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- RANDOM SOUNDS FOR WINDOWS
-
- VERSION 1.00, JANUARY, 1994
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
- If you use your computer allot and you have both a sound
- board and MS Windows, then you probably get sick of hearing the
- same start-up sound every time Windows turns on. That's why this
- program came into being.
-
- WRSOUND is a small DOS utility program which is designed to
- be placed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Each time your computer
- turns on, this program will randomly choose two sound files from
- your own sound library. These two files will be copied to two
- new files named, WSTART.WAV and WEXIT.WAV, which windows can use
- as its start-up and exit sounds. This way, each time you use
- your computer, you will hear a new and different sound.
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- -------------------
- WRSOUND will run on any IBM compatible computer which is
- running DOS 5.0 or higher. It temporally uses only 30K of
- conventional RAM while it runs, and will run with any screen
- type. There four files included with this program:
-
- The utility program: WRSOUND.EXE size: 24755 bytes.
- Installation Program: INSTALL.BAT size: 1348 bytes.
- Help Program: HELP.BAT size: 528 bytes.
- This document: WRSOUND.DOC size: 4614 bytes.
-
-
- PROGRAM USAGE
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- This program was written in C and uses the DOS Copy command
- to copy the sound files. In order to properly install this
- program you must follow the four step installation procedure
- outlined below:
-
- 1) Use the Install program to install all needed software on
- your computer. From the disk or directory that the original
- WRSOUND files are in type: INSTALL C:. Note that [C] is the
- letter of the hard disk you wish to install the program on.
-
- 2) Place all your sound files in the \WRSOUND directory and
- rename the sound files so that they fit the following pattern:
- RSNDxxx.WAV. Note that xxx is a number between 1 and 999 (for
- example: RSND12.WAV). The WRSOUND program will only recognize
- sound files that fit this name pattern.
-
- 3) Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to place the WRSOUND program in
- your start-up routine. Note that because WRSOUND uses the DOS
- Copy command to copy files, the program call must be placed after
- your PATH statement, but before the statement that starts
- Windows.
-
- To start WRSOUND you must type the following: WRSOUND n d
-
- Where [n] is the total number of sound files in your
- software library, between 2 and 999. To get help, [n] may be any
- of the following switches: ?, /?, /H.
-
- The [d] switch is optional and is the disk and directory
- where your sound files are located. If [d] is not given the
- program will search the current directory.
-
- The following is an example of a typical AUTOEXEC file:
-
- @ECHO OFF
- PATH = C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS
- SET TEMP = C:\DOS
- C:\WRSOUND\WRSOUND 15 C:\WRSOUND
- WIN
-
- 4) Now start-up MS Windows and from the Control Panel window,
- choose the Sounds icon and set the Windows Start and Windows Exit
- sounds to C:\WRSOUND\WSTART.WAV and C:\WRSOUND\WEXIT.WAV.
-
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- MAINTENANCE
- -----------
- As you add or delete sounds from your software library you
- will need to change the maximum number of files given in the
- WRSOUND program call located in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
-
- NOTICES
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- WRSOUND is a copyright (c) of Rory Robinson. This product
- may be distributed freely to users. It may not be sold or
- packaged, either individually, or as part of any other product
- without the expressed written consent of the author. This
- product may not be changed or altered without the expressed
- written consent of the author. Note: MS Windows is a registered
- trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
-
- This program is offered on an as-is-basis without any
- guarantee as to the correctness of function or fitness for a
- specific purpose. The author believes this program to work as
- described; however, you use the program entirely at your own
- risk. The author will not be responsible for any hardware or
- software damage, loss of data, or incidental or consequential
- damage that may result from its use, whether or not such use is
- in accordance with the instructions.
-
- I doubt that I will ever update this particular program,
- thus no registration fee is required. Any inquiries regarding
- this program, be they questions or comments, should be sent to:
-
- Rory Robinson
- P.O. Box 3328
- Van Nuys, California
- 91407
-