remove finetune support
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- Version 2.50 (11 Jan 1995)
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- Sound better with GUS
- Add a master volume
- Load and play 6 voices MOD
- Load from overlay
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- Version 2.40 (2 Oct 1994)
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- Add finetune support
- Fixed some bugs
- Examples in Turbo Pascal and C were rewritten
- Complete rewrite of documentation
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- Version 2.30 (11 Nov 1994)
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- Load and play 8 voices MOD
- Use 8 octaves like Scream Tracker 3
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- Version 2.20
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- Use GUS
- Correct another bug with Sound Blaster
- Add function to detect installed sound card
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- Version 2.10
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- Recorrect portamento tone
- Add the no sound option
- Correct a bug with pattern jump
- Partially correct bug on pause with Sound Blaster
- Correct effect 9
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- Version 2.00
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- Speed up all the routines (+20%)
- Load MOD from memory
- Correct effect E6
- Add the following effects: pattern delay,cut note,note
- delay,rettrig sample
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- Version 1.90
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- Add some small details
- Code a pascal unit and some example in pascal and C
- Add some options during replay (change pattern...)
- Speed up the routines (+4%)
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- Version 1.80
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- Add some animation during replay
- Speaker sound a little better
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- Version 1.70
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- General recorrect of effects
- Add portamento+volume slide,vibrato+volume slide,extended
- tempo,tremolo,play end part of sample,fine portamento,fine
- volume slide and loop
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- Version 1.60
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- Correct big bugs from version 1.5 !!
- Correct arpeggio
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- Version 1.50
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- Use Sound Blaster
- Use MOD with 31 samples
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- Version 1.30
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- Rewrite of the code (more modular)
- Changeable mixing frequency
- Speed up the PC speaker routines (+20%)
- Correct portamento tone and vibrato
- Correct pitch of the notes
- Correct use of tempo
- A documentation
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