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- NFCD Deluxe v1.2 - A CD-Rom Audio Player for the Macintosh
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- electronic Artistry
- 740 Sidney Marcus Blvd., Suite 5008
- Atlanta, Georgia 30324
- AOL: ElectronArt
- CIS: 71221,3300
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- Credits...
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- Programming: Rob Sawyer, electronic Artistry
- Programming Environment: Serius Programmer™ v2.2 , by Serius
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- Graphics: Rob Sawyer
- Graphics Applications: Adobe Photoshop 2.1, by Adobe, Inc.
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- Prologue...
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- If you have already opened NFCD Deluxe and sampled its abilities, then
- you have discovered something. If you haven't yet run the program, you
- are about to discover something. That something is that NFCD, NoFrills
- CD Audio player, is not exactly a no-frills program. Granted, the controls
- are pretty mundane - a play button, a pause, a FF and RW, etc... but, my,
- aren't the graphics nice?
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- A User's Guide...
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- As I set forth to write a user manual for NFCD, I stop for a moment and
- realize that a detailed manual is not needed. All that's needed to use this
- application is a CDRom drive that accepts audio CD's (I don't know of one
- that doesn't, provided you have the Audio CD file in your System Folder),
- a good disc of your fave music (I prefer alternative/college format... I tested
- this program while enjoying the strains of the Pixies, Ministry, Lightning
- Seeds, and Enigma...), and, oh, about a meg of free RAM. Yes, it does take up
- quite a bit, but that's a limitation of the authoring package. If I could think
- and program in C or Pascal, I would, but since I can't, I am stuck with the
- limitations, and if you use this program, you are too... sorry! Anyway, it
- is also rather helpful if you have a monitor capable of supporting 256 colors
- or more, and have it on when you run this app. Part of the reason I started
- electronic Artistry is because I believe that most applications out there are
- sadly in need of a pleasing interface. I don't just mean that the buttons are
- lined up straight - I mean, color (where applicable), imported images, and
- the like. If you are using a black/white Mac, my apologies to you. Write me,
- and I'll whip up a black and white version for you. It won't look pretty, but
- if you're really heavy into using to play CDs (like I hope most folks will be)
- then you won't really mind.
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- So, with all that unnecessary stuff out of the way, here's some user info.
- NFCD will play your disc, forward to the next song, reverse to the previous
- song, pause, eject, and, on command, show you the number of tracks on the
- disc and either the current track or the current block location (propeller-heads,
- there's an explanation at the end of this document if you need it...). That's about
- it. There's also a nice help-screen, if you are really in bad sorts.
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- Essentially, this program is so simple, even an idiot can use it. I say this while
- keeping in mind that saying by Murphy (who IS Murphy, anyway?), "Build a system
- that even an idiot can use, and only an idiot will use it..." With that in mind,
- I hope you enjoy NFCD, and as always, I welcome your feedback.
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- Registering...
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- Yes, friends, it has come to the part where I ask you to dig down deep and
- give, give 'til it hurts, give so that a fledgling programmer can continue to
- weave his magic over the motherboard and create wonderful and mystical
- new toys. It's really easy - you send me a check for $5, $10 or whatever
- you think it's worth. In return, I send you a customized version of NFCD on
- a reusable floppy disc that's yours to keep. Send your hard-earned pay, as
- well as any comments, to:
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- Rob Sawyer
- electronic Artistry
- 740 Sidney Marcus Blvd. #5008
- Atlanta, Georgia 30324
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- Fill out the reg form enclosed, send it with your check, and I'll rush back to
- you by US Snailmail your personalized copy. Thanks in advance for trying my
- humble offerings to the Macintosh community!
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- • Propellerheads ONLY beyond this point! •
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- Essentially, the Block information that NFCD shows you is the block of
- information on the CD. It has absolutely nothing to do with time, space,
- or number of tracks left on the disc, unless you have a way to figure out
- how many blocks each song is, calculate any unused portions of the disc,
- add'em all up to come up with the total block size of the disc. I put it in
- because I could, OK? :)
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- -Finis-
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