¢¢ -------------¢ PLAY 1.0: ¢ -------------¢¢¢by Tomasz M. Tatar¢(tatar@student.uci.agh.edu.pl)¢==============================¢¢PLAY is a player of Chaos Music¢Composer files. It has been developed¢especially for Sparta DOS users, but¢it also has been tested with DOS 2.5¢and MyDOS. It probably works even with¢tape recorder.¢¢Chaos Music Composer is powerful¢music editor developed by L.K. Avalon,¢from Poland. It saves music in .CMC¢files. Every file may contain a few¢different songs. In fact .CMC file is¢a binary file (just like .OBJ or .COM).¢As a result of this music from CMC can¢be easy used in other programs (games,¢demos, etc.). Chaos Music Composer can¢also create binary module with player¢songs from CMC. PLAY is also using this¢module.¢¢Using PLAY:¢===========¢Sparta DOS users can use PLAY in¢form:¢¢PLAY [file[.ext]]¢¢If no extension has been given, .CMC is¢assumed. PLAY loads file, and play¢first song of file (it can be a few¢songs in one CMC file). If any error¢occurs during loading (for example¢"File not found"), message with error¢number would be displayed. When music¢is played, you can press "Esc" key to¢return to DOS. If you want to play¢next song from this file, press "Space"¢key. If there isn't other songs, it¢will nothing happen. If you press¢"Space" key when the last song is¢played it will start playing first¢song. Look for LASER.CMC which contains¢four songs.¢¢If no file has been given as argument¢or PLAY has been executed in other DOS¢then Sparta DOS, PLAY will read¢directory of all files with extension¢.CMC on current drive. It will display¢names of these files and first file¢would be highlihted by cursor. You can¢move this cursor by pressing arrow keys¢(but without pressing "Control" key,¢just press "-", "=", "+" or "*"). When¢you move cursor to the file you want to¢load, press "Return" key. It will load¢this file.¢¢If you want to load any other file (for¢example: with other extension, from¢other drive or subdirectory) press¢"Esc" key when list of files is¢displayed. Then you will get "Enter¢file name:" prompt. It also would be¢displayed if PLAY has been executed¢not under DOS (for example from tape¢recorder). At that prompt you can enter¢full name of file to load. Examples:¢D8:MODULE.OBJ¢D4:\SOUND\MUSIC\CMC\MISSION.CMC¢C:¢¢Copyrights (?)¢==============¢This program is Public Domain. You can¢use it and distribute it in any form.¢If you find any bug or if you have any¢suggestions, feel free to mail me.¢¢I hope you enjoy using PLAY!¢Good luck!¢¢28-Sep-1994¢¢
