          Document for MEGAPLAY version 1.0 (28 november 1993)

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  Contents   : * 1 *  How to use MEGAPLAY
               * 2 *  When playing a module
               * 3 *  Changing setup
               * 4 *  More info

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                             * 1 *

                        How to use MEGAPLAY:

  To start the program, just type MEGAPLAY (there are no command
  line options, so don't bother trying them out).

  When you start the program for the very first time, and no
  configuration file is found, you will have to set up some defaults.
  How to change defaults is described in part * 3 *.

  When you are in a directory where no modules are found, you can use
  the arrow keys to move around and the ENTER key to log to a drive or
  directory. (hit F1 for help on use of the keys). If you want to quit
  just hit ESC and it is over.

  When you are searching for modules on your disk, and some modules are
  found, you enter the next screen, here you can select the modules.

  Use the arrow keys, pageup, pagedown, home, end to move around the list
  of modules. Use F1 for help, use F2 to change setup (see part * 3 *) and
  use ENTER to play a module (more info in the next part * 2 *).
  When you hit ESC, you return to the screen with drives/directories.

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                             * 2 *

                      When playing a module.


  When you are playing your favourite tune, you can select four (4!)
  different screens with moving bars.

  To switch between the screens use the arrow keys.

  - Arrow Up    = screen with information
  - Arrow Down  = screen with MiniTower
  - Arrow Left  = screen with MegaBars
  - Arrow Right = screen with SideBars (stereo out left/right)

  To increase volume press +
  To decrease volume press -

  Help and a display of the current volumu, output device
  and playback speed is availible under the F1 key.

  To stop playing hit ESCape.

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                             * 3 *

                  Setup defaults for playback.

  You can change the options for playback by pressing the F2, or
  when you delete the MEGAPLAY.CFG file.

  You have to make a selection. Select one of the four items in
  the configuration by pressing the corresponding key.

  Choose 1 to change playback speed
  Choose 2 to change the outpur device
  Choose 3 to change the volume at which the mod will be played (0..64)
  Choose 4 to change the default playscreen

  - The output device, where you want to play the music through.
    The options for output are:

    1  Soundplayer/Covox at LPT1   (Mono)
    2  Soundplayer/Covox at LPT2   (Mono)
    3  SoundBlaster                (Mono)
    4  Internal Speaker            (Mono)
    5  Two Soundplayers LPT1+2     (Stereo)
    6  SoundBlaster Pro            (Stereo)
    7  Stereo SoundPlayer in LPT1  (Stereo)
    8  Stereo SoundPlayer in LPT2  (Stereo)

  - When you choose the SoundBlaster (or PRO), you have to select
    the SB interrupt and the SB base address.

    SoundBlaster base address ports:

    1.  210h
    2.  220h
    3.  230h
    4.  240h
    5.  250h
    6.  260h
    7.  270h

    SoundBlaster IRQ lines:

    1.  IRQ  3
    2.  IRQ  5
    3.  IRQ  7
    4.  IRQ 10

  - You will also have to choose a speed for playback.
    There are no real guidelines for this part, you will have to
    try out which speed sounds best on your machine.

    The playback speeds:

    1.    4000 Hz (really slow)
    2.    8000 Hz (286)
    3.   12000 Hz (286)
    4.   16000 Hz (some 286)
    5.   20000 Hz (some 286)
    6.   24000 Hz (some 386)
    7.   28000 Hz (386)
    8.   32000 Hz (386)
    9.   36000 Hz (Some 386)
    C.   44100 Hz (Some 386)
    H.   62799 Hz (Some 386/486)

    Note: Higher than 20000 Hz works,
    but sounds bad on the the internal speaker.


    When you have selected a default playback volume, (eg. 60) the
    selected module will always be played at that volume, unless you
    change the config or hit the + or - keys while playing.

    When you change the default playscreen, the module player will
    always start with the same playscreen.

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                             * 4 *

                       More information


  1. The supplied files & sizes.

     MEGAPLAY must be supplied with these files:

       - MEGAPLAY.EXE (the startup program)
       - MEGAPLAY.001 (supporting file #1)
       - MEGAPLAY.002 (supporting file #2)
       - MEGAPLAY.DOC (this file)
       - LPT-PORT.DOC (info about D/A convertors on LPT-ports)
       - FILE_ID.DIZ  (short information file)

     The first three files are required to play modules, when one of them
     is missing, you can not play mods. Please contact the person / BBS who
     supplied this player, and ask for a complete player.

     When you are totally desperate, contact the address below.



     The filesizes are: MEGAPLAY.EXE     13506 bytes
                        MEGAPLAY.001     14236 bytes
                        MEGAPLAY.002     35715 bytes


  2. The configuration file.

     This file contains your last saved setup.
     The file is called MEGAPLAY.CFG.
     Here is a sample config file.

<MEGAPLAY.CFG>

     MEGAPLAY version 1.0 configuration file.

     DEVICE = 4
     SPEED = 4
     SBPORT = 3
     SBIRQ = 7
     VOLUME = 64
     SCREEN = 1

<EOF>

     The values may seem kind of strange, but the program recongnizes
     them and uses the right configuration.


 3. A word about memory.

     When you want to play very BIG modules (size 500K +) you better
     check the amount of free memory first. The program does NOT check
     if there is enough free memory to play the module.
     When the mod is too big, the program might hang or the music may
     sound very bad!


  4. The programming language.

     The program is written in Turbo Pascal 6.0
     It uses a special modplay soundsystem (see below).


  5. About the soundsystem.

     The soundsystem used in this program is GOLDPLAY

     Programmed by Sourcer of The CodeBlasters (Stein Norheim)

     Betatested and Bugfixed by Robban of The SkyHawks (Robert Adolfsson)


  6. Copyrights etc.

     Not much to say about them, because there are none!
     Use and copy this program as much as you want.


  7. What is new in version?

     Version 1.0         : The official release of MEGAPLAY.

     Version 0 to 0.99  : Test and beta-releases.


  8. Address for more information etc.

     When you have any questions, suggestions or when you have found an
     error in the program (oh no!), you can contact me.
     You can also contact me for swapping modules.

     The address:

     Marco Koetsveld
     W. v. Collenstraat 12
     3621 CM  Breukelen
     Holland

     Email: MKOETSVELD@HUT.NL


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