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- CD Play Quick Start
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- Version 1.12S
- [Shareware Version]
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- January 18, 1992
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- This program is Copyright 1992 by Randy Rathbun. Portions of the
- program are Copyright 1987, 1990 Borland International, Inc.
- Turbo C++ is Copyright 1987, 1990 Borland International, Inc.
- Microsoft CD-ROM extensions Copyright Microsoft, Inc.
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- This program is Shareware! Support the Shareware concept by
- registering this product with the author. Registration is only
- $5.00! Registration entitles you to:
- - A copy of the latest and fully functional version of
- CDPQS.
- - Unlimited technical support!
- - The satisfaction of having registered a program!
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- Disclaimer
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- The author (Randy Rathbun) is not liable for any damages caused
- by the use or misuse of this program. This program is provided
- 'AS-IS' with no warranty, either expressed or implied.
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- Introduction
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- CDPQS is a small program which will get your CD-ROM player to
- start playing a CD Audio disc. It is so simple to use, even a
- child can use it. However, in order to use it at all, you have
- to have the following:
- - A IBM Compatible computer
- - A CD-ROM drive capable of audio output
- - MSCDEX v2.1 or later
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- Running CDPQS
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- If you have the three above items, you can run CDPQS. However,
- before you do, make sure there is a CD Audio disc in the drive.
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- CDPQS will run and will print some user information. It will
- then report back the lowest and highest track numbers on your
- disc.
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- You will be asked to enter the highest track number you want to
- hear.
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- For example, let's say that the disc you put in has tracks 1
- through 14. Say you want to listen to tracks 1 through 5. Enter
- 1 as the lowest track number, and for the highest track number
- enter 5. CDPQS will play tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
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- If you only want to listen to one track, enter that track number
- as both the lowest and the highest track number.
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- Once you have done this, CDPQS will start playing the music and
- will dump you back to the DOS prompt. Now you can sit back and
- enjoy music while computing!
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- For The Latest Version
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- If you would like to get the latest ShareWare version of CDPlay
- Quick Start, call The Ham Shack BBS at (816)796-6695
- (300/1200/2400,8,N,1).
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- About the Author
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- Randy Rathbun, NV0U, is a student at the University of Missouri
- at Kansas City and is majoring in Computer Based Information Sys-
- tems. He received his amateur license in April 1985 (KA0UMC).
- Other than computers and ham radio, Randy's hobbies are home
- beer/winemaking, listening to blues music, reading science fic-
- tion, and stamp collecting.
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- User Notes
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- CDPQS was written in Turbo C++. It was written using a Sony CDU-
- 510 CD-ROM drive, MSCDEX v 2.1, MS-DOS 5.0, and an 8088 IBM Com-
- patible computer.
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- CDPQS should work correctly with ANY CD-ROM drive, provided the
- driver program manufacturer has stuck with the Microsoft CD ROM
- Extensions Device Driver specifications. CDPQS does not talk to
- the drive, like some drive specific programs do, but talks to the
- CD-ROM extensions which in turn talks with the drive. This makes
- for a more compatible program. If, after you have tried every-
- thing you know of to get the program running, and it still does
- not work correctly then WRITE US A LETTER! We want to know!
- Please include the following information to us in your letter:
- - a printed copy of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- - a printed copy of your CONFIG.SYS file
- - what version of MSCDEX you are running
- We will try our darndest to help you get the program running.
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- If CDPQS returns 0/0 for lowest and highest track numbers, enter
- a number greater than 100 for the highest track number to play.
- CDPQS will return the CD-ROM drive letter. If this is incorrect,
- something is wrong with the way you have MSCDEX set up.
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- Versions Released
- CDPQS
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- Version Date Changes made
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- 1.12SR 920118 Changed some typos. Program is now
- included in the CDPlay release package.
- 1.11SR 920109 Made changes to advertisment and added
- delay.
- 1.10SR 911210 Problem of drive not reading finally
- fixed. Thanks Frank Gunja!
- 1.09S 911210 Correction made to documentation.
- Not released.
- 1.08B 911210 Finally decided to get rid of the SETUP
- program. CDPQS now autodetects what
- drive to use.
- 1.07B 911208 Think we have it fixed. BETA version
- sent to Frank Gunja for testing on his
- computer. Problem seems to be with the
- config file. Not sure what it is.
- 1.07B* 911207 Beta version! Problem with CDPSETUP
- again! This is really irking me now.
- (not released).
- 1.06R 911206 Registered version information added to
- program. Program compiles with infor-
- mation included.
- 1.05S 911204 Made a major fix. Seems that CDPSETUP
- works fine - when I run it from within
- TC++. For some reason, it writes data
- in text mode, CDPQS tries to read it in
- binary. Makes for some confusion. Also
- fixed the "(A=0, B=1...)" message in
- CDPSETUP...I got rid of it.
- 1.04S* 911127 Forgot to change name of config file in
- CDPSETUP. Also changed the way you tell
- CDPSETUP what drive your CD-ROM is. Now
- you tell it the drive letter instead of
- the drive number.
- 1.03S 911127 Name of config file changed! Will NOT
- work with older versions. Change was
- made in order to facilitate upcoming CDP
- release. Program also reflects change in
- address. No longer has Cheap-Cheap Soft-
- ware, to keep folks from making checks
- out to them. (Released to two boards)
- 1.02S* 911127 Screen Saver question added to CDPSETUP.
- This will be used in conjunction with
- CDP.
- 1.01S* 911101 CDPSETUP writes CDPSONG.DAT & CDPDISC.DAT
- for use with CDP. (Not released)
- 1.00S 910924 First Shareware release. Supports
- playing of tracks n1 through n2.
- 0.02B 910913 BETA version to list various drive stats,
- states, and play track 5 of Jimi
- Hendrix's 'Smash Hits'.
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- 0.01B 910909 Initial BETA program.
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- NOTE: * indicates changes made to CDPSETUP.
- S indicates Shareware version.
- R indicates Registered version.
- B indicates Beta version.
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- Why Should I Register?
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- For one thing, you are telling me, the author, that you like
- CDPQS and that you appreciate the amount of time that has gone
- into writing the program.
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- Second, you get the LATEST REGISTERED version of the program.
- This version will get rid of the lousy advertising, as well as
- the 10 second delay.
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- Third, you get user support. If you have a problem, I will be
- more than happy to work with you to get it resolved.
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- Lastly, you get one of those warm feelings deep down inside that
- tells you that you have SUPPORTED THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT!
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- So Register Today!
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- CD Play
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- Randy Rathbun
- 18602 Cheyenne Drive
- Independence, MO 64056-2082
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