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- Copyright (c) 1993-1995, Edward Schlunder
- -*-
- v1.20─[ Release Fixes ]────────────────────────────────────────── [05-25-95]
-
- + Added some extra features to CHPLAY.
-
- ! A major bug in the PowerBasic FreeMSE routine has been
- squashed. You shouldn't get lockups any more when exiting
- your programs.
-
- ! Finally, the never ending S3M/MOD chip frequency bug is
- gone. My huge thanks and free Advanced Registration goes
- to I-Gene Leong (Mr. P / Power Source) for fixing this one.
-
- ! Changed all C source code using '//' for comments to '/*',
- '*/' pairs for better compatibility with some C compilers.
-
- ! SETUP has been ported to C. Has better error checking and
- the resultant EXE is much smaller as well.
-
- ! Fixed a bug in 2GDM which made it abort on random S3Ms
- written with ST 3.2x.
-
- ! Fixed some additional minor bugs as well in 2GDM's parsing.
-
- v1.19─[ Public Release ]───────────────────────────────────────── [04-23-95]
-
- + Added StopBanner routine to turn off the signoff banner
- associated with the unregistered version. Use this for
- your freeware programs.
-
- v1.18─[ Beta Fix ]─────────────────────────────────────────────── [04-15-95]
-
- ! CHPLAY will no longer screw up the screen on modules
- with more than 24 channels.
-
- ! Fixed a small bug in CHPLAY where one extra black box
- was being printed and never got colored in (even at full
- VU level).
-
- ! 2GDM fixed to allow conversion of MODs using non-two's
- complement channel numbers. Now, you can play the 28
- channel sound track of TG95 "dope" demo from Complex.
-
- ! Fixed a reference to OpenFile in the BWSB.DOC tutorial.
- OpenFile is obsolete as of version v1.15, but I must've
- overlooked this reference.
-
- Thanks to Alex Chalfin for uncovering this error.
-
- v1.17─[ Beta Release ]─────────────────────────────────────────── [04-03-95]
-
- Just a beta version for upcomming v1.2, not much changed
- since v1.16.
-
- + Added more comments to the ASM example programs.
-
- - Removed Alloc/FreeSample routines until it works with GUS.
- (actually, it's still there, I just removed the example
- programs for it. If you really want to use it, you can, but
- then all GUS users will not be able to use your program)
-
- - Went back to old mono mixing routine that is one byte larger.
- This is for stupid reasons, which were my fault. It'll be
- back soon, hopefully even better.
-
- v1.16─[ Release Fixes ]────────────────────────────────────────── [03-20-95]
-
- + LoadMSE now includes an option to load from file offsets other
- than zero. This allows MSEs to be tacked onto the end of your
- EXEs and to be put in huge data files.
-
- + Added pure ASM support. Only works in medium and large memory
- models. There is no tutorial for ASM programming in
- BWSB.DOC, so just look at the example programs and
- BWSB-REF.DOC.
-
- + Added AllocSample and FreeSample for runtime sound effects
- loading (separate from LoadGDM). Does not work with GUS
- yet.
-
- ! All the C example source code had a bug in their EMS enabling
- code.
-
- ! Fixed many bugs in OverLoader to work better with C/C++
-
- ! Fixed a bug where if FreeMSE got called too many times, it
- could cause memory allocation errors.
-
- ! REGISTER.DOC was about the only doc I forgot to update. BWSB
- as of v1.15 does *not* compile under MASM 5.1. While it doesn't
- use TASM's ideal mode, compiling under MASM now results in over
- a hundred "phase errors". TASM 3.1 does a perfectly fine job.
-
- v1.15─[ Many Additions ]───────────────────────────────────────── [03-06-95]
-
- + C/C++ support added (Medium and Large memory models only)
- No Watcom C++/32bit support yet, but we're working on it!
-
- + PowerBasic 3.x support added. Wheew! What a lot of support..
-
- + CHPLAY.C and PLAYC.C added. CHPLAY.C finally demonstrates how
- to use the GetChannelTable routine..
-
- - No longer has 6 channel and no sound effect playing limitation
- on evaluation version.
-
- + Has a tiny ending screen when FreeMSE is called.
-
- + The evaluation version may now be used in freeware programs
- without requiring registrations. Just go out and tell other
- people how wonderful BWSB is, okay? hehehehehehe
-
- + Added the MAKE.BAT file to aid in compiling of the example
- demos.
-
- + MSEs are greatly reduced in size on disk (less than 12K each)
-
- + MSEs use slightly less memory at runtime.
-
- + Turbo Pascal support no longer needs OpenFile/CloseFile!
-
- + Did some nice remodeling in BWSB-REF.DOC
-
- + Added several C/C++ examples to BWSB-REF.DOC. More to come when
- I get more free time!
-
- + GUS volume table is now louder. I still don't like this one
- too much; it's a little too loud.
-
- + Mixing loop is two bytes shorter in the mono MSEs -> possible
- speed increase for CPUs with large PIQs.
-
- + Added function ChannelPos to return the sample's currently
- playing position. Use for digital speech syncronization and
- playing samples larger than 64K.
-
- + 2GDM now updates the previous FLAG field to tell what file
- format the module was originally (see GDMTYPE.BI for info).
-
- + 2GDM now supports UltraTracker v1.60 modules.
-
- - LoadMSE no longer returns the device name on return.
-
- - Removed the SETUP.EXE source code. It is still there in the
- registered versions (both Standard and Advanced), but we needed
- to save space in the distribution archive.
-
- Nothing really changed in SETUP, so you can grab v1.02 if you
- really want to see the source to it before registering.
-
- + Added DeviceName function to return the device name (like
- LoadMSE used to do).
-
- ! Renamed the structure GDMHeaderType to simply GDMHeader (why
- type extra junk?). You may have to edit some of your old source
- codes.
-
- v1.04 ─[ Bug Fix Version ]─────────────────────────────────────── [02-11-95]
-
- ! SetAutoMix was misdocumented in BWSB-REF.DOC
-
- v1.03 ─[ Bug Fix Version ]─────────────────────────────────────── [02-05-95]
-
- + ST3.2 Fine Vibrato effect implemented
-
- ! Arpeggio lockup bug fixed
-
- ! SetAutoMix had a bug in the Turbo Pascal version so that it was
- non-functional
-
- ! The SB16 MSE only played at the correct speed at 45KHz
-
- ! Fixed bug in all of SB family (except SBPro) with IRQ 10 support
-
- ! SBTECH.DOC was misdocumented on DSP commands 41h and 42h
-
- ! MusicLoop was misdocmented in BWSB-REF.DOC.
-
- v1.02 ─[ BWSB is Born! ]───────────────────────────────────────── [12-24-94]
-
- First Public Release!
-
-