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- MUSIC v3.3
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Electronic Song Book
-
- BEFORE YOU CONTINUE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You should have run MUSICZIP.EXE in some temporary directory on your
- hard disk such as C:\TEMP. It is safe to run it from the root directory
- (C:\) but you should not run it from the MUSIC directory you plan to install
- MUSIC into (usually C:\MUSIC). INSTALL.BAT will place all the files in the
- proper MUSIC directory for you then delete the installation files (except
- for MUSICZIP.EXE). If you are running INSTALL.BAT from within your new
- MUSIC directory then press ^C to stop the installation now and move the
- install files to a temporary directory like C:\TEMP.
-
- UPGRADING?
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- If you are upgrading from an earlier version of MUSIC then continue with
- this installation process, using the same MUSIC directory that you used
- with the older version. If you are prompted to replace a file that already
- exists, be sure to answer Y)es. You will be asked if you want the demo
- files which include a new MUSIC.CFG, *.PC (printer config files),
- *.MUS (actual song files) and MUSIC.DWR (song drawer file). Depending on
- what version of MUSIC you are upgrading from you will want to select only
- some or none of these demo files. This will be explained during the
- installation process.
-
- PURPOSE
- ~~~~~~~
- MUSIC is a ShareWare program designed to keep track of song lyrics and
- chords. It only runs under MS-DOS (or a DOS shell under Windows or OS/2).
- Although it is written to help guitar players, it can be useful to others.
- For a quick summary of what MUSIC is, take a look at the file SUMMARY.TXT
- which explains what MUSIC is and does. For a quick list of what makes
- v3.3 better than previous versions look at the file UPDATES.TXT.
-
- SHAREWARE
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Please read REGISTER.TXT for info about the ShareWare concept and
- registration information. As a ShareWare program, you are free
- to try MUSIC and give copies to anyone you want (as long as you give them the
- full MUSICZIP.EXE file). If you decide to use MUSIC then please register it.
- Registration can be as low as $15 and you will be placed on the MUSIC mailing
- list for future updates and miscellaneous news (not a junk-mail list).
-
-
- SONG FILES
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Due to Copyright legal issues I am only releasing a couple of songs at this
- time since I don't have many songs that are not (c). This means you're on
- your own with entering songs. I did include, however, a love song I wrote
- for my wife (call me sentimental). I also included some really old
- traditional Christmas carols to let you have fun.
-
- MANUAL INSTALLATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If the installation program fails ("out of environment space" could cause the
- installation directory to be messed up) do the installation yourself. Full
- instructions for how to do this are in the INSTALL.TXT file.
-
- MISC
- ~~~~
- If you really want to know the details of how MUSIC data files are formatted
- you can reference the text file FILE_FMT.TXT. Most of you could care less.
-
- If you were able to print the manual then please read the section under
- "Quick Tour" and "Registration Info". If you were unable to print the
- manual then print out the registration info text file and read it...
- COPY REGISTER.TXT LPT1:
- Give MUSIC a test drive (I strongly suggest doing the "Quick Tour"
- section of the manual if you were able to print it). Enter...
- MUSIC
- Hint: your first task in MUSIC is to "Get another drawer".
-
- --Chris Pierce (: HAVE FUN :)
- cap@scvnet.com
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