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SoundTracker 2.0 is the smallest MOD player I have yet to see. Should be
great for those large MOD files that won't play, especially when using a shell
menu. Another advantage of the small code size, if using a shell menu, is it
will load much quicker.
SoundTracker requires no setup or installation. It will terminate gracefully
if no Sound Blaster card is detected. Supports continuous looping of the MOD
file, with abort by either the <ESC> or <ENTER> key.
Works and looks like TrakBlaster, except that it uses text mode. There are no
graphics to bog down the system. This is one reason it is so small, and this
player should work well on slower machines that don't quite work right with
TrakBlaster, since the CPU/DMA overhead is reduced by using text mode.
To use:
SOUND2 FILENAME (.MOD extension is assumed)
or, to suppress display:
SOUND2 FILENAME.MOD - (note the "-", and the .MOD extention is required)
This mode is great for displaying graphics or text while playing a MOD. Simply
set up the screen, then call SOUND2 (with the "-" switch) and it will play
the MOD without disturbing your screen display. When the MOD is finished
playing, control returns to the calling program or batch file.
HELPFUL HINT:
To use SOUND2 with a menu shell that does not allow you to specify the name of
your MODule player, you will want to copy SOUND2.EXE to TRAK.EXE. If you need
the "real" TRAK.EXE at a later date, it can be recreated by running
TRAKINST.EXE.