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- Topic 1 Thu Jul 23, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 01:07 EDT
- Sub: Sound & Sight
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- topic under construction :)
- 1 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 1
- Message 1 Thu Jul 23, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 01:08 EDT
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- Topic 2 Thu Mar 07, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
- Sub: What is SID Music?
-
- This topic contains information about SID music files, the most common music
- files for the 64 and 128, how to order the program to make them, and how to
- order the SID Symphony cartridge allowing 6 voice stereo.
- 6 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 2
- Message 1 Wed Mar 13, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- Some of the finest music files made for the 64 have been created with the
- SIDplayer program developed by Craig Chamberlain. These files are often
- called "SIDs" for short. Many of these files are here in the Flagship
- library. You can download them and play them using a suitable player program
- such as STEREOPLAYER V10.3 also available here (STEREOSID103.SDA - file
- #7987). As the program' name suggests, there are also stereo files available
- but these require the addition of a hardware cartridge to add a second SID
- (Sound Interface Device) chip. (See message 3 in this topic for ordering
- information). The STEREOPLAYER is designed to support the second chip if
- present, but it is probably ALSO the best player program for conventional
- SIDs.
-
- SID music files can be easily recognized by the extensions after the
- filename. Basicly there are two types of files:
-
- .mus - Music file
- .wds - Words file
-
- In the case of stereo SIDs a second music file is added:
-
- .str - Stereo music file
-
-
-
- The program will also display full screen graphics files as the music plays
- such as Koala or Doodle graphics:
-
- .pic - Picture file
- .pgg - Compressed picture file
-
- These files are typically archived in self-dissolving files with some other
- special extensions:
-
- .sal - .mus + .wds
- .wpl - .mus + .wds + .pic
- .slr - .mus + .str
- .msw - .mus + .str + .wds
-
- Therefore, if you download a file that ends with ".mus" it is ready to be
- played on the STEREOPLAYER. If you download a file that ends with ".sal",
- ".slr", ".msw", or ".sda" simply LOAD and RUN them like any BASIC program to
- dissolve them into their component files.
-
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- Category 7, Topic 2
- Message 2 Wed Mar 13, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- Probably the most powerful music software developed for the 64 and 128 is the
- SIDplayer program developed by Craig Chamberlain. The latest and most popular
- version is found in Craig's book, "Compute!'s Music System for the Commodore
- 64 & 128", published by Compute! Books. This very informative book and
- magnificent program is available as a book/disk combination fromCreative
- Micro Designs (CMD). Their current price (as of this date) is $22.95 for the
- book/disk combination. You can call them toll free at 1 (800) 638-3263.
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- Category 7, Topic 2
- Message 3 Wed Mar 13, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- The SID Symphony cartridge allows you to hear SIDs in true stereo with 6
- notes, or voices, playing at once! The SID chip can produce 3 voices at a
- time. The SID Symphony cartridge adds a second SID chip and, consequently, 3
- more voices.
-
- You simply insert the cartridge and connect the cart and the computer audio
- output to a stereo amplifier system. Then boot up STEREOPLAYER and play back
- stereo SIDs in true stereo, and even 3 voice SIDs in "simulated" stereo!
- Credit goes to Mark Dickenson for originating this concept. You can order a
- SID Symphony cartridge from Creative Micro Designs (CMD) for (currently)
- $39.95 plus shipping. You can call them toll free at: 1 (800) 638-3263.
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- Category 7, Topic 2
- Message 4 Tue Mar 26, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 20:08 EST
-
- When you dont have the second sid you really dont know what you are
- missing. I was floored when I played most of my new sids and discovered
- how awesome they sounded in stereo.
- The classic music stuff seems to be especially good and a tad above the
- rest (as a group).
- I think youare really missing more than 1/2 by not having it. My favorite
- thingis to load up a 1581 and play it while falling asleep.
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- Category 7, Topic 2
- Message 5 Sat Aug 15, 1992
- A.LEBLANC2 at 03:07 EDT
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- Does anyone know if there is a sid utility that will print out sid files i
- standard music notation?
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- Category 7, Topic 2
- Message 6 Sat Aug 15, 1992
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:19 EDT
-
- I don't know about SID files, but I think there is a Music Shop program that
- does output in music notation, tho you may have to use an editor to build the
- piece. This prog may also be a GEOS utility. Not too sure.
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- Topic 3 Thu Mar 07, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
- Sub: BRAVO!!!! Comments on Music Files
-
- This topis is provided as a place to tell other folks the filenames of the
- files you really enjoyed! A place to let the music artists know that their
- countless hours of arranging and programming are appreciated!
- 12 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 1 Thu Mar 07, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- I hope you will use this topic frequently! There are a LOT of music files in
- the library and more keep coming! It's hard to decide which ones to
- download. Comments in this topic may help folks decide! If you really enjoy
- a file, and post a message here, it will not only let other folks "get the
- word" but also give a big boost of encouragment to the artist! It only takes a
- moment to post here, so PLEASE be sure to let know folks when you download a
- file that deserves a BRAVO!!!!
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 2 Sat Mar 09, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- PINBALL.MSW By E.SKWIRSK
-
- This is a WONDERFUL file! Bright, exciting music and done with real style!
- The arrangement has a lot going on in it some real creative sounds. Don't
- miss this one!!!! One of the best SIDs I've heard!!
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 3 Fri Apr 19, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 05:58 EDT
-
- There is a wonderful sid treat coming to your local library soon :D
- A customer of mine just sent me 13 FULL disks of stereo sids he has
- done over the years (as in 1980 -> ;). Barbershop style and Jazz
- (berlin etc.). A really unique collection. He wants them only
- distributed as "whole" disks. So, I will either ARC them into one
- file or I will probably just SFX them into 2 smaller files depending
- on how well they compress.
- Either way a real treat :9
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 4 Fri Apr 26, 1991
- D.STRAUSS4 at 02:12 EDT
-
- Well, Bruce.... ;D Your "dreaming.msw" sid is one of the greatest sids ever
- done. It went directly onto my all time greats disk! :)
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 5 Sun Apr 28, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] at 19:54 CDT
-
- Thank you! I'm glad you like it! It was a great song to work on - one of
- the most unusual from Yngwie Malmsteen. :)
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 6 Wed Aug 07, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] at 20:09 CDT
-
- If you would like to hear classical music as done by a true master of SID
- music, be sure to download File # 8932, Sellingers.slr and File # 8933, Morley
- Almon.slr, both by JABBA! These stereo files are fine examplesearly classical
- music. Jabba handles sounds wonderfully, never conflicting, always
- complementing one another! Don't miss these!!
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 7 Sun Nov 24, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] at 20:31 CST
-
- BRAVO!!!! to CMD-DOUG for four GREAT files he uploaded! These are his first
- efforts (hard to belive!) and they are really fine, polished SIDs! Three songs
- by Genesis and one of Doug's own original works!! The file numbers are: 9240 -
- 9243. DO NOT miss adding these to your SID collection!
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 8 Tue Nov 26, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 02:02 EST
-
- You are right, those were good!
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 9 Thu Nov 28, 1991
- E.SKWIRSK at 01:17 EST
-
- Dittoes on the BRAVO!!!! Enjoyed Doug's SIDs very much. I was amazed to read
- that these were his first ones! Well done, Doug!!
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 10 Sun Mar 21, 1993
- T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 13:03 EST
-
- Hi Bruce LTNS!!
-
- For those of you who may not know me, my name is Troy Rutter. I
- have done 100+ SIDs under the name DATASID (some are only in albums). I am a
- QDJ on Qlink (still..) and also do graphics under LtCmdrData.
-
- Just thought id check in to say I finally found ya Bruce... thought you could
- get away eh? :D
-
- Maybe we should have a topic like "SID Artists Check In"... but im
- too lazy to start it... ;D
-
- Oh.. just to stay on topic... one of my favorite SIDs is a combination between
- a SID done by DC Starr and Slingsh0t. Starr did the SID and Slingsh0t did the
- remarkable extended words to make right here/x.sda (Right Here Waiting) a
- winner.
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 11 Sun Mar 21, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 22:14 EST
-
- Hi Troy!
-
- A QDJ huh? Welcome to GEnie and the Flagship!! :D
-
- Actually, just about any SID is remarkable inmy opinion, but DC Starr is
- probably the one author of SIDs that I recognize so they must be good.
- My all time favorite SID? Not usre why except that I laughed like crasy
- the first time I saw it, "Grandma Got RunOver by a Reindeer" ;>
-
- Mark
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- Category 7, Topic 3
- Message 12 Tue Mar 23, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 04:56 EST
-
- Troy,
-
- Topic drift all you want... :)
-
- You got some interesting things to say, and I for one want to hear them!!
-
- As for favorite SID, I gotta vote with Mark, and cast one for "Grandma Got
- Runover by a Reindeer". Hysterical!!!
-
- I suppose this will reveal just how sophisticated my musical tastes are, but,
- I do like that one!
-
- Ah well...
-
- Howie
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- Topic 4 Sun Dec 16, 1990
- DR.EVIL (Forwarded)
- Sub: MIDI extensions to Sidplayer
-
- MIDIplayer stuff...
- 7 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 4
- Message 1 Sun Dec 16, 1990
- DR.EVIL (Forwarded)
-
- I recently uploaded some MIDI extensions to Sidplayer to the Dr. Evil library.
- These extensions are in the form of documentation on how to use the Sidplayer
- editor (or Stereo Editor) to create tunes for playback on a MIDI synthesizer,
- plus some player programs. There are four players in all to meet a variety of
- needs.
-
- Enjoy!
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- Category 7, Topic 4
- Message 2 Fri Jul 19, 1991
- C.KALLAS at 07:54 EDT
-
- Can you explain how I can use a audio/video cable to wire to my speaker to
- hear the sid player? thanks, charlie
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- Category 7, Topic 4
- Message 4 Fri Dec 03, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 02:56 EST
-
- Is there anyway to convert SID <-> MIDI files back and forth?
-
- I am not talking about playing them, just converting them.
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- Category 7, Topic 4
- Message 5 Fri Dec 03, 1993
- CMD-DOUG at 09:33 EST
-
- I believe we have such utilities on the SID<>MIDI CONNECTION disk. These
- programs are all PD, so I'll check them out and upload them if they aren't
- already online.
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- Category 7, Topic 4
- Message 6 Fri Dec 03, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 16:41 EST
-
- Upload them, I already checked the Sound/Music utility library :)
- Thank you,
- JBEE
- (:
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- Category 7, Topic 4
- Message 7 Fri Dec 03, 1993
- CMD-DOUG at 22:20 EST
-
- Okay, will do! :)
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- Topic 5 Mon Aug 26, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
- Sub: SID CLASSES - Learn to make SIDs!
-
- Learn to make your own SIDs in the Flagship SID Classes! This topic will be
- used to information and questions on the SID classes.
- 4 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 5
- Message 1 Mon Aug 26, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- * * * ANNOUNCEMENT * * *
- SID Classes will be held on Wednsdays, starting Sep 25, 1991. They will be
- held in the !SID! RTC in Room 6, at 9:30 Eastern time. The classes will last
- for about an hour. There will be 4 classes, forming a basic introduction to
- the use of the SID Editor to create SID music files. Everyone is welcome to
- attend from folks who have never tried to SID to those accomplished SID
- artists, who might wish to lend a hand to the others.
- If you wish to attend you need to do three things:
- 1. You need to have a copy of "COMPUTE!'s Music
- System for the Commodore 128 & 64" book and disk.
- 2. You also need to have a copy of "Stereo.ARC", file #8027. You can
- download that here in the Flagship. Even if you don't wish to do Stereo
- SIDs, the features of this program make it advantageous to use.
- 3. Finally, just so I can plan better, if you expect to attend the
- classes, please add a posting here, or drop me EMAIL (WHOLE.NOTE)
- Although the classes will be covering a host of hints and tricks for using
- the Editor to create SIDs, it cannot, and won't even try to, substitute for
- the book mentioned above. The book is more than just program docs, it is an
- excellent introduction to music theory, and filled with useful tables, charts,
- and supplemental programs.
- If you have heard SIDs and wanted to make your own.. this is a chance to get
- a helping hand to get started. If you start making SID music, you will very
- likely find it quite habit-forming... and a lot of FUN!!
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- Category 7, Topic 5
- Message 2 Wed Aug 28, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- Bruce,
-
- I was wondering if I could sort of browse and drop in and watch the RTC's that
- you will be hosting?
-
- It sounds like it will be very informative and interesting, and something I'd
- like to learn more about. However, I never learned how to write (or is it
- compose?) music.
-
- I like to listen to music tho! :)
-
- Howie
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- Category 7, Topic 5
- Message 3 Wed Aug 28, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- Sure! You are more than welcome to sit in! It will be a bit more
- "technical" than "musical" however since it describes the use of a rather
- sophisticated, albeit user-friendly, music program. :) (We often call it
- "arranging" SID music.) Hope ya can make it! :)
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- Category 7, Topic 5
- Message 4 Thu Oct 03, 1991
- WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded)
-
- The transcript of the first SID CLASS is available for downloading in library
- 23. It is file #9177 - SID CLASS 1 .
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- Topic 6 Wed Jun 24, 1992
- J.SWARTZ9 (Forwarded)
- Sub: Using Mac.GIF
-
- Getting a Mac.GIF and converting to GEOPaint
- 7 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 6
- Message 1 Wed Jun 24, 1992
- J.SWARTZ9 (Forwarded)
-
- I recently DL a GIF file from the Macintish area and tried to convert to GEOS.
- I first used GEOGIF and it said that it was not a GIF file. I then used
- MACATTACK and it worked but the scan was all just lines of noise like. Is it
- possible to DL from the Mac area and convert to GEOS? I hope I explained
- enough to get an answer. Thanks, Jerry.
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- Category 7, Topic 6
- Message 2 Wed Jun 24, 1992
- PAUL-MB (Forwarded)
-
- Ahh, the infamous Mac header. Some Macintosh GIFs attach a small header
- to the start of the file just because, well, the Macintosh system feels
- like it. :)
-
- I had this problem and went in with a track and sector editor. But
- it was hit-and-miss. Perhaps someone here can offer a program that will
- do this automatically?
-
- Paul
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- Category 7, Topic 6
- Message 3 Fri Jun 26, 1992
- P.CATCHPOLE [Mike] (Forwarded)
-
- Figures the mac would do something like that.
-
- If the header is a standard length ( I think it is used to import into
- macpaint but i'm not sure), it would be easy to use a pc to hack it off... cbm
- dos makes it a pain to do that though :)
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- Category 7, Topic 6
- Message 4 Sun Jun 28, 1992
- D.MCLAUGHLI8 [Black Fire] (Forwarded)
-
- The MACBinary header is always 128 bytes. It would be real easy to write a
- BASIC program to kill off the 128 bytes. In fact, its sooo easy, I can do it
- here!
-
- 10 open 1,8,5,"0:mac.gif"
- 20 open 2,8,6,"0:mac1.gif,p,w"
- 30 for t=1 to 128:get#1,a$:next t
- 40 get#1,a$:u=st:if a$="" then a$=chr$(0)
- 50 print#2,a$;:if (uand64)=0 then 40
- 60 close2:close1:end
-
- Don't forget the (;) semicolon in line 50, VERY important! Of course, you can
- also change the filenames and devices as necessary.
-
- Doug
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- Category 7, Topic 6
- Message 5 Sun Jun 28, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM (Forwarded)
-
- Doug,
-
- What an elegant little bit of programming! :)
-
- Howie
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- Category 7, Topic 6
- Message 6 Sun Jun 28, 1992
- PAUL-MB (Forwarded)
-
- Thanks, Doug!
- Paul
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- Category 7, Topic 6
- Message 7 Mon Jun 29, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Nice one :) BTW: you use the semicolon because if you didn't you would print
- the character with a carriage return (chr$(13)) following it to the file
- instead of appending a$ to the open file.
- Can't tell you how many times I have neglected that one little detail.
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- Topic 7 Thu Oct 24, 1991
- M.MINNIG (Forwarded)
- Sub: Koala viewer for "gg" prefixed pics
-
- Is a pic with a "gg" prefix a Koalapaint pic?
- 14 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 1 Thu Oct 24, 1991
- M.MINNIG (Forwarded)
-
- I'm looking for a viewer program in 64 or 128 mode that will display pics with
- a "gg" prefix (I think they're compressed Koala pics). Does anyone know of a
- program I can download here that will do this?
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 2 Fri Oct 25, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Yes, download "Autograph". It will view just about anything in C64 mode
- and is very good! Also converts some files.
- Just set to all libraries (#42) and then search for "autograph".
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 3 Fri Oct 25, 1991
- M.MINNIG (Forwarded)
-
- Thanks, John! BTW, I got my tc128 #29 yesterday. I'm enjoying it!
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 4 Fri Oct 25, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- I am glad you are. I should have had #30 back this week <sigh>, I guess
- it will be next Wednesday.
- One thing super about Autograph is it works very well from the CMD products
- and the file conversion is nice if you want to uncompress the files to port
- into Geos!
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 5 Fri Mar 05, 1993
- R.MCDONNELL1 [=moon=] at 05:29 EST
-
- Hi Guys...
- Speaking of uncompressing to allow porting to GEOPAINT....
-
- I've seen several conversion pgms that will convert TO geopaint, but have
- not come up with one that will go in the other direction....ie, FROM GEOS to
- KOALA, DOODLE, whatever....does such an animal exist?
- =Bob=
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 6 Fri Mar 05, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:51 EST
-
- I am pretty sure it does.... and incidentally... that would be a very easy
- conversion to do. Koala and Doodle! (IMO) would be much easier to create
- from a displayed GEOS than vice versa!
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 7 Fri Mar 05, 1993
- PAUL-MB at 20:07 EST
-
- I believe Joe Buckley's program PaintView II will do what you want. It
- lets you scroll around a geoPaint file (in GEOS), and when you press S,
- it'll save whatever is on the screen in Doodle! format.
-
- Koala would be possible, but not with that program, because of the
- difference in resolution. (Hi-res Doodle! vs Multicolor Koala.)
-
- Paul
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 8 Sat Mar 06, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 00:24 EST
-
- You're right Paul, Paintview by Joe Buckley will save the 'viewing window'
- of a GEOPaint file to a Doodle file. ;)
-
- Mark
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 9 Sat Mar 06, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 01:38 EST
-
- This is going to sound weird, but I *think* I have the code in BT (BellTerm)
- to translate a Doodle! picture to Koala format. I am almost positive.
- BellTerm will also compress them if you want.
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 10 Mon Mar 08, 1993
- A.BURGER [Alex Burger] at 22:45 EST
-
- A while back I had a program that would convert a geoPaint picture into 6
- DOODLE pictures. If you would like it, just ask.
-
- Alex
-
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 11 Tue Mar 09, 1993
- T.MCDONALD2 at 22:07 EST
-
- Hi guys! There is another program for converting Geopaint pix to
- different formats. I believe a version of it is here on GEnie.
- It's called PICSHOW. I'm not sure if it's the latest version,
- but I DO have the latest. It's PICSHOW 3.4. I'll U/L it if it
- isn't the one already here. It converts between Geopaint, JJ,
- GG,Doodle,Artshow, Koala, Runpaint, Advanced art studio, Artist 64, Blazing
- Paddles , and B/W HI-RES. Maybe more,I don't know. It's a nice program.
- I would recommend it highly, and it runs FAST too!
-
- Tom
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 12 Wed Mar 10, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 23:44 EST
-
- Thanks Tom! We have PICSHOW in the Libs but it was uploaded over 3 years
- ago, your's might well be a newer version. ;)
-
- Mark
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 13 Sun Mar 14, 1993
- R.MCDONNELL1 [=moon=] at 02:49 EST
-
- Thanks, one and all....
-
- ...Gawd, I love this place! :)
-
- =Bob=
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- Category 7, Topic 7
- Message 14 Mon Mar 15, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 07:53 EST
-
- Hey-hey! We love it too! :D
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- Topic 8 Sat Jan 11, 1992
- R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 12:56 CST
- Sub: Stereoplayer
-
- Discussion on Mark A Dickenson's popular Stereoplayer program.
- 32 message(s) total.
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- Category 7, Topic 8
- Message 1 Sat Jan 11, 1992
- R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 12:58 CST
-
- Does anyone know if Mark A D plans on coming out with a new version of his
- popular Stereoplayer program, or at least a version of the animation file "The
- Empire Strikes Back" that will work with 10.3?
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- Category 7, Topic 8
- Message 2 Wed Aug 05, 1992
- S.MAZZOTTA1 [Sam] at 01:00 EDT
-
- Hello...
-
- Is anybody in here?
-
- I'm having some problems with the Stereoplayer and would appreciate any help
- anyone can give me.
-
-
- Today I got an SIDsymphony cartridge, the one that adds an extra SID chip to
- the computer, for 6-voice stereo sound.
-
- The problem is that the Stereoplayer will play ONLY in 3 voices. I cannot
- call up the "parameters" menu, which you are supposed to be able to do by
- pressing "space".
-
- Well, I thought I might have a bad copy of the program, which I had originally
- downloaded months ago, so I downloaded it again tonight.
-
- Still, no luck with the new copy. I press "space" to call up the parameters
- menu and NOTHING happens.
-
- What am I doing wrong? Is this a bug in the Stereoplayer?
-
- Sam
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- Category 7, Topic 8
- Message 3 Thu Aug 06, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 22:44 EDT
-
- After SIDplayer 10.3 loads and finds the songs on the disk you will be
- presented with a menu. On the left will be the songs, on the right the
- options for playing the songs.
-
- Hit the
- C=
- key and the second hidden menu will be displayed on the right hand side of
- the screen. Now hit the
- M
- key to change your "mode" from normal to stereo. I forget which address
- comes first ($d400?) but I believe you want the second one. If you don't
- get stereo sound just go back and change the address.
- Now hit the
- F
- key if you want to disable the fastloaders. On a Ramlink or CMD HD this is
- the option you should pick. Now hit the
- C=
- key again to get back to the first menu. If the stereo song plays and sounds
- okay then it is time to save your configuration to disk by hitting the
- backspace key <-
-
- That should do it for you.
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- Category 7, Topic 8
- Message 4 Sun Aug 09, 1992
- S.MAZZOTTA1 [Sam] at 15:14 EDT
-
- Thanks, JBEE. I've got it working properly now. Sounds pretty good!
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- Message 5 Mon Aug 10, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 11:55 EDT
-
- You are welcome :)
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- Message 6 Tue Dec 15, 1992
- R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 20:16 EST
-
- Okay, it's me again, back to the "Empire Strikes Back" animation SID topic:
-
- In a conversation with Mark on the Fido echo a couple of months back, he
- mentioned writing a new version of this animation file for the Stereo- Player
- 10.3. What I want to know is, did he ever release this file? I haven't seen
- it ANYWHERE!
-
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- Message 7 Tue Dec 15, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 21:41 EST
-
- I haven't heard of it, probably should ask him.
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- Message 8 Thu Dec 17, 1992
- L.SCHONDER [C128.LOU] at 23:32 EST
-
- Anyone know where to get COMPUTE'S Enhanced Stereo SID Player?
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- Message 9 Fri Dec 18, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 07:23 EST
-
- Lou,
-
- Isn't that available direct from CMD?
-
- You might check their support Category #12, here, for more info.
-
- Howie
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- Message 10 Fri Dec 18, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 07:49 EST
-
- Lou, I like your new "name" :)
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- Message 11 Fri Dec 18, 1992
- CMD-DOUG at 10:55 EST
-
- Not available from us anymore, no, as the book/disk was sold as a combo and
- has been out of print for months. I heard a rumor that someone we know might
- just be reprinting it soon, so stay tuned for further developments. :)
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- Message 12 Fri Dec 18, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 13:41 EST
-
- I heard it will be back in print within a month, they are just passing
- the contract back and forth. As soon as concrete details are available
- they will be posted here.
-
- As I understand it, the new book will be sold with the disk for $29.95
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- Message 13 Fri Dec 18, 1992
- CBM-MARK at 22:18 EST
-
- LOL! The book/combo *was* going to be on my Christmas list but when
- I went to >descretely< place CMD's latest catalog with the SID book
- circled in easy view of someone close to me I noticed CMD no longer
- sold it :( Yes, I heard rumors of a new printer/distributer too.
- Let's see, there's still my birthday...
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- Message 14 Sat Dec 19, 1992
- J.WILSON38 [little JOHN] at 02:01 EST
-
- Geeesh...and that was on my Christmas list. I'll be looking for the
- information on the new publisher soon. One thing is for sure...there aren't
- going to be to many places to look for a print ad for it since RUN is gone.
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- Message 15 Sat Dec 19, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 02:15 EST
-
- TC-128/64 has MANY print ads now and many more pages.
- Also, I have gone out and gotten people to place ads for products that
- most people do not even know about.
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- Message 16 Sat Dec 19, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 04:12 EST
-
- So... Jbee, we can expect TC-128/64 to advertise the book/disk combo?
-
- I didn't know this til now.
-
- Howie
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- Message 17 Sat Dec 19, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 21:46 EST
-
- I don't know, depends if the person wants to advertise it.
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- Message 18 Tue Dec 22, 1992
- R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 20:37 EST
-
- Getting back to the original topic, yes JBEE, I did ask Mark about it. He said
- that he had written a new version of "Empire Strikes Back" to go with
- Stereoplayer 10.3, and offered that, plus a whole bunch of other SIDs if I
- sent him a disk. I sent him the disk and a shareware donation back in April
- of last year. He cashed the check, but I haven't heard *anything* from him
- since. This correspondence with him was on the C= Fido Echo, and in U.S.
- snail mail.
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- Message 19 Tue Dec 22, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 22:43 EST
-
- Maybe you should remind him again that he owes you the money.
- Though I wouldn't waste more than $0.29 on your effort. My experience
- supporting shareware authors hasn't been ideal, Mark included.
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- Message 20 Sat Dec 26, 1992
- R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 20:24 EST
-
- He doesn't owe me any money; the $10 was a shareware donation. What he owes
- me is a disk (that I provided) of his SIDplayer songs. I've already written a
- follow up letter and haven't heard anything from him since. I guess it's safe
- to assume that he's gone another computer route.....
-
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- Message 21 Sat Oct 02, 1993
- R.DAY at 05:46 EDT
-
- I aked Mark A D a lot on Q-link when a new player would be out last one was
- 10.3 He said he was rewiting the program from start because that would be
- easyer then trying to modify stereo player 10.3. The last I herd over a year
- ago is that if he wanted to he could relees the new vershion but he still was
- not satifyed with it. It would do Digiteysed sounds with 5 other SID voices
- was the best thing I remember but he was still working on getting it so the
- dig. sounds would be at a good speed wile playing other SID sounds and it
- would do MIDI too. It sound to me that all he had to do was put the finnishing
- tuchis on it but never did. I hope you can read this because I can't speel
- good and that's why I don't comment much.
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- Message 22 Sat Oct 02, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 15:26 EDT
-
- Looks fine to me, but I am crippled without an online spell checker
- anyways :D
-
- Current version of 10.3 does MIDI. Hard to imagine improving on 10.3
- much.
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- Message 23 Sun Oct 10, 1993
- L.VICTORY [FO#1] at 18:19 EDT
-
- use w/R/Link I tried to load 10.3 into my RamLink but it wouldn't work. I
- could load
- it from disk and use R/L as the disk for song files. Can it be used straight
- off RamLink?
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- Message 24 Sun Oct 10, 1993
- CBM-YLR.ROSE at 18:31 EDT
-
- L.Victory.. I think StereoPlayer will work in your rl if you use the
- swap 8 function.. I have not tried it, as I have it on disk and dont
- use it enough to justify tying up my rl space (G). Give it a try
- though and let us know what happens. :>
- Hugs
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- Message 25 Sun Oct 10, 1993
- R.DAY at 19:40 EDT
-
- Yes it works in RAMlink. Do do the Swop 8 and it will work. I just uploaded a
- vershion of stereo player 10.3 that auto finds your 2nd SID chip even if it is
- addressed at $d700 not just $de00 and $df00. It will all so now go from device
- 8 to 29. You can save your configure out with the back arrow and it will save
- that device #. So what ever your RAMlink is set the device # in stereo player
- to that and save it and you will not have to do the swop 8. If you have your
- RAMlink past device 11 you will need to down load the arced stereo player I
- uploaded.
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- Message 26 Sun Oct 10, 1993
- CMD-DOUG at 20:05 EDT
-
- You also have to disable the fast-loader option on the alternate menu.
- Otherwise it will lock-up when it goes to fetch the specified song.
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- Message 27 Mon Oct 11, 1993
- L.VICTORY [FO#1] at 21:15 EDT
-
- I did do the swap 8 originally and all I would get is a blank screen. So I
- went back to my disk version, loaded it and disabled the fastload and then I
- saved the configure. Copied it to my R/L and still no go. I'll try the new
- version. Thanks everybody!:]
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- Message 28 Thu Oct 14, 1993
- L.VICTORY [FO#1] at 00:45 EDT
-
- Well, I d/l the new version and now I can't copy it between partitions on my
- ramlink. I d/l it to my 1581 emu and tried to fcopy it to my 1571 emu. but iI
- get a 71, directory error, 36,21. Looked this up and saw it was a problem
- with the BAM which could be corrected by validating that particular
- partition. It didn't work. Okay, now what?!:)
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- Message 29 Thu Oct 14, 1993
- CBM-YLR.ROSE at 09:13 EDT
-
- LV, is the partition that you are trying to FCOPY the program to,
- formatted? What else is in that partition? I use FCOPY to go from
- partition to partition all the time, and dont experience any problems.
- Doug, where are you???
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- Message 30 Thu Oct 14, 1993
- L.VICTORY [FO#1] at 20:14 EDT
-
- Hi, Rose. What part of Texas are you in, I am assuming from the name of
- course. I am in Victoria. Yes, the partition is formatted. I already have
- my song files on it or rather in it. I tried fcopy from a 1571 drive to the
- 1571 emu and still no go. I guess I will have to move over to the CMD BB and