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- ProRunCrack User's Guide
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- Version 1.0 - 5 March 1993
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- Written by Gunther Nikl
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- Copyright (c) 1993 by Gunther Nikl
- All rights reserved
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- 1- Disclaimer
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The author cannot be held liable for the suitability or accuracy of this
- manual and/or the program(s) it describes. Any damage directly or
- indirectly caused by the use or misuse of this manual and/or the program
- it describes is the sole responsibility of the user her/him self.
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- 2 - Copyright/Distribution
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ProRunCrack, (c) Copyright 1993 Gunther Nikl. All rights reserved. This
- Program is FREEWARE. This program may be freely distributed as long as
- all documentation,source and executable remain unchanged and are included
- with the distribution. Also no profit is to be made by selling this
- program.
-
- 3 - Introduction
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This program was written to convert ProRunner2.0 files back into the
- normal pt module format. ProRunner2.0 by Cosmos of Sanity strips unused
- pattern,samplenames and compacts the other patterns to an own format. So
- the file becomes shorter to gain memory space. The format can be easily
- recognized by the first four bytes 'SNT!'. Because of the new format you
- can't play these mods with protracker. When the conversation is done it
- is again possible to use the file with protracker. ProRunCrack is able to
- read a powerpacked prorunner file. The file will be decrunched and after
- that it will be converted. The program can be started from CLI or launched
- from the workbench ( no tooltypes ! ).
- ProRunCrack is a pure program meaning it can be made resident. It requires
- at least kickstart 1.2. Should work an all other systems ( only tested on
- a A500 with 2.3 meg ).
-
- Note: ProRunCrack requires the req.library by Fox/Dawson for a
- ~~~~ filerequester.
-
- 4 - Command line syntax
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If started from CLI the command line syntax is as follows:
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- ProRunCrack [ InFile ] [ OutFile ]
- or
- ProRunCrack [ -d DirectoryName ]
-
- 'InFile' specifies the name of the source ProRunner2.0 file and 'OutFile'
- the name of the target ProTracker file. If 'OutFile' is missing then the
- source file will be overridden by the converted pt-file. Make sure that
- enough space is left on the device for the converted file or you loose the
- original and don't have a converted one. So be careful !! If both 'InFile'
- and 'OutFile' are missing then there will be a filerequester to select
- first the source file and afterwards to select the target. You can run the
- program with the '-d' switch to specify a default directory for the
- filerequester. If the program was started from the workbench a con window
- will open and the filerequester appears to select the source file. The
- window will be closed by pressing any key if all work is done ( or not ).
- Please note for the filerequester you need the 'req.library' installed in
- libs: or loaded via 'loadlib'.
- There is a help information. To get this message simply start the program
- with a '?' as the first argument.
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- 5 - Bugs
- ~~~~~~~~
- If you pack a mod again with ProRunner2.0 and convert it back to pt format
- the filesize may differ by two bytes. I am not sure but this seems to be a
- mistake caused by ProRunner2.0 .
-
- 6 - Notes
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Bug reports, suggestions, postcards, flames, criticism, ideas,
- etc., etc., etc ...... to:
-
- Gunther Nikl
- Hans Beimler Str. 17
- O-2850 Parchim
- Germany
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