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- REGISTRATION INFO
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- MUSIC is a ShareWare product. ShareWare means you get quality software for a
- really low price because you don't have to pay for a middle-man or fancy
- packaging. The ShareWare concept is this: you get the program for free (off
- of BBS's or copied from a friend or off the Internet, etc.). You play with it
- and see if it does what you want. If you choose to use it then you register
- it and pay the small registration fee and everyone wins. If you choose not to
- use it then you simply don't register it. Nothing lost. It's a great concept
- but it relies on the honesty of you -- the user. As long as I get
- registrations and suggestions I will continue to put work into improving MUSIC
- so you get a better program for next to nothing. It's a two-way street.
- You are free (even encouraged) to give copies of MUSIC to anyone you wish
- as long as you give them all the files in the full MUSIC package. Companies
- that package and sell ShareWare disks or CD's are required to contact me
- first.
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- I can be reached by Email at: CAP@scvnet.com
- or fax at: 805-255-8227
- or regular mail at: The PC Works
- P.O. Box 55305
- Valencia, CA 91385-0305
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- You can get the latest MUSIC version from the anonymous FTP site
- music.acu.edu (cd /jr_music/dos/music)
- MUSIC also has a Web page at
- http://www.scvnet.com/~cap
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- Please fill in and mail in the Registration Form (last page) with your payment
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- Below are some details on the registration process...
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- Payment What you get
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- $14.99 - zip.
- $15 - Put on the mailing list for future update notices and whatever else.
- $20 - Added to the mailing list plus a disk of latest MUSIC version.
- $23 - Same as $15 plus a printed manual.
- $45 - Same as $15 plus the C source code (Turbo C v3.1).
- +$5 - Add $5 for shipping if you are not in the U.S.A.
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- Payment must be in U.S. dollars: cash, check or money order. Make checks
- payable to The PC Works. No credit cards accepted (unless you want to mail
- them to me for keeps). If you are outside the U.S. then please send a U.S.
- money order and be sure to add $5 for shipping if you are getting a disk sent
- back to you. No P.O's accepted. Registration fees may change without notice.
- Payment does not include a license to use any songs. You are held responsible
- for how you use MUSIC (see the Copyright Warning section of this manual).
- Disks sent to you contain the latest version of MUSIC and the full manual
- in two formats: PostScript and PCL (for standard HP(tm) LaserJets and
- compatibles). These manuals are fully formatted and just need to be sent
- to a PostScript or PCL printer.
- Once registered you can get additional upgrades sent to you on disk for
- only $5 ($10 outside the U.S.A.). If you have Internet FTP access you can
- most likely download the latest version of MUSIC from bach.nevada.edu (login
- as anonymous; your email address is the password). You can also find it at
- the MUSIC home page via WWW (World Wide Web) at...
- http://www.scvnet.com/~cap
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- For those of you interested in getting the C source code:
- I just converted the program from Pascal to C so I had the thrilling
- opportunity to walk through each line of source code in detail and make
- changes. The initial Pascal version of MUSIC was in-the-works for about 8
- years so as my styles changed the source code did as well. Having gone
- through the hassle of converting it to C I took the time to make the source
- code extremely clean and well documented since I planned on making the source
- code available to registered users. MUSIC is pretty powerful as it is but
- there is a lot of different uses for it which could make good use of many
- features it currently doesn't support and it may be the case that it would not
- be in my best interest to make such features available in the general-public
- program. As such you have the opportunity to make the changes yourself by
- getting the C source code. MUSIC is currently compiled by Borland Turbo C++
- v3.1 but does not make use of any C++ constructs (it is straight C). As part
- of the MUSIC program you get CAP_LIB.C which is a collection of useful library
- routines I wrote that MUSIC uses extensively.
- As far as personal help from me... you can reach me through Email and if
- it is not too much work, I will answer your questions for free. I want MUSIC
- to work for you the best it can and I would be interested in seeing what new
- features you programmers will be adding to it so I will help you as much as
- time permits.
- Currently the source code is just over 640k in .C and .H files but it is
- easy to follow and doesn't play funny C-style tricks you see many programmers
- doing. I like to keep it simple. MUSIC doesn't need any fancy high-speed
- gadgetry to do what it does fast because of the simple nature of what it does.
- I don't have a separate tech document describing the guts of the source code
- but if I get enough requests for one I would most likely put one together and
- make it available to you.
- Along with the source code I will throw in some utility programs I've
- written up that help me.
- If you are a seasoned programmer and have some interest in porting MUSIC
- to another operating system, I would love to talk with you. I have gotten
- several requests for Mac, OS/2 and UNIX versions but am not interested in
- doing the port myself.
-
- Special registration addendum from the wife of the author:
- I was between 6 and 9 months pregnant with our second child and chasing after
- our then 11-month-old BY MYSELF as my husband spent countless hours perfecting
- MUSIC. All the while I was carrying on conversations with a little boy whose
- vocabulary consisted of "All gone", with a heating pad strapped to my
- overtaxed lower back, I told myself it would be worth it because SURELY
- everyone who received MUSIC would recognize what an incredible bargain they
- were getting for a measly 15 bucks. Certainly they wouldn't deny a man (and
- his self-sacrificing wife) a piddly $15 after he spent hundreds, if not
- thousands of hours creating such a quality product. Heck, they might even
- include, say, an extra five bucks just so the wife could buy something nice
- for herself.
- Get the point?
- == Laura Pierce ==
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- REGISTRATION FORM
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- Please fill this form out and send it in with your registration payment to:
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- The PC Works
- P.O. Box 55305
- Valencia, CA 91385-0305
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- What you get Price Quantity Total
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- Basic Registration (no shipping) $15 x ____ = _____
- Disk of latest version. $20 x ____ = _____
- Disk and printed manual. $23 x ____ = _____
- Disk with C source code. $45 x ____ = _____
- Shipping outside the U.S.A. $5 x ____ = _____
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- Total Registration Payment $ _______
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- Payment must be in U.S. dollars: cash, check or money order. Make checks
- payable to: The PC Works
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- Name: _________________________________________
- Phone: _________________________________________
- Address: _________________________________________
- Address: _________________________________________
- City/St. or Prov/Zip: _________________________________________
- Country: _________________________________________
- Version you have: MUSIC v____
- (for $20 or $23 __ Send disk now even if I have the latest ver.
- registrations only) __ Wait for new version if one is in the works.
- __ 3.5" disk
- __ 5.25" disk
- Optional...
- Where you got/found MUSIC: _________________________________________
- Email Addr: _________________________________________
- Add me to your Email list: __Yes __No
- Internet access: __Email __UUEncode __WWW __FTP __Telnet
- Computer Info: Brand:_________ CPU:_______ __Mono __Color
- __VGA __SVGA
- Will this be for a church: __Yes __No Name/kind:__________________
- Instrument(s) you play: _________________________________________
- What will you use MUSIC for: _________________________________________
- Comments / Suggestions: _________________________________________
- _________________________________________
- _________________________________________
- _________________________________________
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- (for those of you with too much time on your hands...)
- Please contact me, I am interested in porting MUSIC for...
- __ MAC __ UNIX __ Windows __ OS/2 Other:_________
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