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There are several files in this directory that contain master indexes
for the various sound files and programs and utilities. There are three
kinds of indexes in terms of the file format. For all of the mods contained
in the directory \MODS there are three files called MODS.ID1-3. These files
contain an index which is organized as follows. First, the directory that
the file is located is listed. Second is a listing of the file statistics
generated by the program MODPLAY using the -o switch. This section includes
the true file name, the internal module name, pattern and track information,
a guess at the running time of the module, and file size. Finally, there is
miscellaneous information about the mod, including the mod's composer
(when we could determine it), and whether or not the song is a remake of
another, or a theme. MODS.ID1 is sorted by location (directory name).
MODS.ID2 is sorted by mod file name. MODS.ID3 is sorted by module name.
The MODS index is the only one with multiple sorted lists just because this
file was so big, even we had trouble finding anything.
The files 669.IDX and STM.IDX does not contain the MODPLAY info,
simply the module directory location, file name, module name, file size,
and misc comments (including composer when it can be determined).
The file MIDI.IDX contains an index of the MIDI files. Most of them
do not have descriptions on them. We are currently working on improving our
MIDI collection and producing better indexes. Consider the MIDI's on this
disk to be a preview of things to come.
The file PROGS.IDX contains a master index of the programs in that
subdirectory. The information includes the file directory, file name,
archive size, and a brief description of the programs.
The file INFO.IDX contains short descriptions of the contents of
the subdirectories in the directory \INFO.
Many of the index files are much wider than 80 columns and will not
therefore type out to a standard character screen or to standard line printer
very well. That is unfortunate, but we decided to include as comprehensive
a set of indexes as we could create. Most pc's have ASCII text viewers which
will allow you to read these files more easily. Unix boxes will either have
to view the files in X or else use a text utility to cut the columns of the
file that you wish to view. We are still investigating a good indexing
scheme which would both be easy to use and be multiplatform capable. Anyone
with a good idea hear, please let us know.
The .TXT files have very brief descriptions of the contents of
other directories which are not indexed. These directories are not indexed
either because their contents are very small or because we have no way
of indexing them (like MEDs, which we cannot yet play).