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History of TrackConv
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Version Date Does?
V0.00 Dawn of time. Does nothing
V0.10 Appx. 25/05/93 Desktop Version. Loads STracker.
V0.15 Sometime later. Prints out most information.
V0.16 Later still. Loads a bit of Tracker.
V0.16 Appx. 15/07/93 '!RunImage' corrupted. (No Backup... silly me) 90%
recovered. WIMPFN. lost. Give up.
V0.30 28/07/93 Program converted to non-desktop. Displays all
immediate information. Load menu works. (Save
would too but no save PROCs.)
Keep 4 backup copies.
V0.31 29/07/93 Saves+Loads own format (MultiFile). (very large
due to 65k block reserved for patterns)
V0.32 29/07/93 Prints Samples, Sequence, patterns + General
(+all). Properly converts STracker patterns.
V0.35 30/07/93 Saves STracker files.
V0.40 30/07/93 Loads Coconizer files (not samples).
V0.41 31/07/93 Loads Coconizer files from 'Samples' directory.
V0.45 01/08/93 Loads Tracker.
V0.50 02/08/93 Saves Coconizer.
V0.55 03/08/93 Block reserved for patterns adjusted to minimul
size. (MultiFile's are more economimic too.)
V0.60 03/08/93 When saving Coconizer and STracker pattern breaks
added if pattern length less than 64. Also tracks
taken away/added to fit right no. of tracks in
file.
V0.65 04/08/93 Print menu changed so 'To Scrn'/'To Pntr' shows.
Before used select or adjust to print to screen or
printer. Also keyboard and mouse buffers emptied
after each command.
V0.70 05/08/93 Almost saves Tracker. (But not quite). Some files
save, others don't. Can't figure it out. Feel
depressed. Want to give up.
V0.80 07/08/93 Saves Tracker. (Discover that sample lengths must
be divisible by 4.). Much happier now.
V0.85 07/08/93 Prints to file.
V0.90 07/08/93 Individual print items selectable on or off.
Before printed one or all.
V0.92 Between 07/08 Installs on icon bar. Files can be dragged onto
& 20/09 it. No save option on menu. Clicking with select
takes you into previous non-desktop env.. ESC
takes you back!
V0.93 20/09/93 File format recognition improved and also
recognises more files (but doesn't load them).
V0.95 24/09/93 Almost fully icon barish. Can save tune files,
select sample formats.
V0.96 09/11/93 Now saves Tracker, Armadeus, Raw and DS Edit
samples.
V0.97 10/11/93 Saves patterns in Tracker, Wimp Tracker and AP
Tracker format!
V0.98 12/11/93 Loads individual samples.
V0.99 14/11/93 Loads samples from directories.
V0.99+ 15/12/93 Improved STracker pattern loading.
V1.00 29/12/93 Now saves text dump and documentation complete!
V1.10 30/12/93 List of file formats in a window.
V1.20 30/12/93 Window containing memory usage.
V1.22 30/12/93 Can choose what format volumes are to be
displayed in.
V1.30 30/12/93 Info window showing general info on the tune.
V1.40 31/12/93 Samples window.
V1.50 03/01/94 Loads (unpacked) Digital Symphony files.
V1.60 04/01/94 Improved conversion of all files.
V1.70 06/01/94 Dumps patterns in STracker,Tracker or Symphony
style.
V1.71 06/01/94 Now takes unlimited (okay...2,147,433,648)
patterns and lengths. (to cope with Symphonies)
V1.80 06/01/94 Verbose option.
V1.90 08/01/94 Saves (unpacked) Digital Symphony.
V2.00 * 09/01/94 Get rid of non-desktop area. (there's no use for
it now!)
V2.10 11/01/94 Add Tracker file options.
V2.15 * 11/01/94 Fix small bug with Tracker file creation. (Caused
some programs to crash.)
V2.16 17/01/94 Fix bug with conversion of '9' command (set
sample offset).
V2.18 21/01/94 Now loads Coconizer RM's.
V2.19 24/01/94 Routine to convert samples now in machine code so
it is much faster
V2.21 * 18/04/94 AT LAST!!!. After learing ARM code and fixing
endless amounts of bugs it now uses M/C routines
to convert music formats. It is now very much
faster!!.
V2.22 19/04/94 Option to insert blanks in Symphony files added
V2.23 20/04/94 Option to minimise patterns used in Symphony
files
21/04/94 Seperate menu for samples window+option to save
samples directly from it.
22/04/94 Load samples directly to sample window+loaded to
currently shown sample
22/04/94 Can change sample name from sample window
22/04/94 Can delete samples
V2.24 23/04/94 Can add+insert samples
V2.25 * 23/04/94 Can save current options
***** Status changed to shareware *****
V2.26 02/05/94 Converts Tracker line jump correctly.
V2.27 02/05/94 Fixed bug which used to cause some Symphony tunes
(usually more than 4 voices) not to load,
generating an error about packed samples.
V2.28 05/05/94 Loads Coconizer packets by using Scrap dir.
V2.29 05/05/94 Fixed bug where Symphony files were corrupted if
original sample lengths not divisible by two.
V2.30 07/05/94 Loads Octalyser but assuming Tracker command set
(which is wrong)
V2.31 14/05/94 New Multifile format (2.06). Now supports an info
text.
V2.32 14/05/94 Loads OctaMED files but pattern conversion is not
right.
V2.33 14/05/94 Offers an alternative (more accurate) volume
conversion.
V2.34 20/05/94 Improved PC 669 loading
V2.35 22/05/94 Option to make all pat. lens. 64 or less.
V2.36 23/05/94 Creates a header pattern for OctaMED's to set
default tempo and speed.
23/05/94 Multifile's renamed as PPP Tracks. (A major
improvement).
V2.37 23/05/94 Sorta' loads+saves Musix files but seems to muck
up the patterns or something (which should be
STracker format)
V2.38 28/05/94 Fixed bug where minpats/blanks option for
Symphonies mucked up if patterns were different
lengths.
V2.39 03/06/94 Loads Scream Tracker
V2.40 04/06/94 Loads + Saves special 8 track STrackers (from PC)
V2.41 02/07/94 Loads Arc ProTracker files.
V2.42 02/07/94 Loads Coconizer trackfiles
V2.43 04/07/94 Saves Arc ProTracker
V2.44 04/07/94 Saves Octalyser
05/07/94 Groooaaaan... Accidental (you better believe it)
deletion of only (yes ONLY!!) copy of source code
for TrackConv M/C routines. I am VERY depressed!
Also, my computer now resembles a rather exotic
sculpture.
06/07/94 It is 3:07am on Wednesday morning and I have now
managed to recover the source code so it looks
pretty much like the original and produces exactly
the same result as the original. I am now feeling
much better but pretty tired and still pretty F'd
off really. Oh well...I've learnt my lesson this
time!
V2.45 06/07/94 Loads OctaMED.
V2.46 07/07/94 Save Coconizer Trackfiles
V2.47 17/07/94 3D Icons!!
V2.48 24/07/94 Loads zool tunes
V2.49 25/07/94 Fixed bug which caused TrackConv to crash when
loading tunes saved from APTracker
V2.50 26/07/94 Guess-type added.
V2.51 27/07/94 Fixed a few bugs in coco save routine.
V2.52 28/07/94 Fixed a bug in Octalyser pattern save routine.
V3.00 * 28/07/94 Has a good name!