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  1. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
  2. ³ FairPlay v1.00á ..................... FREEWARE player by Jens-Christian Huus ³
  3. ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
  4. ³                                                                              ³
  5. ³                                                                              ³
  6. ³       INTRODUCTION                                                           ³
  7. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                           ³
  8. ³                                                                              ³
  9. ³       Welcome to yet  another MOD player - one amongst  zillions - but       ³
  10. ³       with some major differences! First, it features ECHO, REVERB and       ³
  11. ³       CHORUS  on the GUS  and some  nice bar effects as well as a nice       ³
  12. ³       GUI  (Graphical User Interface)  with a file requester! Hope you       ³
  13. ³       enjoy my  piece of programming. To be honest I got  quite fed up       ³
  14. ³       with it in the end so I decided to release this version in spite       ³
  15. ³       of the fact that it is still filled with UNFINISHED FEATURES and       ³
  16. ³       even BUGS! A list of these things will appear later in this file       ³
  17. ³       however. This MOD  player project was in fact only meant as some       ³
  18. ³       kind of "programming exercise" as the SB (Sound Blaster) and GUS       ³
  19. ³       players in them weren't  really developed with games or demos in       ³
  20. ³       mind. Meanwhile, I spent quite a long time developing a nice GUI       ³
  21. ³       in 640x480 (16 colors) so I  thought, "Why not combine all these       ³
  22. ³       things in a nice player?" - and so I did! This has  taken me too       ³
  23. ³       long though and now I have other projects coming up. Therefore I       ³
  24. ³       probably  won't bother to improve it - unless the player gets an       ³
  25. ³       immense amount of response - which I find it hard to believe.          ³
  26. ³                                                                              ³
  27. ³       This GUI player is freeware only - if you have been paying money       ³
  28. ³       for this, you have been cheated!                                       ³
  29. ³                                                                              ³
  30. ³                                                                              ³
  31. ³       REQUIREMENTS                                                           ³
  32. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                           ³
  33. ³                                                                              ³
  34. ³       The player requires a PC with at  least a 386SX processor, a VGA       ³
  35. ³       card  and a mouse (with a mouse driver installed). And of course       ³
  36. ³       a Sound Blaster (or compatible) or a Gravis Ultrasound. Enhanced       ³
  37. ³       Keyboard is optional (F12 can be used for loading).                    ³
  38. ³                                                                              ³
  39. ³       I recommend using a 486 with Gravis Ultrasound for best effects,       ³
  40. ³       as only the GUS may use the effect sliders.                            ³
  41. ³                                                                              ³
  42. ³                                                                              ³
  43. ³       FILES                                                                  ³
  44. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄ                                                                  ³
  45. ³                                                                              ³
  46. ³       The following files should be present in the archive. If they're       ³
  47. ³       not, the archive has  been tampered  with and should be replaced       ³
  48. ³       by a new copy.                                                         ³
  49. ³                                                                              ³
  50. ³                                                                              ³
  51. ³               FP.EXE           42842          The FairPlay program           ³
  52. ³               FP.DOC           50758          This documentation             ³
  53. ³                                                                              ³
  54. ³                                                                              ³
  55. ³       This version does not contain any MOD files. Apart from this, it       ³
  56. ³       is identical to the larger archive (695937 bytes without any BBS       ³
  57. ³       adverts), there is NO difference between the FP.EXE files.             ³
  58. ³                                                                              ³
  59. ³                                                                              ³
  60. ³       FEATURES                                                               ³
  61. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                               ³
  62. ³                                                                              ³
  63. ³       Now, before I get  on with some  brief instructions I better wet       ³
  64. ³       your appetite by telling you WHY you just HAVE to take a look at       ³
  65. ³       this marvellous MOD player...                                          ³
  66. ³                                                                              ³
  67. ³                                                                              ³
  68. ³       - Nice GUI in 640x480x16 with everything controlled by the mouse       ³
  69. ³         or optionally the keyboard. The file requester  makes sure you       ³
  70. ³         don't have to mess around at the DOS prompt. :)                      ³
  71. ³                                                                              ³
  72. ³       - ECHO, REVERB and  CHORUS for Gravis Ultrasound. Dividing the 4       ³
  73. ³         voices into 4 parts giving 16 voices, it sounds really amazing       ³
  74. ³         to  say the least. A switch in the  GLOBAL  requester makes it       ³
  75. ³         possible to adjust the  MOD according  to the song speed every       ³
  76. ³         time  a new MOD file  is loaded. HINT: The echo  effects works       ³
  77. ³         best on chiptunes and songs with slowly releasing samples.           ³
  78. ³                                                                              ³
  79. ³       - The samplename window introduces something new and exciting, a       ³
  80. ³         samplebar for each  samplename. The green bar shows the entire       ³
  81. ³         sample and the red within it shows the part that loops. If you       ³
  82. ³         press the BARS/INSTR  buttons you  can flip between both names       ³
  83. ³         and bars, or just bars. And you can even  see the samples PLAY       ³
  84. ³         with small white pointers on the playing instruments! Suddenly       ³
  85. ³         all your old MOD files becomes interesting again! :)                 ³
  86. ³                                                                              ³
  87. ³       - Cute SETUP requester with full configuration saved in the path       ³
  88. ³         as "FP.CFG". When you start the player for the first time this       ³
  89. ³         requester automatically appears so that you can adjust all the       ³
  90. ³         settings for your card. Remember to enter the GLOBAL requester       ³
  91. ³         where you can  specify a PATH to your MOD files - amongst many       ³
  92. ³         other things.                                                        ³
  93. ³                                                                              ³
  94. ³       - Scopes are divided up into left and right for easy loudspeaker       ³
  95. ³         placement. By  using the  SWAP button you can switch places on       ³
  96. ³         screen graphically. This way  you don't  have to fumble around       ³
  97. ³         on the back of your computer trying to match the player. :)          ³
  98. ³                                                                              ³
  99. ³       - The file requester is very user friendly. You can use the path       ³
  100. ³         strings in the top or browse around with the mouse.                  ³
  101. ³                                                                              ³
  102. ³       - Tape recorder-like  PLAY, STOP, SKIP and PAUSE  buttons placed       ³
  103. ³         in the bottom of the screen.                                         ³
  104. ³                                                                              ³
  105. ³       - Patternslide showing the entire MOD. This is one of the strong       ³
  106. ³         features  of FairPlay - simply drag the  slideblock to the new       ³
  107. ³         position and the  MOD will  play  from there. By observing the       ³
  108. ³         speed and granularity of the slideblock you immediately get an       ³
  109. ³         impression of the the songs complexity.                              ³
  110. ³                                                                              ³
  111. ³       - Nice global  information window showing MOD size, pattern- and       ³
  112. ³         event counters, soundcard, speed and rate. The speed shows the       ³
  113. ³         normal speed and BPM at the same time.                               ³
  114. ³                                                                              ³
  115. ³       - A really good support of ProTracker  commands. Only Glissando,       ³
  116. ³         Loop Pattern and  Funk Invert has not been  included - you can       ³
  117. ³         live with  that, can't  you!? The player has been  tested with       ³
  118. ³         over 1000 MOD  files. It isn't perfect - but it  sure is above       ³
  119. ³         average! The BPM may wobble on SB at times, though.                  ³
  120. ³                                                                              ³
  121. ³       - Sound Blaster player uses  autoinitializing DMA, thus expanded       ³
  122. ³         memory is allowed.                                                   ³
  123. ³                                                                              ³
  124. ³       - The GUS player  allows up to  1 Mb MOD files (if the memory is       ³
  125. ³         present), and is free of GUS clicks. :)                              ³
  126. ³                                                                              ³
  127. ³       - Most Sound Blaster cards are fully supported; SB v1.0-v1.5, SB       ³
  128. ³         v2.0, SB Pro and SB 16 in 8- or 16 bit mode!                         ³
  129. ³                                                                              ³
  130. ³       - Option exists which checks for the "M.K." signature in a file.       ³
  131. ³         This makes it possible for you to search your demo directories       ³
  132. ³         for MOD files without playing garbage.                               ³
  133. ³                                                                              ³
  134. ³       - Entire player and GUI  was written in 100 % assembler. No high       ³
  135. ³         level crap! ;)                                                       ³
  136. ³                                                                              ³
  137. ³                                                                              ³
  138. ³       SIRFACE SYSTEM                                                         ³
  139. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                         ³
  140. ³                                                                              ³
  141. ³       The MOD player is the first program to  take advantage of my new       ³
  142. ³       GUI, the SirFace System. This GUI has been  developed as an easy       ³
  143. ³       to link OBJ file which has  been given to a number of people for       ³
  144. ³       BETA testing. It is possible that I may release it later as I've       ³
  145. ³       written a huge Norton Guide for it. Some of the BETA testers are       ³
  146. ³       even currently working on projects that may be released later.         ³
  147. ³                                                                              ³
  148. ³       Thanks must go to Niels Krogh "N”lb" Mortensen for the marvelous       ³
  149. ³       font graphics. Also thanks to Peter Jepsen, Claus Dreyer, Samuel       ³
  150. ³       Nova and Johannes Bjerregaard for BETA testing the GUI.                ³
  151. ³                                                                              ³
  152. ³                                                                              ³
  153. ³       KEYS                                                                   ³
  154. ³       ÄÄÄÄ                                                                   ³
  155. ³                                                                              ³
  156. ³       Although a mouse is required, you can also use the shortcut keys       ³
  157. ³       to access most functions. The main program accepts these keys:         ³
  158. ³                                                                              ³
  159. ³                                                                              ³
  160. ³               Enter                   Restart the song                       ³
  161. ³               Cursor right            Skip one pattern                       ³
  162. ³               Cursor left             Rewind one pattern                     ³
  163. ³               1-4                     Voices ON/OFF                          ³
  164. ³               Space                   Pause the song                         ³
  165. ³               L or F12                FILE requester                         ³
  166. ³               S or F9                 SETUP requester                        ³
  167. ³               B                       Show bars only                         ³
  168. ³               I                       Show both bars and names               ³
  169. ³               P                       Swap the scopes graphically            ³
  170. ³               Esc or F10              Quit the player                        ³
  171. ³                                                                              ³
  172. ³                                                                              ³
  173. ³       The SETUP requester accepts these keys:                                ³
  174. ³                                                                              ³
  175. ³                                                                              ³
  176. ³               G                       GLOBAL requester                       ³
  177. ³               O or Enter              OK button                              ³
  178. ³               S                       SAVE button                            ³
  179. ³               C, F10 or Esc           Quit SETUP requester                   ³
  180. ³                                                                              ³
  181. ³                                                                              ³
  182. ³       The GLOBAL requester accepts these keys:                               ³
  183. ³                                                                              ³
  184. ³                                                                              ³
  185. ³               O or Enter              OK button                              ³
  186. ³               C, F10 or Esc           Quit the GLOBAL requester              ³
  187. ³                                                                              ³
  188. ³                                                                              ³
  189. ³       THE FILE requester is a function called directly in the GUI thus       ³
  190. ³       it does not yet support O, C or F10:                                   ³
  191. ³                                                                              ³
  192. ³                                                                              ³
  193. ³               Cursor up/down          Move one line up or down               ³
  194. ³               PgUp/PgDn               Move one page up or down               ³
  195. ³               Home                    Go to the top of list                  ³
  196. ³               End                     Go to the end of list                  ³
  197. ³               Enter                   Select the file or directory           ³
  198. ³               Esc                     Quit the FILE requester                ³
  199. ³                                                                              ³
  200. ³                                                                              ³
  201. ³       INSTRUCTIONS                                                           ³
  202. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                           ³
  203. ³                                                                              ³
  204. ³       This player was designed to play the  standard 32 instrument MOD       ³
  205. ³       files in 4 voices, which originated on the Commodore Amiga. When       ³
  206. ³       such a file has been loaded you can watch the information or you       ³
  207. ³       can play around with the effect sliders provided that you have a       ³
  208. ³       Gravis Ultrasound.                                                     ³
  209. ³                                                                              ³
  210. ³       I will not write instructions on how to use the entire player. I       ³
  211. ³       rely on you being able  to figure THAT out - what I WILL briefly       ³
  212. ³       discuss though is the use of the effect sliders.                       ³
  213. ³                                                                              ³
  214. ³       The effect sliders are  in fact three  sliders; DELAY, DEPTH and       ³
  215. ³       CHORUS. The DELAY and DEPTH sliders must be used together to get       ³
  216. ³       the desired effect. As I already mentioned earlier the MOD files       ³
  217. ³       use 4 voices. By quadrupling this to 16 voices totally, I get up       ³
  218. ³       to 4 parts of 4 voices  each. Each part is  an exact copy of the       ³
  219. ³       other part, with the exception of a time delay and a new volume,       ³
  220. ³       and THIS is what you can define with DELAY and DEPTH.                  ³
  221. ³                                                                              ³
  222. ³       DELAY (00-1F) controls the number of frames between the 4 parts.       ³
  223. ³       A value of 00 triggers all parts at the  same time. Good  values       ³
  224. ³       are  usually 01-05, but  matching the songspeed  can  often be a       ³
  225. ³       good idea. Eg, if the songspeed is 03, try values 03, 06, or 09.       ³
  226. ³                                                                              ³
  227. ³       DEPTH (00-1F) defines the release of the volumen for the 4 parts       ³
  228. ³       in the echo effect. A value of 00 keeps all  4 parts at the same       ³
  229. ³       level (maximized), while 1F releases the parts almost instantly.       ³
  230. ³       Good values  are 01-04. Most of the  time it sounds  good if you       ³
  231. ³       match the DELAY value, or double it.                                   ³
  232. ³                                                                              ³
  233. ³       DELAY and DEPTH used together  can create ECHO and REVERB on MOD       ³
  234. ³       files with an astonishing effect. However, the result may differ       ³
  235. ³       from MOD to MOD - the  effect works  best on chiptunes and songs       ³
  236. ³       with long and  slowly releasing  instruments. Short and staccato       ³
  237. ³       drums often tend to sound messy.                                       ³
  238. ³                                                                              ³
  239. ³       CHORUS is an effect that is best used when  both DELAY and DEPTH       ³
  240. ³       has been set to 00. When this is done, the 4 parts are triggered       ³
  241. ³       at the same time with maximized volume. If the  CHORUS effect is       ³
  242. ³       set at 01 at this time, the notes will be detuned in each of the       ³
  243. ³       4 parts and  this will give the  illusion of CHORUS. Even though       ³
  244. ³       the CHORUS accepts  values up to 03, the value of  01 is all you       ³
  245. ³       need for most purposes. By experimenting with a higher DEPTH and       ³
  246. ³       perhaps DELAY you can achieve some truly stunning effects.             ³
  247. ³                                                                              ³
  248. ³       In the GLOBAL requester you can set a switch which automatically       ³
  249. ³       chooses  a DELAY and  DEPTH combination suiting the speed of the       ³
  250. ³       MOD file you choose in the FILE requester.                             ³
  251. ³                                                                              ³
  252. ³       If you want to turn off all the  effects, set DELAY to 00, DEPTH       ³
  253. ³       to 1F and CHORUS to 00.                                                ³
  254. ³                                                                              ³
  255. ³                                                                              ³
  256. ³       BUGS AND UNFINISHED FEATURES                                           ³
  257. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                           ³
  258. ³                                                                              ³
  259. ³       Well, here is the list of bugs and features that only made it in       ³
  260. ³       my mind. Just so that you won't bother  writing to me discussing       ³
  261. ³       those 7 billion things that could have been improved on it. Here       ³
  262. ³       goes...                                                                ³
  263. ³                                                                              ³
  264. ³                                                                              ³
  265. ³       - No command line options  or filename.  I have an OBJ file that       ³
  266. ³         could have done it in a matter of seconds, but why should I do       ³
  267. ³         it when the player has a wonderful file and setup requester?         ³
  268. ³                                                                              ³
  269. ³       - Only GUS supports ECHO, REVERB and CHORUS. I meant to apply it       ³
  270. ³         to the SB player too (it is fast enough), but I never got that       ³
  271. ³         far...                                                               ³
  272. ³                                                                              ³
  273. ³       - I have made "boundary" routines in the GUI which turns off the       ³
  274. ³         mousepointer in  areas with  graphical activity, but I haven't       ³
  275. ³         really checked to see if I put it on every spot.                     ³
  276. ³                                                                              ³
  277. ³       - Only support for 32 instrument MOD files  with 4 voices and no       ³
  278. ³         more (ARRGHH! In 1994!? Have you been unconscious for the past       ³
  279. ³         5 years, Jens?). Look, if I wanted to support loads of formats       ³
  280. ³         I would have done a  player with  my own format. Then, I would       ³
  281. ³         have made  internal converters that  would translate all other       ³
  282. ³         formats into my own, always  superior format (it HAS to be for       ³
  283. ³         this to work!). However, in the beginning I only supported the       ³
  284. ³         4-voice MOD format. Remember it was only meant as "programming       ³
  285. ³         exercise" and nothing more. I  wanted to make support for more       ³
  286. ³         than 4 voices as well as 15 instruments though.                      ³
  287. ³                                                                              ³
  288. ³       - If you load a MOD file, then switch  soundcards from GUS to SB       ³
  289. ³         or vice versa, the internal allocation might screw up the RAM.       ³
  290. ³         Suddenly you cannot load  big MOD files. It  might even crash!       ³
  291. ³         Listen to some good advice - don't fiddle around switching the       ³
  292. ³         soundcards all the time. I could have debugged it, I know what       ³
  293. ³         is wrong  -  but again - too lazy... ;)  Fact is, if you  only       ³
  294. ³         have ONE soundcard in your  computer (which IS the most common       ³
  295. ³         thing, you know!) you wouldn't want to do this anyway.               ³
  296. ³                                                                              ³
  297. ³       - The file requester should have been improved  with directories       ³
  298. ³         and files at the same time. The GUI system is independent from       ³
  299. ³         the player itself, so I guess I will  fix that  file requester       ³
  300. ³         some day.  Oh, and while I'm at it - I'm  afraid CD-ROM drives       ³
  301. ³         will be interpreted as "NETWORK" in the drive list! :(               ³
  302. ³                                                                              ³
  303. ³       - The big black areas should have been used for pretty equalizer       ³
  304. ³         volume- or  frequency bars - In case you wonder why nothing is       ³
  305. ³         happening there...                                                   ³
  306. ³                                                                              ³
  307. ³       - If you choose the INPUT  strings above the  effect sliders, or       ³
  308. ³         you drag the patternslide, everything moving will freeze. This       ³
  309. ³         is caused by the timer interrupt being hijacked. Live with it.       ³
  310. ³                                                                              ³
  311. ³       - Even though I support  autoinit DMA in the SB player (thus the       ³
  312. ³         presence of an expanded memory manager will not decrease sound       ³
  313. ³         quality) there is no support for big MOD files loaded into the       ³
  314. ³         expanded memory. MOD files can, in SB mode, be up to 300 Kb in       ³
  315. ³         size, depending on your  machine's configuration. In GUS mode,       ³
  316. ³         however, a small buffer is used for uploading samples - so the       ³
  317. ³         file can be as large as your GUS memory! :)                          ³
  318. ³                                                                              ³
  319. ³       - In SETUP, the GUS memory  selections  is not  interpreted. You       ³
  320. ³         have to make sure yourself that the MOD file fits into the GUS       ³
  321. ³         memory...                                                            ³
  322. ³                                                                              ³
  323. ³       - Even though  I have a  Sound Blaster 16 in my PC #2, I haven't       ³
  324. ³         tested the latest improvements to the MOD player thoroughly as       ³
  325. ³         my second PC is slow and boring! ;)                                  ³
  326. ³                                                                              ³
  327. ³       - I wanted to make a TIME display, but  the idea of interpreting       ³
  328. ³         each pattern  for speed commands every time patterns had to be       ³
  329. ³         skipped, instantly put me off. :(                                    ³
  330. ³                                                                              ³
  331. ³       - If only one voice is active with SB in stereo, the scope isn't       ³
  332. ³         displayed...                                                         ³
  333. ³                                                                              ³
  334. ³       - The disk icon needs some graphical adjustments. The WAIT mouse       ³
  335. ³         symbol is quite ugly too. But hey, I'm no graphician! ;)             ³
  336. ³                                                                              ³
  337. ³       - The MODE button was  supposed to have  toggled between mono or       ³
  338. ³         stereo. Needless to say, I never got that far.                       ³
  339. ³                                                                              ³
  340. ³       - I know, I know! The  red (looping) samplebar doesn't reach the       ³
  341. ³         end of the green (entire sample) bar when the loop really DOES       ³
  342. ³         reach the end - and so what!? ;)                                     ³
  343. ³                                                                              ³
  344. ³       - The mono/stereo toggle is not yet supported on the SB16, it is       ³
  345. ³         permanently set to stereo only.                                      ³
  346. ³                                                                              ³
  347. ³       - I have recently had the opportunity to test the new  AWE 32 in       ³
  348. ³         my 80486. The SB16 mode seems to work without any problems...        ³
  349. ³                                                                              ³
  350. ³                                                                              ³
  351. ³       GREETINGS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS                                          ³
  352. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                          ³
  353. ³                                                                              ³
  354. ³       Now I wish to say a few things to people I know - and don't know       ³
  355. ³       at all. This MOD player has been fun to program and was inspired       ³
  356. ³       by some of the people in the scene.                                    ³
  357. ³                                                                              ³
  358. ³       Before I get on  with it, here's some guide marks indicating how       ³
  359. ³       well I know this person. I thought it would give a new and funny       ³
  360. ³       approach - I hope you find it as amusing as I did. :)                  ³
  361. ³                                                                              ³
  362. ³                                                                              ³
  363. ³               -                       I have never met -                     ³
  364. ³                                                                              ³
  365. ³               +                       I have been talking a lot to +         ³
  366. ³                                                                              ³
  367. ³               =                       I have been writing a lot with =       ³
  368. ³                                                                              ³
  369. ³               *                       I know * personally                    ³
  370. ³                                                                              ³
  371. ³               <                       I have only met < a few times          ³
  372. ³                                                                              ³
  373. ³               >                       I only know > from FidoNet  :)         ³
  374. ³                                                                              ³
  375. ³                                                                              ³
  376. ³       The list has been sorted alphabetically  after the first letters       ³
  377. ³       in the first name. I hope I haven't forgotten someone...               ³
  378. ³                                                                              ³
  379. ³                                                                              ³
  380. ³       > Anders Nielsen        Det kunne v‘re interessant at se din MOD       ³
  381. ³                               player. Er du for›vrigt med i nogen demo       ³
  382. ³                               gruppe?                                        ³
  383. ³                                                                              ³
  384. ³       * Anders land          Gl‘der mig til at pr›ve de SCD-10- og 15       ³
  385. ³                               add-on cards til min SB16. Det er muligt       ³
  386. ³                               at jeg kunne finde  p† at k›be den store       ³
  387. ³                               model, hvis jeg kommer til penge en dag.       ³
  388. ³                                                                              ³
  389. ³       = Andreas Varga         Well, your SID soundcard looked stunning       ³
  390. ³                               but now that Michael Schwendt brought us       ³
  391. ³                               SidPlay I guess its not that interesting       ³
  392. ³                               anymore! ;)                                    ³
  393. ³                                                                              ³
  394. ³       * Brain Bug             Hej Ole,  Jesper, S›ren, Sam,  J›rgen og       ³
  395. ³                               alle i andre!  Jeg h†ber et vist problem       ³
  396. ³                               snart g†r i orden... :)                        ³
  397. ³                                                                              ³
  398. ³       = Brian / Graffity      Hi Brian - great  AdLib player  you sent       ³
  399. ³                               me. Sorry if  I didn't  reply yet, but I       ³
  400. ³                               have become a VEEEEEERY lazy guy when it       ³
  401. ³                               comes to snail mail. Have a modem?             ³
  402. ³                                                                              ³
  403. ³       > Chr. Worm Mortensen   Jeg har erfaret  at  du  OGS har kastet       ³
  404. ³                               dig ud i SB og GUS  helvedet. Er det mon       ³
  405. ³                               noget man f†r at h›re en dag? :)               ³
  406. ³                                                                              ³
  407. ³       * Claus Dreyer          OK guys, if you're coding a graphical NC       ³
  408. ³                               clone  then  you can  forget it, because       ³
  409. ³                               this guy  is currently  coding  the VERY       ³
  410. ³                               best OPUS clone. N†, Claus, nu h‘nger du       ³
  411. ³                               p† den! ;)                                     ³
  412. ³                                                                              ³
  413. ³       * Claus Marn›e          Also known as Banshee / Bonzai. H†ber du       ³
  414. ³                               f†r f‘rdiggjort dit CPBackup DIR program       ³
  415. ³                               snart - the world needs it! :)                 ³
  416. ³                                                                              ³
  417. ³       * Drax, Metal, Laxity   Lidt lamt at greete sine egne gruppemed-       ³
  418. ³                               lemmer, hva'!? Men hvis jeg IKKE g›r det       ³
  419. ³                               brokker i jer vel bare, s†... ;)               ³
  420. ³                                                                              ³
  421. ³       - Draeden / VLA         Thanks for the marvellous  MODINFO docs!       ³
  422. ³                               This was  in fact the file that inspired       ³
  423. ³                               me to  code my very first MOD player for       ³
  424. ³                               the Sound Blaster. A lot of things could       ³
  425. ³                               be improved (as I were to find out), but       ³
  426. ³                               without that file I probably never would       ³
  427. ³                               have given it a try.                           ³
  428. ³                                                                              ³
  429. ³       < Erik Pojar / S!P      Your last letter was a little uninspired       ³
  430. ³                               to say  the least - you hardly commented       ³
  431. ³                               half of my questions!  Can't say I blame       ³
  432. ³                               you  that much  though - I'm getting fed       ³
  433. ³                               up with  this snail mail thing too. Hope       ³
  434. ³                               we meet at the X-MAS '94 party!                ³
  435. ³                                                                              ³
  436. ³       < Fredrik / Pretzel     Haven't  heard from you for a long time?       ³
  437. ³                               I reckon the C64 demo is history now but       ³
  438. ³                               are you on the PC?                             ³
  439. ³                                                                              ³
  440. ³       < Geir Tjelta           How are you doing  coding Famicom stuff?       ³
  441. ³                               Guess  you're earning quite well, aren't       ³
  442. ³                               you? You lucky bastard! ;)                     ³
  443. ³                                                                              ³
  444. ³       = Hannes Seifert        Hi mr. Neo, too sad that the scene hates       ³
  445. ³                               AdLib now... I hope  you're getting into       ³
  446. ³                               consoles or GUS for your own sake. Doing       ³
  447. ³                               some CD music again?                           ³
  448. ³                                                                              ³
  449. ³       < HBH / Panoramic       Still waiting for a reply.  Maybe I will       ³
  450. ³                               soon be doing console stuff too.               ³
  451. ³                                                                              ³
  452. ³       * Johannes Bjerregaard  En skam du ikke gider at lave game musik       ³
  453. ³                               mere.  H†ber du f†r et nyt standpunkt en       ³
  454. ³                               dag... (Ja - jeg tror ogs† p† julemanden       ³
  455. ³                               storken, tandf‚en og gr‘skarmanden!)           ³
  456. ³                                                                              ³
  457. ³       - Laxity / Kefrens      Laxity, dit navn  clasher med Laxity fra       ³
  458. ³                               Vibrants, og  selv dansk  "COMputer" har       ³
  459. ³                               taget fejl. Kunne du ikke venligst over-       ³
  460. ³                               veje at skifte navn?  Thomas Egeskov har       ³
  461. ³                               haft det navn siden 1987.  Jeg har intet       ³
  462. ³                               imod dig, jeg kender dig ikke. Jeg synes       ³
  463. ³                               dine demoer p†  Amiga'en var suver‘ne da       ³
  464. ³                               de kom frem, men det er lidt uheldigt at       ³
  465. ³                               du tilf‘ldigvis ogs† komponerer musikken       ³
  466. ³                               under samme navn som Laxity. Vil du ikke       ³
  467. ³                               nok overveje et alternativ?                    ³
  468. ³                                                                              ³
  469. ³       + Mad Freak             H†ber du f†r gang i MIDI komponeringerne       ³
  470. ³                               denne gang. Forresten, Martin, du har da       ³
  471. ³                               aldrig sendt tilbage igen - fyyy! ;) Men       ³
  472. ³                               altid en  forn›jelse at dele synspunkter       ³
  473. ³                               over telefonen - det lader til at vi ser       ³
  474. ³                               meget ens p† mange ting.                       ³
  475. ³                                                                              ³
  476. ³       * Maduplec              Hej Martin! Jeg h†ber VIRRRRRKELIG at du       ³
  477. ³                               holder dit ord og k›ber  den mega PC her       ³
  478. ³                               til  sommer som  du sagde du  ville - s†       ³
  479. ³                               skal FC og kompagni ELLERS bare se! :)         ³
  480. ³                                                                              ³
  481. ³       = Medicus / KLF         Very impressive demo you made! I promise       ³
  482. ³                               to return your package as soon as I have       ³
  483. ³                               (maybe) done a new ADLIB program for the       ³
  484. ³                               command line. The old one is too ugly.         ³
  485. ³                                                                              ³
  486. ³       > Mads Orbesen Troest   Det kunne v‘re  fedest at se DIN player!       ³
  487. ³                               Men du har  m†ske ogs†, ligesom jeg, sat       ³
  488. ³                               den til side  til fordel for MIDI editor       ³
  489. ³                               programmeringen? ...Fornuftigt! :)             ³
  490. ³                                                                              ³
  491. ³       * Magic / Dominators    Hvordan f›les det  at blive n‘vnt af din       ³
  492. ³                               absolutte gud - THE number ONE! Du ER og       ³
  493. ³                               bliver en unders†t, Mads! ;)                   ³
  494. ³                                                                              ³
  495. ³       * MSK                   Hej Morten "Cigar" Kristensen. Jeg h†ber       ³
  496. ³                               dine MOD filer  f†r en kanon modtagelse,       ³
  497. ³                               de har fortjent en god sk‘bne.                 ³
  498. ³                                                                              ³
  499. ³       - Otto Chrons           Your DMP kept me going in the SB 16 days       ³
  500. ³                               as an example of the quality I wanted to       ³
  501. ³                               put into the MOD player.                       ³
  502. ³                                                                              ³
  503. ³       * Peter Andersen        Hej Peter og Lars (Authors of Roland SMF       ³
  504. ³                               player)! ...Gl‘der mig til at se hvordan       ³
  505. ³                               det g†r med dit vectorsnask, Peter!            ³
  506. ³                                                                              ³
  507. ³       * Peter Jepsen / AOK    Hvordan g†r det som "mont›r" hos Zitech?       ³
  508. ³                               Altid rart at  h›re om det nye hardware.       ³
  509. ³                               Jeg ville ›nske du  ville lave et st›rre       ³
  510. ³                               projekt - jeg er  sikker p†  at du kunne       ³
  511. ³                               lave noget virkeligt imponerende.              ³
  512. ³                                                                              ³
  513. ³       * Peter J›rgensen       The  OPL3 chip ruler - Jeg er  virkeligt       ³
  514. ³                               sp‘ndt p† at  se hvordan  selve editoren       ³
  515. ³                               bliver. Lydeditoren var s‘rdeles l‘kker,       ³
  516. ³                               en hel del mere avanceret end min EdLib!       ³
  517. ³                                                                              ³
  518. ³       * Peter True            Please ring igen - jeg har som regel tid       ³
  519. ³                               hver dag, du var blot uheldig den dag du       ³
  520. ³                               ringede...                                     ³
  521. ³                                                                              ³
  522. ³       * SilverRock's team     Hej N”lb, Morten og  alle i andre. H†ber       ³
  523. ³                               det spil ikke g†r i vasken  som s† meget       ³
  524. ³                               andet "privat" koderi g›r...                   ³
  525. ³                                                                              ³
  526. ³       * Starion               Hej Nikolaj "Zenox", Thomas "Scorpio" og       ³
  527. ³                               alle i andre! Thomas, det er d‘leme lang       ³
  528. ³                               tid siden, hva'!? ..Snart R m† det have       ³
  529. ³                               v‘ret.  Vi burde virkelig finde ud af et       ³
  530. ³                               eller andet...                                 ³
  531. ³                                                                              ³
  532. ³       + Tim Snyder            Hey TLD, are you still alive?  Send back       ³
  533. ³                               my photos, please!                             ³
  534. ³                                                                              ³
  535. ³       * Trap / Bonzai         S†, nu har du hermed  f†et en greeting i       ³
  536. ³                               mit tekst helvede - er du S glad? ;)          ³
  537. ³                                                                              ³
  538. ³       * Ulrik Henriksen       Altid en forn›jelse at tale med dig over       ³
  539. ³                               telefonen - den  time eller mere som det       ³
  540. ³                               altid bliver til! ;) Hvordan g†r det med       ³
  541. ³                               det PC party forresten?                        ³
  542. ³                                                                              ³
  543. ³       * Walt / Bonzai         Din MTM player  lyder rimeligt fedt! Det       ³
  544. ³                               er rart at se at du  f†r s† hurtigt tjek       ³
  545. ³                               p† tingene - keep it up!                       ³
  546. ³                                                                              ³
  547. ³       + Xayne / Crest         Have you recovered after all the music I       ³
  548. ³                               played for you? ...It sure beats all MOD       ³
  549. ³                               composers on both Amiga and PC! Hope you       ³
  550. ³                               are going to feel at home on the PC.           ³
  551. ³                                                                              ³
  552. ³       * Xerox / Bonzai        En skam du  ikke gider at lave demo kode       ³
  553. ³                               mere.  H†ber du f†r et nyt standpunkt en       ³
  554. ³                               dag...     (Finder du noget sp‘ndende p†       ³
  555. ³                               InterNet, Kenneth? :))                         ³
  556. ³                                                                              ³
  557. ³                                                                              ³
  558. ³       I also send my greetings to all  the guys I used  to know in the       ³
  559. ³       good old scene on the Commodore 64. This computer  had  the best       ³
  560. ³       scene there ever was on ANY computer.                                  ³
  561. ³                                                                              ³
  562. ³                                                                              ³
  563. ³       CONTACT ADDRESS                                                        ³
  564. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                        ³
  565. ³                                                                              ³
  566. ³       If you want to contact me for some (legal only!) reason, you can       ³
  567. ³       write to the following snail mail address:                             ³
  568. ³                                                                              ³
  569. ³                                                                              ³
  570. ³               Jens-Christian Huus                                            ³
  571. ³               Tranegaardsvej 71 a                                            ³
  572. ³               2900 Hellerup                                                  ³
  573. ³               Denmark                                                        ³
  574. ³                                                                              ³
  575. ³                                                                              ³
  576. ³       FidoNet: 2:236/86.22 (Kilroy BBS)                                      ³
  577. ³                                                                              ³
  578. ³                                                                              ³
  579. ³       THE BORING STUFF                                                       ³
  580. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                       ³
  581. ³                                                                              ³
  582. ³       All files in the archive should be distributed in their original       ³
  583. ³       form - it is forbidden to modify anything. The player may not be       ³
  584. ³       used commercially in any way without permission from the author.       ³
  585. ³                                                                              ³
  586. ³       The names Vibrants, SirFace System and  FairPlay  are trademarks       ³
  587. ³       of Jens-Christian Huus. Other product and  company names are the       ³
  588. ³       trademarks of their respective owners.                                 ³
  589. ³                                                                              ³
  590. ³       All warranties are disclaimed, including damage to your hardware       ³
  591. ³       and/or software from use of this product.  In no event will I be       ³
  592. ³       liable to you for any damages - including any lost profits, lost       ³
  593. ³       savings or other incidental or consequential damages arising out       ³
  594. ³       of your use or inability to use the  program, or any other claim       ³
  595. ³       by any other party.                                                    ³
  596. ³                                                                              ³
  597. ³                                                                              ³
  598. ³       LAST WORDS                                                             ³
  599. ³       ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                                                             ³
  600. ³                                                                              ³
  601. ³       Actually it wasn't really meant to be released in the end, but I       ³
  602. ³       thought it would be a shame not to, now that I made it this far.       ³
  603. ³       Also, I hope to get rid of this "Mr. AdLib" image I seem to have       ³
  604. ³       acquired recently - I like AdLib a lot,  but I realize that this       ³
  605. ³       sound standard doesn't have a lot to say anymore... :(  But what       ³
  606. ³       the hell, I'm off to code a MIDI editor which supports all kinds       ³
  607. ³       of sound standards  using drivers.  This should keep me occupied       ³
  608. ³       for some time to come.                                                 ³
  609. ³                                                                              ³
  610. ³       Well this concludes the  DOC file for my  MOD player. I hope you       ³
  611. ³       can forgive my terrible english, I know the grammatics may leave       ³
  612. ³       something to be desired at times... ;)                                 ³
  613. ³                                                                              ³
  614. ³       Have fun,                                                              ³
  615. ³                                                                              ³
  616. ³       Jens / Vibrants                                                        ³
  617. ³                                                                              ³
  618. ³                                                                              ³
  619. ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
  620.