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- September 1, 1988 - 10:00pm
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- File NOTICE.UPDATES
-
- Stereo Player Version 10.0 & 11.0
-
- Copyright 1988 Mark A. Dickenson
-
-
- This program is COPYRIGHTED and made
- available on a FREEWARE type of
- basis. This program can be freely
- copied and distributed as long as it
- is not SOLD or used as a give-away
- with another product and this
- documentation file must be included
- with the program.
-
- Personally I think ShareWare is a
- bust, but if you feel an OVERWHELMING
- need to part with something of
- monetary value. I would be more than
- happy to help cure that need by
- taking it off your hands.
-
- If you have any gripes, complaints,
- suggestions, COMPLIMENTS or anything
- else you would like to send to me
- then send them to:
-
- Mark Dickenson
- 600 South West Street
- Nevada, Missouri 64772
-
-
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-
-
- Updates to Version 10.0 from 8.0/9.0
- ------------------------------------
-
- o Fix to the PIC/WDS/MUS/STR bug.
- The screen nolonger flickers when
- you have all four files for use in
- a song.
-
- o Redesigned Screens and menus
-
- o Two new MODEs called MIDI P and
- MIDI M. These are disabled if the
- MIDI.MODULE is not loaded.
-
- o MIDI support through the use of an
- additional program called the
- MIDI.MODULE. (This module is not
- released with this program, but
- will be released at a later date.
- This version of the player will
- check for the module and load it if
- present.)
-
- o Stereo EXPANDER option. This will
- cause the player to play all 3
- voice (MONO) SIDs in a 6 voice
- format. You will have control of
- the delay between the right and
- left channels. This gives a reverb
- or expander effect to the music
- making it sound fuller.
-
- o On the Song Selector, 6 voice songs
- are represented by an asterik (*)
- instead of the number 6.
-
- o Play SIDs at one third of their
- normal speed with the SLOW command
- on the KEYBOARD screen. Also, the
- FASTFORWARD has been fixed to work
- more reliably. You must also now
- use the new NORMAL command to
- return from the SLOW or FAST
- command.
-
- o Fix to the CREDIT COLOR bug. If
- the credits have any color codes in
- them the RANDOM line color selector
- will be turned off.
-
- o On the KEYBOARD SCREEN you will be
- shown how many times the current
- playing SID will play before moving
- to the next one. The number is
- between the word PLAYING: and the
- name of the song.
-
- o Additional support for the Enhanced
- SID Editor commands.
-
- o New additions to the EXTENDED WORDS
- feature of the player. You can now
- have full screen animated text
- graphics from within a WDS file.
- To use the new features you must
- use the following FLG values.
- FLG 255 - Toggle keyboard ON/OFF
- Change BACKGROUND color
- FLG 224 - Black
- FLG 225 - White
- FLG 226 - Red
- FLG 227 - Cyan
- FLG 228 - Purple
- FLG 229 - Green
- FLG 230 - Blue
- FLG 231 - Yellow
- FLG 232 - Orange
- FLG 233 - Brown
- FLG 234 - Lt. Red
- FLG 235 - Dark Grey
- FLG 236 - Med. Grey
- FLG 237 - Lt. Green
- FLG 238 - Lt. Blue
- FLG 239 - Lt. Grey
- Change BORDER color
- FLG 208 - Black
- FLG 209 - White
- FLG 210 - Red
- FLG 211 - Cyan
- FLG 212 - Purple
- FLG 213 - Green
- FLG 214 - Blue
- FLG 215 - Yellow
- FLG 216 - Orange
- FLG 217 - Brown
- FLG 218 - Lt. Red
- FLG 219 - Dark Grey
- FLG 220 - Med. Grey
- FLG 221 - Lt. Green
- FLG 222 - Lt. Blue
- FLG 223 - Lt. Grey
-
- o You can now stamp a 3 voice SID
- using a new PARAMETER format. You
- may stamp the SID for MONO, STEREO,
- or DELAY format. MONO will play
- the SID in 3 voices only. STEREO
- will play in the normal 3 voice
- stereo format. DELAY allows you to
- select an EXPANDER value for the
- SID as well as transposing 3 of the
- voices up or down the scale to give
- a true psuedo 6 voice sound for a 3
- voice SID.
-
- o Bug Fix on the change disk
- comparison routine. Before, some
- songs would register as having an
- STR file when in fact they didn't.
- This was because the comparison
- routine had a flaw in it. This has
- now been fixed.
-
- o You can now press the RUN/STOP key
- to abort the directory listing when
- you use the 'D' - Disk Directory
- command.
-
- o When using the built-in FAST LOADER
- you could corrupt a disk when using
- the DOS command to scratch or
- rename a file. This has been
- cured.
-
- o There is a new opening screen that
- will play music as the screen
- forms. There is a new command
- called 'O' (for opening) that will
- allow you to select either the new
- opening or the old 8.0 style
- opening. (The new opening is the
- default)
-
- o Plus many other cosmetic changes
- and internal changes to the program
- that are not visable. And I have
- probably forgotten a couple, but
- this a fairly complete overview of
- the additions.
-
- I hope everyone enjoys the changes
- and additions.
-
- Mark A. Dickenson
- MARK AD II - Quantum Link
-