Groovy Bytes: Behind the Moon/groovybytes.iso/GROOVY/SND_TOOL/MMM26.ZIP/WHATSNEW.TXT

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                !! FIRST !!

        I want to thank those who send me a postcard!
        YOU make creating freeware a lot more USEFULL!


    What's new :

    Version        Stuff
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      1.1    :    === BUGS FIXED ===
            .BMP sync bug fixed.
            *.??? file open bug fixed.

            === NEW FEATURES ===
            1) .GIF support.
            2) escape in 'going to play...' box.
            3) clear screen on exit.
            4) higher graphical resolution support.
            5) CPU checking tool.
            6) much better VESA/SVGA checking option.
            7) extra memory check option ( I used this because
               I had a problem with deallocating memory, but I
               didn't remove the option, it could be usefull
               for later versions ).

      1.2    :    === NEW FEATURES ===
            1) .JPG compression, decompression.
            2) .JPG grayscaling within compression, decompression.

      2.0   :    === NEW FEATURES ===
            1) .TGA support up to version 7.
            2) .VOC support, using Creative Labs inc.
               CT-VOICE.DRV sound driver.
            3) 'Play' option splitted in 'Play' and 'Multi'.
            4) Automatic Error Control, this abort's MMM when
               an unexpected error occures. ( WOW, normally it
               boots the computer, but now it throws you back
               to DOS, what's next... ).

      2.1    :    === BUG FIXES ===
              .TGA screen-overflow with high-resolution pictures.
            i486 error while starting up MMM. This was a difficult
            bug, it occures on some i486 machines which didn't
            decompress the MMM.EXE file. The bug is solved by
            changing the exe-compressor. ( Used to be COMPACK 4.4,
            but now it's PKLite Professional ).

            === NEW FEATURES ===
            1) .DL support ( not all methods, but the most
               common ).
            2) .RIX support.
            3) .MAC support, with or without header.
            4) Menu RESET option.

      2.2    :    === BUG FIXES ===
              Not really a bug, but somebody told me that
            compressing/decompressing an image isn't a
            Multi Media aspect. I think he is right, so I
            removed all the .JPG stuff.

            And using 'Compack' again, but now version 4.5.
            ( Supposed to be good. )

              === NEW FEATURES ===
              1) .CMF support using SBFMDRV.COM.
            2) .MDI support.
            3) .ICO support with zoom in higher resolutions.
            4) Better TVision 'Video Output' menu.
            5) Better TVision 'Sound Output' menu with
               more abilities.
            6) Changing the MixSpeed, so that a .MOD file
               sounds better/good/very good.
            7) More .DL support and centered.

      2.3    :    === NEW FEATURES ===
              1) .WPG support.

      2.4    :    === NEW FEATURES ===
              1) .WAV support.
            2) .SCR support. Together with .RIX, because
               they have almost the same compression type.
            3) .LBM/.IFF support. Amiga images.
            4) Full configurable and better soundplayer.
            5) Real stereo output using an overlay player.
            6) Removed the CT-VOICE.DRV interface and created
               an own DMA player for the .VOC samples.
               ( this player also plays the .WAV files ).
            7) Configuration file, so that each configuration
               can be saved into the MMM.CFG file.
            8) Heap saving programming with the MULTI options.
            9) Some DOS-font charakters changes.

      2.5    :    === BUG FIXES ===
              1) .LBM/.IFF width adjustment.
            2) .GIF hi-grafix interlace bug.
               ( hard to find, but solved ).

              === NEW FEATURES ===
            1) .HSC support.
            2) .SAT support.
            3) .SAM support.
               ( RAW sample files used for MOD/669/S3M etc. )
            4) Automatic file recognition with auto-play.
               ( on many request! ).
            5) Compressed .TGA support.
            6) Better .DL title view, so that no key-press is
               needed.

            This version is used as an internal TEST/DEBUG version
            and is never officially released!

      2.6    :    === NEW FEATURES ===
              1) .JPG JFIF support.
            2) .DL key-press added.
            3) CPU information removed.
            4) Changed sound overlay for sound drivers, which
               supports more .MOD types and uses 80386 code.
               Output devices : SB/SBPro/GUS/Adlib.
            5) Gravis UltraSound card port detection added.
            6) Editable configuration file.
            7) Interactive Installation Utility created.
            8) .MAC player removed, because it's the only
               monochrome format (and it bored me)...
            9) .CUT support.
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    P.S. I wanna thank those who send me post-cards . . .

                THNX

    P.S. Thnx but no thnx for not informing me about putting
         MMM on a CD-ROM . . .
                ____
                THNX