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- │ R E V i S i O N H i S T O R Y │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 1.o1 to 1.2o: │
- │ - Renamed to X-PLAY because of some problems with the small D-LUSION │
- │ player. │
- │ - Config file implemented. the first time you run the program and │
- │ enter the parameters, X-PLAY will store your configuration in a │
- │ special .INI file (hi BOP, CODE-X!). │
- │ - some graphical changes (yo COS) - think you feel better now! │
- │ - check out the new functions! (watch the player screen!) │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 1.2o to 1.26: │
- │ - added support for DMA's 2,4,5,6,7,8,9 and IRQ's 2 and 12 for more │
- │ success on SB 16 and GUS. │
- │ - added a secret message scroller ;) maybe you find it! │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 1.26 to 1.27 │
- │ - added dos exit codes, now X-PLAY sets the errorcode <> 0 if an │
- │ error occured. │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 1.27 to 1.28 │
- │ - sorry dudez and dutettez! X-PLAY crashed with a player error on │
- │ some systems and/or machines. This has been fixed! Sorry again! ;) │
- │ - speeded up equalizer decrement on request by [ANNibAl! │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 1.28 to 1.3o │
- │ - added new memory manager features. Now X-PLAY will run with │
- │ QEMM (tm) or EMM installed (but you must have at least one │
- │ meg of XMS tough...). │
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- │ *** NOTE: this feature is very new, so if it does not work - please │
- │ *** do not blame us for that. Please leave us a message, and we'll │
- │ *** try to fix it. │
- │ │
- │ - the GUS window now shows the memory free _after_ loading a module. │
- │ - added DSM support (_D_ouble _S_ound _M_em). Now X-PLAY will │
- │ double the memory on your sound card (so you can play 1 meg files │
- │ on 1/2 meg cards). This will result (how could it be) in a loss │
- │ of quality. If you have less than one meg on your UltraSound │
- │ card, this feature will be activated automatically. As soon as │
- │ DSM is active, the free memory in the GUS window will be written │
- │ in red chars. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 1.3o to 2.oo │
- │ - last final release, added support for DMF versions created using │
- │ X-TRACKER V1.0 final. │
- │ - for more information: read the (now noe more) secret scroller, the │
- │ command line add-on for this is /SHOWMEASECRET (easy, huh?!) │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 2.oo to 2.o1 │
- │ - errm, this is a new version with some changes and bugfixes. Just │
- │ something to use instead of the older one. Have phun ;) │
- │ - fixed DOUBLE SOUND MEM feature. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.o1 to 2.o2 │
- │ - ahem. Sorry! Ray did it again ;) Killed a few bugs and implemented │
- │ a new one. On some systems, X-PLAY crashed. It should work now. │
- │ I hope so ;) If not, just call me and tell me the error number. │
- │ Thanks! │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.o2 to 2.o3 │
- │ - small bug fixed for CD rom usage. Now X-PLAY will also load │
- │ "read-only" files. Wow, that was a cute one.... ;) │
- │ Non public version. Only available together with the commercial │
- │ version of X-TRACKER. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.o3 to 2.1o │
- │ - catched another bug (setting the master volume from the command │
- │ line did not work) and implemented the setting for the DMA buffer. │
- │ Beside finding some really minor bugs I also revised the error │
- │ handling. X-PLAY should now no more reset in error cases. As I │
- │ said: it SHOULD not... ;) │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 2.1o to 2.2o │
- │ - added nice color settings. Some bugs fixed, too. Added enhancements │
- │ for support of SB AWE32 as soon as the new drivers are ready. │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 2.2o to 2.3o │
- │ - GUS output should work with every GUS now. │
- │ - added DOS Shell (Hi to Simon and all the other dudez!). │
- │ - DOS shell may still crash, use on your own risk. Please note that │
- │ X-PLAY allocates nearly all high memory, only ca. 400KB low mem │
- │ is left free. This should, however, be enough for formatting disks │
- │ etc. │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 2.3o to 2.4o │
- │ - added Show Beat (tm) (huh, just joking) technology. Songs which │
- │ contain the string "#SB=xx" in the first line of the information │
- │ block will cause the screen to flash as soon as there is a sample │
- │ active on the corresponding channel. │
- │ This also works by setting a MusicFlag of 255 in the global track │
- │ command. Remember to reset it to 0 after the beat has occured. │
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- │ *** Note: If you experience any problems with ShowBeat you can turn │
- │ it of by using the "/NF" switch which also turns of fading. │
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- │ ShowBeat only works with the GUS until now and will lateron │
- │ also be available when in AWE 32 mode. No other SB support │
- │ planned. Sorry! │
- │ │
- │ - you can now press SPACE while playing to change between the song │
- │ info and the dmf header information. Just to keep you up to date! │
- │ You can also see which version of X-Tracker the author has been │
- │ using (for example, if this has been an illegal copy! ;) ). │
- │ - a hint to all shell programmers! There's a (now no more) hidden │
- │ command line switch in X-PLAY which deactivates the internal │
- │ "shell to DOS" function. Simply use "/NS" an there you are! │
- │ - people who disregard the fading when finishing X-PLAY can now press │
- │ ESC twice or use the "/NF" switch to turn of fading. │
- │ - you can now scroll the song message by using PgUP and PgDOWN. Read │
- │ and have phun. │
- │ - added check for output devices. You can't select a device on the │
- │ options screen, if it is not there (well, you can, but X-PLAY will │
- │ not continue... ;) ). This only works for base address and card. │
- │ X-PLAY can not detect if IRQ and DMA are ok, so be carefull. A note │
- │ to SB owners: X-PLAY will treat all SB cards the same so be sure to │
- │ pick the correct card from the menu. X-PLAY can't see, if you've │
- │ got an SB 16 or a normal SB. │
- │ - new, revised "hidden" scroller. Read if you dare. │
- │ - double sound mem should now work with every GUS! Yeah, I know... I │
- │ already said this some versions ago but this time, it should work! │
- │ I hope so! ;) │
- │ │
- │ *** A note to some "clever" FIDO users: From version 2.3o on X-PLAY │
- │ does no more accept DMAs lower than 5 for SB16 cards. As you │
- │ *must* use a high DMA (to let you dudes know: every SB16 has a │
- │ high DMA!) to get 16bit quality, X-PLAY supports only DMAs > 5! │
- │ This is *no* bug! If your SB16 can't handle high DMAs - buy the │
- │ original! ;) │
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- │ Changes from Verzion 2.4o to 2.5o │
- │ - X-PLAY no longer quits if the config file is corrupted. You are now │
- │ prompted to reenter settings. │
- │ - X-PLAY now supports error levels. │
- │ The codes are different from the ones implemented in X-PLAY V1.27! │
- │ - X-PLAY now comes along with X-SHELL2 by NiKOLAUS^255, the official │
- │ shell for X-PLAY. Please do not mix this one up with the shell │
- │ included with RADiCAL RhYthMS releases which is programmed by │
- │ SLE^Q-TiP. │
- │ - fixed a really cute bug - I bet, nobody has seen it. If you did, │
- │ put your hands up in the air! │
- │ │
- │ *** Another note: Due to a SB16 FIDO stranger calling this evening, I │
- │ reenabled the low DMA feature. Please note that you will *ruin* │
- │ the output quality by selecting a lower DMA for your SB16. More- │
- │ over I can't guarantee for anything because the replay routines │
- │ are not made for an 8-bit transfer on a SB16. Use at your own │
- │ risk! │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.5o to 2.51 │
- │ - added a few more lines of support for X-SHELL to X-PLAY. You will │
- │ now get no more unneccessary information dumped on screen. │
- │ │
- │ Changes from Verzion 2.51 to 2.99ß │
- │ - added new player routs and thus Native AWE 32 support. Thanks a lot │
- │ to that guys at D-LUSiON! The volume table, however, is still wrong.│
- │ This will cause some DMFs to play back in a strange way. Please, │
- │ do not change the volume from within the program, values smaller │
- │ than ca. 190/200 will cause silence! │
- │ - split X-PLAY.DOC to X-PLAY.DOC (the doc) and X-PLAY.REV (the │
- │ revision history). │
- │ - removed the "/B" parameter. │
- │ - THIS IS ONLY A BETA VERSION, INCLUDED WITH RR CHAPTER 06. You may │
- │ not redistribute this version! │
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