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You may ask what is the purpose for this ³ player, because there are so many good players ³ around. Well.. as Weed/Coral said in his player's ³ documentation : It's own, sweet player. ³ 2.0 -- FEATURES ³ TUM is cabable of playing 4,6 and 8 chn ³ ProTracker music modules. It has different playing ³ screens and file selector. TUM is very easy to use ³ and plays almost all PT effects. ³ ³ Supported moduletypes : ³ ³ - M.K./M!K!/4CHN/6CHN/8CHN/FLT8/OCTA ³ 2.1 -- NEW FEATURES ³ Changes since last release : IN THIS ³ VERSION ³ + Changes in file selector ³ + Added ZIP support ³ * Fixed 'CDROM bug' ³ * Added new information to (I)nstrument screen ³ * Some little bugs fixed ³ + Added this better documentation ³ * At last DOS shell is somehow working ³ (Atleast I hope so..) ³ BIG thanks to Beta/A-men for helping me with ³ that problem. ³ 3.0 -- FREEWARE ³ The Unchained Melody is FREEWARE. Which ³ means that you can freely copy it as long as no ³ money is charged. TUM may not be included on any ³ CDROM without my permission. Any commercial use is ³ also prohibited. ³ 4.0 -- DISCLAIMER ³ I'm not responsible for any kind of ³ damage TUM may cause to you or to your equipment. ³ Although it worked fine on my computer, I can't ³ promise anything. Use at your own risk! ³ 4.1 -- FILES IN ³ TUM distribution package should contain PACKAGE ³ atleast following files : ³ ³ MELODY .EXE - 40341 bytes - main program ³ MELODY .DOC - 10628 bytes - this documentation ³ FILE_ID .DIZ - 551 bytes - desc for bbs's ³ V .EXE - 6356 bytes - document viewer ³ READ_DOC.BAT - 19 bytes - just try it ³ 5.0 -- SYSTEM ³ TUM doesn't require much. A 286 with REQUIREMENTS ³ VGA and GUS should be enough. Minimum requirements ³ are however listed below. ³ ³ - 286 processor ³ - VGA display ³ - Gravis sound card - Classic/MAX (ACE/PnP?) ³ NOTE - ACE is not tested. TUM should work ³ also with PnP if you have some RAM memory ³ on it. ³ - Some nice modules ³ - Ears would be nice too ³ - PKUNZIP.EXE (optional) ³ ³ 'ULTRASND' environment variable is also ³ required. TUM won't work without it! You should ³ also have 'TEMP' environment variable set, cause ³ all temporary files are stored in that directory. ³ 6.0 -- USAGE ³ Using TUM is very easy. You can execute ³ it with the name of the module you want to play as ³ the first parameter or without any parameters when ³ the file selector will appear to your screen and ³ you can easily select the module you want to play. ³ 6.1 -- KEYS WHILE ³ These keys work everywhere except in PLAYING ³ the file selector : ³ ³ 1..8 - mute/release channel ³ <,> - previous/next pattern ³ P - pause/resume module ³ D - shell to DOS ³ T - trackscreen ³ I - sample information ³ H - online help ³ B - screensaver ³ Enter - file selector ³ F1-F10 - fast set volume ³ +,- - set volume ³ PgUp/PgDn - inc/dec speed ³ +Ctrl - inc/dec BPM ³ S - stereo/mono ³ Esc - fadeout and exit, ³ 2xEsc stops fading ³ Alt-X - flash exit ³ 6.2 -- KEYS IN THE ³ These keys work only in the fs : FILE SELECTOR ³ ³ Up,Down - move one line up/down ³ PgUp,PgDn - move one page up/down ³ Enter - load module/change directory ³ Home,End - move ³ A-Z - some kind of quickfind ³ Esc - if already playing then back to ³ playing screen else exit ³ 7.0 -- KNOWN BUGS ³ Although this is version 1.00b there ³ is still some bugs. ³ ³ - Tremolo/glissando commands are not supported. ³ - Problems with vibrato. ³ - Bad englisch in documentation :) ³ 8.0 -- THANKS AND ³ I would like to send thanks to following dudes : GREETINGS ³ ³ - Thunder, for MODFIL10 ³ - Firelight, for FMODDOC ³ - Goofy/iP, for help ³ - Beta/A-men, for help with DOS shell ³ - Clyde/RelE, for 'konos-tarjoukset' ³ - all betatesters/who have supported me with TUM ³ ³ And normal greets fly to : ³ ³ Ghostbuster, Cyber Fantasies, chatters on irc, ³ MITS and Metropoli. ³ 9.0 -- HOW TO CONTACT ³ If you encounter any problems or find THE AUTHOR? ³ any bugs, not listed above, don't hesitate to ³ contact me. Other post is also welcome. Letter ³ bombs will be returned to sender. ³ ³ If you like (or dislike:) The Unchained ³ Melody I would like to get a postcard from you. ³ ³ Snailmail : mak/berry ³ Marko Heimonen ³ Kanneltie 5 ³ 05830 Hyvink„„ ³ Finland, Europe ³ ³ E-mail : markoh@pcuf.fi ³ ³ Fidonet : 2:220/405 (Marko Heimonen)