JAMMIN ver 1.00 Copyright (c) 1993 Accelerated Light & Graphics This program is shareware, please feel free to copy this software and pass it along to others. Any donations of $5.00 or more will be greatly apperciated. This document will serve 3 functions, a readme.txt file, a Help file, as well as the manual. The following 5 files should be included: 1. JAMMIN1 .EXE This is the executable program. 2. README .TXT This file. 3. VBRUN200.DLL Visual Basic RUNtime Library. 4. MCI .VBX Multimedia Control Interface. 5. THREED .VBX 3D Interface. NOTE: JAMMIN originally had lots more features than is seen here. Ver 1.00 was scaled back, simply to get it out the door. Version 2 will be the full release with all the feature-rich stuff that makes you droooool. So enjoy this preview and please register. History of JAMMIN: THE ULTIMATE MUSIC BOX Ver 1.00, JAMMIN Version 1.00 was conceived when I purchased an old 8088 machine that was being sold on close-out as a multimedia machine (Yeah, right). At the time Sony's CD ROM drive was selling for $600.00 plus. This CD ROM was $500.00 and it came with an 8088 machine, keyboard, 512K VGA Card, and a 40 meg IDE Hard Drive which sounds like a tank without a muffler. Naturally, I ripped out the CD ROM Drive and shoved it in my 386 machine. I bought a pair of speakers and began searching for a CD Player to play back my audio CD's. Well I found quite a few, but none of which I liked very much. Further- more, I wanted more, at least (and I don't know why) a CD Player that acted like a real CD Player that you purchase at your local Wal-Mart, Sears, or any other retail outlet. By this, I mean the interface should look like the one on your stereo. There should be no slider bars. It had to have a power button, and so on. The only thing that I didn't put in JAMMIN is a digital readout that looks like either an LED or LCD. That feature I have reserved for Version 2.00. I wrote this program for several reasons: 1. Visual Basic for Windows Ver 2.00 made it easy. 2. I was sick and tired of not being able to find a CD Player that acted like a real CD Player. 3. I've always been curious as to how well the Shareware concept worked. That's why the registration fee is only five dollars. Shareware: I'm asking for a small registration fee to encourage users to do just that, register. However, if you feel JAMMIN is worth more than five dollars, then by all means "Don't delay, mail your check TODAY!" Remember, I'm putting JAMMIN on the market VIA Shareware to see if the concept is viable. You, the user, will determine if Accelerated Light & Graphics will continue to write software for shareware. Operation: The workings of JAMMIN are quite simple. Remember, it works like a real CD Player. Power: None of the controls work without power with the exception of the About Button and the Power Light which will be explained later in this text. Once the power has been activated the program responds by lighting up its display panels, and highlighting the buttons that can be used. Note: All times are in minutes:seconds format. Display: JAMMIN has four displays: 1) TRACK: In READY mode, displays the total number of tracks available on the current CD. In PLAY mode, displays the current track that's playing. 2) LENGTH: In READY mode, displays the total time for the current CD. In PLAY mode, displays how long the current track will play. This display is static and only changes when the track changes. 3) TIME: In READY mode, displays 0:00. In PLAY mode, displays the current time or how long it's been playing the current track. This display is updated twice every second. 4) STATUS: Indicates the current mode of JAMMIN. Modes are: READY, PLAY, NEXT, PREV, BACK, STEP, PAUSE, STOP and EJECT. 5) POWER LIGHT: The power light, located beneath the power button, is on when it's black and off when it's white. The buttons and the display panels are both sitting on a slightly raised panel. Double clicking the power light will change these panels from raised to inset. CD BUTTONS: PREV: Moves the head to the Previous track. NEXT: Moves the head to the Next track. PLAY: Plays the CD from the current track. PAUSE: Pauses the CD until Pause is clicked again. BACK: Moves the head back about 10 seconds. STEP: Moves the head forward about 10 seconds. STOP: Stops playback of the current CD. EJECT: Simply ejects the current CD from the drive. Some of these buttons may not work on your CD ROM Drive. For example, some CD ROM Drives don't have the ability to eject a CD. In this case the EJECT button will still be enabled, but nothing should happen when clicked. I say should, since I don't know what will happen. All the CD ROM drives I have tested this on have the capability to eject. DONATIONS/REGISTRATION: If you would like to donate to THE CAUSE of this product please send a check or money order drawn on a U.S. bank and payable in U.S. funds to: Accelerated Light & Graphics CompuServe A.J. Thompson User ID: 70402,412 JAMMIN Ver 1.00 P.O. Box 2015 Colorado Springs, CO 80901 All suggestions and comments may also be sent to the above address. Qwirks (other than the misspelling of quirks): The only quirk that I've found is that with a CD in the drive while the drive is not playing, if the NEXT or PREV track buttons are clicked, on some discs it will advance to the next track, on other discs (for some reason) it will not advance. I don't know what is causing this, but I do hope to have it fixed by the version 2.00. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. JAMMIN: CD ROM GHETTO BLASTER VERSION 2.00 o A filing system to catalog your CD's and allow the CD Player to display the current song and title during playback. o Auto recognition - I.E. When a CD is inserted it will automatically pull up the Author/Title song list. o Shuffle, Continuous, and Repeat Playback. o Time remaining display. o Total time for programmed playback. o And lots more if I can squeeze it all in. There are also other products on the drawing board: o An Image database management system. o A windows Beeper utility. -[ EOF ]-