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▓▓████ ██████ * M O D U T I L S v 3 . 6 * ▓▓████ ██████
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██ ██ ██ ██ (c) 1993.11.28 ██ ██ ██ ██
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██ ██████ ▓▓ by Tom Rathborne of Totally Unlimited ██ ██████ ▓▓
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████████▓▓▒▒░░ The MODUTILS are FREEWARE! ████████▓▓▒▒░░
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│ (but if you like it, you can still send money!) │
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└────── My neat logo encompassing the T and the U ──────┘
┌──────────╖
──┤ CONTENTS ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
╘══════════╝
ABOUT MODUTILS
GENERAL NOTES
MODDIR
MODNAMES
MODDIZ
FORMATS SUPPORTED
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
OTHER STUFF
THANKS
FUTURE FEATURES
HISTORY
┌────────────────╖
──┤ ABOUT MODUTILS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
╘════════════════╝
With the advent of Creative Labs' SoundBlaster audio card, the Amiga
.MOD (Module) format of music is now very popular on the PC-compatible
scene. There are LOTS of different types out there, too. I add every
format that I can find, even those that can only be played on the
Amiga!
The three MODUTILS will list directories describing modules with titles
and formats:
MODDIR outputs to the screen like a very simple DIR command.
MODNAMES creates a 4DOS/NDOS DESCRIPT.ION file.
MODDIZ creates a FILE_ID.DIZ for SysOps.
Best of all, it's all freeware! That means you can copy these programs
all you want, as long as you don't modify them, and you include this
document. Support freeware! Use it! Distribute it! Of course, if you
have any questions or comments, or if you think the MODUTILS are worth
a few $, feel free to contact me.
┌───────────────╖
──┤ GENERAL NOTES ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
╘═══════════════╝
The MODUTILS should work properly with all module file formats listed
in the FORMATS SUPPORTED section. They originally just read the first
20 characters of the file, but some formats don't conform to that, so
the autorecognition routine was born, opening up a whole new bunch of
formats. If you find a module that the MODUTILS can't identify, please
let me know, and I'll add support for it as soon as possible!
If the location of the title for the particular format is unknown to
me, as in FutureComposer and some MED files, the title will be simply
"Unknown: [filename]". If the title part of the file is empty the title
will be "File: [filename]".
If the file has the correct signature, but the title includes control
characters (less than ASCII 27), the title will appear as "[ Might be
corrupt ]"
You may get an error message if you try to look at another directory.
For example, if you are in the root directory, and type "MODDIR
C:\MODS" or "MODDIR C:\MODS\*.*", I haven't added support for that kind
of thing yet. Sorry.
┌────────╖
──┤ MODDIR ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
╘════════╝
MODDIR defaults to listing ALL identifiable files in the current
directory. If it finds a file that it cannot identify as a MOD, it will
not list it.
If you specify a filespec, i.e. *.MOD, then all those files will be
listed regardless of whether or not they can be identified.
If you don't specify a filespec and no valid modules are found, you'll
simply see a blank list. If you DO specify a filespec, invalid files
will be displayed with "[ Unknown Type ]" as the title, and you'll get
a different set of totals (try it!) at the bottom.
To display a directory, simply change to the directory where you store
your modules and run MODDIR. Remember, you can't specify another
directory - only a file specification. Here's some sample output:
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════╤═══════════════════════════╗
║ MODDIR v3.6 ■ (c)1993.11.28 by Tom Rathborne ■ │ MODDIR is FREEWARE from ║
║ Directory of *.* │ Totally Unlimited ║
╠══════════════╤══════════╤══════════════════════╪═══════════════════════════╣
║ Filename │ Size │ Song Title │ File Type ║
╟──────────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────┼───────────────────────────╢
║ HARDWIRE.669 │ 62040 │ Hardwired... │ Composer 669 Module ║
║ NITEFLYT.AMF │ 71566 │ NiteFlite │ Advanced Module Format ║
║ CYTAX .FC3 │ 11914 │ Unknown:CYTAX.FC3 │ Future Composer [FC14] ║
║ REBELS .FC3 │ 4790 │ Unknown:REBELS.FC3 │ Future Composer [SMOD] ║
║ MENOLLY .FTM │ 141786 │ Menolly's Song │ Face the Music ║
║ AD_NSTLL.INI │ 4022 │ [ Might be corrupt ] │ Tracker - 15 instruments ║
║ BLUEBABY.MED │ 257426 │ Blue Baby Filters - │ MED file ║
║ HUH! .MED │ 54003 │ Unknown:HUH!.MED │ Some sort of MED file ║
║ ALISON .MOD │ 7934 │ Alisons song │ FastTracker - 6 channels ║
║ ALISON-S.MOD │ 7934 │ Alisons song │ StarTrekker - 6 channels ║
║ CLEMENTI.MOD │ 23608 │ Clementine │ FastTracker - 8 channels ║
║ DEEELITE.MOD │ 255294 │ Deee-lited │ StarTrekker - 4 channels ║
║ GONAD-64.MOD │ 8591 │ Gonads Cracks │ ProTracker > 64 patterns ║
║ GONADSCR.MOD │ 8591 │ Gonads Cracks │ Tracker - ModEdit ║
║ POPCORN .MOD │ 61846 │ Popcorn │ Tracker - 15 instruments ║
║ RAP-STAR.MOD │ 53542 │ Rap Beat │ StarTrekker - 8 channels ║
║ RAPBEAT .MOD │ 53542 │ Rap Beat │ OctaCompositor 8 channels ║
║ REACHTEC.MOD │ 139286 │ Reach Tech-No Limit │ ProTracker ║
║ SOWHAT-K.MOD │ 10605 │ So What? │ Tracker - KingMOD ║
║ HARMNICS.MTM │ 77100 │ Digital Harmonics │ MultiTrackerModule ║
║ ALIENMEN.MUS │ 41830 │ ALIENMENU │ SMUS v.2 Module ║
║ THUNDER .OCT │ 247028 │ Thunder │ OctaMED file ║
║ JAM .OKT │ 289280 │ JAMES BROWN IS DEAD! │ Oktalyzer ║
║ ROMPLAY2.ROM │ 151096 │ Unknown:ROMPLAY2.ROM │ RoM MuZiK FiLe ║
║ PLASTIC .S3M │ 64784 │ World of Plastic │ ScreamTracker 3 Module ║
║ GC-REMIX.STM │ 10112 │ Gonads Cracks Remix │ ScreamTracker Module ║
║ DRUMROLL.STS │ 1595 │ A Drum Roll, Please. │ ScreamTracker Song ║
║ ROCKET .ULT │ 195626 │ ROCKET │ UltraTracker Module ║
╟──────────────┼──────────┴───────────┬──────────┴───────────────────────────╢
║ 28 modules │ 2316771 total bytes │ ■ Thank you for using MODDIR! ■ TU ■ ║
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