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- History of TrackConv
-
- '*' indicates a release.
-
- 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!
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