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     88 88    8    88 88    88  The Module Player v0.98b for Gravis Ultrasound
     88 88         88 88   d8Y             (C) 1994 Timo Ruottinen
     88 88         88 888888Y
     88 88         88 88           A MOD, S3M, MTM, 669 player for the 286
     88 88         88 88
     88 88         88 88
     88 88         88 88  \    /  \ (  ) (  ) |
     88 88         88 88   \/  \  / . /  (  ) |_)    [art + docs by Ian Scott]

Introduction: ---------------------------------------------------------

A while ago, I posted a message on the comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos newsgroup,
saying that I needed a S3M player that supported my 1985 IBM 286. I got
an email reply from Timo Ruottinen, saying that he uploaded a modplayer to
the Ultrasound archives. I said, "Wow, finally!" I was using GLX before,
and I was NOT impressed with it's support of modules, and the fact that it
refused to load the larger ones. I downloaded it. Zip file corrupt. Sent
email, and he kindly re-posted it. I downloaded it, and It worked great! A bit
slow, but it played all the MODs, S3Ms, 669s, and MTMs I had! I was impressed.
The effects were executed nicely, and it only really messed up on the demo
MOD files that came with my GUS. :)

Documentation:---------------------------------------------------------

Well, I thought that it was funny that the program was missing
documentation. I emailed Timo again, and I got a reply saying that this was
because he has a 286 computer also, so he made his own modplayer for
himself. When he saw my message, he decided to release it as is. However,
he said not to expect a new version. Anyways, he gave me some
keys to try:

The Keys: -------------------------------------------------------------

F3    - Instrument info
F4    - Directory (works even while a mod is playing)
F5    - Info page (main modplaying screen)
1-9,0 - Channel # on/off
P     - Pause
+,-   - Volume
D     - Dos shell (he said that this only works with 4dos reliably.
                   However, it works fine with my MS-DOS v3.30)
[,]   - Change speed
{,}   - Change tempo
N     - Goto next song if playing from a playlist (more info later)
left  - Skip backward
right - Skip forward

System requirments: ---------------------------------------------------

1. An Intel/Clone 286. (386, 486, and Pentium chips work as well :)
2. A Gravis Ultrasound. (or one of those GUS clones)

Supported module types: -----------------------------------------------

The Module Player supports: Protracker (.MOD), Composer 669 (.669), Scream
Tracker 3.x (.S3M), and MMedit (.MTM) modules.
Note: The player doesn't support Noise Tracker mods.

The Screens: ----------------------------------------------------------

At the top of every screen are: The name of the player, Song name, Position,
Pattern, Row, Restart, Time, Speed, Tempo, and Volume.

Pretty self-explaining. (Look in the alt.binaries.sounds.mod FAQ to see what
all these mean)

At the bottom are: GUS Memory (pretty neat, eh?), current date, and time.

Directory: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

From the left: Name of file, size of file, date and time file was last
modified, and the song name.

Note: It doesn't matter what extension a file has, as TMP will scan every file
in the directory to see if it is a supported module file.

Info page: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

From the left: Channel, instrument being played, volume, note, stereo
channel (LEFT/RIGHT), current effect being played, and VU meter for the
channel.

Instrument info: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

From the left: Instrument number, instrument name, length of instrument,
loop begin, loop end, Hz for middle C, Protracker finetune, instrument
volume, and instrument file name.

Playlists: ------------------------------------------------------------

This is easy and fun. Open a file with your favorite editor (Edlin, EDIT,
QEdit, COPY CON). Put in the names of the mods in the file like this:
(The names don't have to be in all capitals)

SYMPHONY.S3M
SIMON2.669
INEEDGUS.MOD
SPACEDEB.MOD
2ND_PM.S3M

and so on. Save it, and then execute TMP as follows:

C:\MODS>TMP @NAME.OF.FILE

Don't forget the @.

How to contact: -------------------------------------------------------

Here is Timo Ruottinen's email address (writer of TMP):
Timo.Ruottinen@lut.fi  (located in Finland)

Here is Ian Scott's email address (writer of documentation):
sempco!iscott@wupost.wustl.edu (or) ian@theden.com (located in USA)

The end: --------------------------------------------------------------

EOF, ^Z, whatever.