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- Z Blaster Raw Kit 1.0
- (C) 1993 Steve Goldsmith
- All Rights Reserved
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-
-
- NOTICE
-
- THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE! If you paid a public domain vendor or
- communications service for this product, you paid for the service
- of copying or transferring the product, and not for the product
- itself. I guarantee you that nothing ever gets to the originator
- of this product from such a sale. You may evaluate this product,
- but if you make use of it, you must register your copy.
-
- I offer several incentives for you to register. First of all,
- you receive the most up-to-date copy that I have which is updated
- on a regular basis. Unregistered releases do not include bonus
- modules and programs. Support via GEnie, Internet, US Mail or
- phone from the author.
-
-
- REGISTRATION INFORMATION
-
- The non-commercial registration fee for Z Blaster Raw Kit 1.0 is
- $3.00 plus $3.00 for shipping in US funds.
-
- Send a check or money order for the appropriate amount to:
-
- Steve Goldsmith
- 2805 Jamaica Street
- Sarasota, FL 34231
-
- Please indicate what product you are ordering and if you have a
- requirement for 3.5" media. I normally ship 5.25" Commodore GCR
- format diskettes, but will furnish 3.5" media upon request.
- Customers outside of the United States and Canada should include an
- extra $2.00 for airmail.
-
- If you are a registered user of this product and desire an update,
- please contact me for upgrade prices.
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION NOTICE
-
- This is "user-supported" software. You are hereby granted a
- license by Steve Goldsmith to distribute this evaluation copy of Z
- Blaster Raw Kit and its documentation, subject to the following
- conditions:
-
- 1. Z Blaster Raw Kit may be distributed freely without charge in
- evaluation form only.
-
- 2. Z Blaster Raw Kit may not be sold, licensed, or a fee charged
- for its use. If a fee is charged in connection with Z Blaster
- Raw Kit, it must cover the cost of copying or dissemination
- only. Such charges must be clearly identified as such by the
- originating party. Under no circumstances may the purchaser
- be given the impression that he is buying Z Blaster Raw Kit
- itself.
-
- 3. Z Blaster Raw Kit must be presented as a complete unit,
- including this documentation. Neither Z Blaster Raw Kit nor
- its documentation may be amended or altered in any way.
-
- 4. By granting you the right to distribute the evaluation form of
- Z Blaster Raw Kit, you do not become the owner of Z Blaster
- Raw Kit in any form. Any other use, distribution or
- representation of Z Blaster Raw Kit is expressly forbidden
- without the written consent of Steve Goldsmith.
-
- Commodore 128 is a trademark of Commodore Business Machines. CP/M
- and CP/M 3.0 are trademarks of Digital Research. MS-DOS and
- Windows are trademarks of Microsoft. IBM PC, PC-XT and PC-AT are
- trademarks of International Business Machines.
-
-
- OVERVIEW
-
- Z Blaster Raw Kit is another addition to the Z Blaster digital
- sound series for C128 CP/M mode. Now you can play any four bit
- uncompressed sound file (.RAW, etc)! A handy conversion utility is
- included to convert any eight bit uncompressed sound file (.SND,
- etc.) to a four bit uncompressed sound file.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
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- A C128 or C128D running CP/M 3.0, ZP/M 3 or compatible OS.
-
- Sound output through monitor speaker or better quality sound
- amplification system.
-
-
- Z BLASTER RAW PLAYER
-
- ZBRAW.COM enables you to play any uncompressed four bit file
- through the C128's SID chip. To play a file:
-
- ZBRAW {U:D:filespec} hertz {sn}
-
- (U:D:) is any valid CP/M user and drive, (filespec) is any valid
- CP/M file name, hertz is sample rate in 4000 Hz to 15000 Hz range
- and (sn) causes nibbles to be swapped before playing. Maximum file
- size is determined by the free amount of TPA. You should be able
- to play files up to 46K in most cases.
-
- ZBRAW SAVATAGE.RAW 8000
-
- Plays SAVATAGE.RAW at 8000 Hz.
-
- Some four bit sound files have their nibbles swapped. This causes
- distortion if played in the standard format Z Blaster Kit uses.
- The standard format is storing two samples per nibble starting with
- the high nibble. To play a file with the first nibble in the low
- position:
-
- ZBRAW BIX.RAW 7000 SN
-
- Swaps nibbles and plays BIX.RAW at 7000 Hz.
-
- ZBRAW 1:B:TEST.RAW 15000 SN
-
- Swaps nibbles and plays B1:TEST.RAW at 15000 Hz.
-
-
- Z BLASTER CONVERT
-
- ZBCNV.COM enables you to convert a uncompressed eight bit sound
- file (.SND, etc) to a four bit (.RAW, etc) file. To convert a file
- use:
-
- ZBCNV {U:D:filespec} {U:D:filespec}
-
- (U:D:) is any valid CP/M user and drive and (filespec) is any valid
- CP/M file name. The first name is the eight bit file and the
- second is the four bit file. While ZBCNV will convert any size
- file remember that you can only play about a 46K four bit file.
- This limits the eight bit file to about 92K.
-
- ZBRAW SAVATAGE.SND SAVATAGE.RAW
-
- Converts SAVATAGE.SND into SAVATAGE.RAW with standard nibble
- ordering. This allows you to play with ZBRAW SAVATAGE.RAW 8000
- after conversion.
-
-
- HINTS AND TIPS
-
- If the file sounds distorted during play back and you are not sure
- of the nibble ordering use SN option of ZBRAW. If that does not
- help or sounds worse then the file is of poor quality. There are
- a lot of poor quality sound files created with "home made"
- digitizers.
-
- You can run ZBCNV under the MYZ80 Z80 emulator for MS DOS. I'm
- running MYZ80 under Windows 3.1 which allows me to convert sound
- files much faster. I use 22DISK to export the sound files to a
- Epson QX-10 format disk which the 1571 can read in CP/M mode.
-
- If you have a PC with a 8 bit sound card the use that as your sound
- file source. I'm using a Sound Blaster Pro stereo card to capture
- my sounds. There are many PD sound file conversion utilities that
- strip the header information and give you a uncompressed eight bit
- image. I use a utility to convert .VOC files to .SND format.
-
- You can get help from ZBRAW and ZBCNV by running them without any
- parameters.
-
-
- HOW TO CONTACT ME
-
- Please report any support questions, problems, suggestions, etc. to
- me via GEnie S.GOLDSMITH2, Internet S.GOLDSMITH2@GENIE.GEIS.COM,
- voice phone (813) 925-1064 or US Mail to:
-
- Steve Goldsmith
- 2805 Jamaica Street
- Sarasota, FL 34231
- USA
-