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- ***** MAKEDAT v1.60 *****
- (08-24-90)
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- Front-End Utility for the Adlib Jukebox Program
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- For the Adlib Music Card / Jukebox Program
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- Written By: Bryan S. Leaman
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- Bits 'N Bytes BBS
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- Hellam, Pennsylvania
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- (717) 757-4141
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- Every time I downloaded new song files for my Adlib card, I had to add each
- song to the JUKEBOX.DAT file so that I could play the song using the Adlib
- Jukebox. This got to be a real pain, so I wrote MakeDat to overcome this
- problem.
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- MAKEDAT began as a very simple program to read your Adlib
- song file directory and create the JUKEBOX.DAT file. It has evolved
- since then and is now a full featured Front-End program for the Adlib
- Jukebox program.
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- To run MAKEDAT, type 'MAKEDAT' at your DOS prompt. The Jukebox program
- files MUST be in the MakeDat directory if you plan on loading the Jukebox
- from within MakeDat.
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- The Adlib SOUND driver's buffer size defaults to 'B3000'. If you would like
- to use a different sized buffer, enter the buffer size on the MakeDat command
- line. MakeDat accepts the SAME parameters as SOUND.COM. For example, for a
- buffer size of 'B4000', you would type 'MAKEDAT B4000'.
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- When the program runs, you will be at the main menu. Here, you have
- four options:
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- 1: Run the Jukebox - This option will let you choose between the
- different data files created with option 1. You will be asked to
- choose the data file that you wish to listen to. It will then load
- the chosen file into the Jukebox. MAKEDAT WILL ACTUALLY LOAD THE
- JUKEBOX, AND YOU WILL RETURN TO MAKEDAT WHEN YOU EXIT THE JUKEBOX.
- If you're unsure of which data file a perticular song is in, select
- the third option from the main menu to view your data files. MakeDat
- MUST be in the same directory as your Jukebox program if you wish to
- run the Jukebox from MakeDat.
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- 2: Create Jukebox Data Files - This option must be done first. This
- will read your directory and put all your song files into data
- files which can be read by the Jukebox. Since the Jukebox is only
- allowed 88 entries at one time, it may make multiple files, such
- as JB1.DAT, JB2.DAT, etc. Beginning with version 1.43, MakeDat will
- sort the song files alphabetically before writing the JB*.DAT files.
- This makes it MUCH easier to find songs if you have multiple data
- files. The filename 'JB' is only a default. Beginning with version
- 1.60, the user can specify the filename created.
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- 3: View Data Files - Here, you can take a look at the data files created
- with option #1. This is useful if you're not sure which data file
- a particular song is located.
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- 4: Quit to DOS (self explanitory!)
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- I hope you find MAKEDAT useful. It sure made my life easier. As a SysOp,
- I like to try out all my new Adlib songs, and it seemed to take forever
- to add the songs to the data files with a text editor. Now I just load
- up MAKEDAT, create the data files, and play the songs!
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- If you find MAKEDAT useful, please consider donating $10 toward future
- MakeDat updates.
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- Bryan Leaman
- PO Box 6222
- Hellam, PA 17406
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- If you have any suggestions for future versions, or if you have a bug to
- report, either call Bits 'N Bytes BBS or leave a message to me
- on PC-Relay in the Adlib conference. Enjoy!
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