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- MUSIC, VOICE & PICTURES
- Version 1.0
- 14-Feb-1991
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- SHAREWARE
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- Copyright (c) 1991 - Data Assist, Inc., All Rights Reserved.
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- MVP is a command language for creating musical slide-shows for
- use with the AdLib (tm) and Sound Blaster (tm) music boards.
- (Voice commands are supported only on the Sound Blaster card)
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- MVP is not free! MVP is distributed as Shareware and you must
- register the program if you continue to use it after a 10 day
- evaluation period.
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- Registration is only $35; You will receive:
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- An update disk with a registered version of MVP.
- A PCX image capture program. (ARGUS)
- A PCX image viewing program. (VIEWPCX)
- A PLB library utility. (MAKEPLB)
- Special access to our BBS.
- A FREE color scan (if you register before 7/1/91)
- Discounts on High-Resolution color image scanning.
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- For more information about the MVP package, please call or write:
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- Data Assist, Inc.
- P. O. Box 26114
- Columbus, OH 43226
- Tel: 614-888-8088
- BBS: 614-888-8056
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- Please do not call us for technical support unless you have a
- registration number. Unregistered users are asked to call our BBS
- for technical assistance.
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- Note: For purposes of this document, MVP refers to the MVPSHARE
- program. Registered users will receive the MVP program which does
- not have the closing Shareware screen.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- MVP is a package used to create animated slide-shows complete
- with music, voice and pictures. To use this program, you must
- have either an AdLib or Sound Blaster music card, and either a
- CGA, EGA, MCGA, or VGA video graphics adapter.
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- MVP accepts standard AdLib music files and is compatible with
- both the AdLib and Sound Blaster music cards.
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- Music: An Adlib or Sound Blaster music board is required to play
- ROL music files. The AdLib music driver (SOUND.COM) or the Sound
- Blaster music driver (SB-SOUND.COM) must be loaded into the
- computer prior to running MVP. You must also insure that a bank
- file, such as STANDARD.BNK, is in the current directory.
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- Voice: A Sound Blaster card is required in order to play
- digitized sound files. The VPLAY.EXE is also required in order to
- use the VPLAY command. VOUT.EXE is required in order to use the
- VOUT command.
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- Pictures: A CGA, EGA, MCGA or VGA graphics display is required.
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- Memory: MVP requires 384K bytes of memory. Additional memory may
- be required for larger VGA pictures.
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- Disk: A Hard disk is not required but is highly recommended.
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- USING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH MVP
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- Playing music and showing graphics is not new to computers. But
- with MVP, you control what pictures are displayed and what music
- is played!
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- Imagine the possibilities...
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- * Birthday Parties; Ideal for any member of the family.
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- * Children Music; Show pictures of your kids while music plays!
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- * Rock Music; Display pictures of the band while enjoying music.
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- * Religious Music; Ideal for Bible classes and meetings.
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- * Classical Music; Show pictures of your favorite composers.
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- * Advertising, Promotion and Trade Shows; Attracts attention.
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- With MVP creating musical slide shows is now fun and easy!
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- SENDING PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE SCANNED
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- Data Assist provides a high-resolution color image scanning
- service. We can convert your photographs into graphics files that
- you can use with MVP. In addition, we can scan multiple images
- using the same color palette, so MVP can easily move from one
- picture to another.
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- We use the best color scanning hardware and software available.
- In addition to MVP, we can also scan images for other graphics
- packages. For the best results please send standard size color
- prints. Your photo should be 8" x 10" or smaller, but no smaller
- than wallet size. The prints developed by Fotomat, K-mart or your
- local drug store will scan very well.
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- When selecting a picture to send, try to select a clear, colorful
- picture. Do NOT send 35mm slides-- get a print made first. For
- full screen images, your photograph should be wider than it is
- tall. Otherwise, we will need to crop the image in order to
- create a full screen VGA or EGA image.
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- Note: All prints will be returned after processing. However,
- Data Assist, Inc. ASSUMES NO LIABILITY for any loss or damage to
- your property during shipping or processing.
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- Please allow 2 weeks for processing. Contact Data Assist for
- quantity pricing.
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- OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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- MVPSHARE is run from the DOS command prompt by entering the
- command MVPSHARE. The program requires one command parameter
- which is the name of a MVP program command file.
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- MVPSHARE
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- Syntax: MVPSHARE file.cmd option
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- MVPSHARE will load the program (file.cmd) into memory and will
- begin executing the embedded music, voice and graphics commands.
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- The only option currently available is "-M". This option
- instructs MVP to suppress the playing of music. This option is
- handy while testing your program or when running your program on
- a computer without a sound card.
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- CREATING MVP COMMAND FILES
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- You can create your own MVP command files by using any standard
- DOS text file editor or word processor. If you are using a word
- processing program, you must be sure to save the MVP command file
- as a text file.
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- Note: Some word processing programs, such as Word Perfect, do
- not normally save documents as DOS text files. Please refer to
- your word processors manual for assistance in creating a DOS text
- file.
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- MVP COMMANDS
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- MVP command files contain commands used to play music and sound
- files as well as commands to load and display computer graphics.
- Commands must begin in the first position of the text line. Do
- not indent or use tabs characters when creating MVP program text
- files.
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- The MVP commands are listed here in alphabetical order:
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- !
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- Syntax: ! Comment
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- Comment lines are ignored by MVP.
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- BANK
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- Syntax: BANK Bank-file
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- Bank-file is the name of the AdLib instrument bank file. The
- Bank-file is used by the ROL command to load musical instruments.
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- Example: BANK STANDARD.BNK
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- EFFECT
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- Syntax: EFFECT Name Direction Delay
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- Name is the name of the effect:
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- WIPE - Wipe the image.
- SPLIT - Split from center out.
- CRUSH - Crush from outside in.
- SLIDE - Slide the image in.
- SAND - Fill image like sand.
- DRIP - Fill image like dripping water.
- EXPLODE - Explode the image. (IN, OUT)
- DIAGONAL - Diagonal from one corner to another.
- SPIRAL - Spiral the image. (IN, OUT)
- RANDOM - Fill with random squares (NONE)
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- Direction is the direction of the effect:
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- UP - Display the image up the screen.
- DOWN - Display the image down the screen.
- NONE - No direction required.
- LEFT - Display the image to the Left.
- RIGHT - Display the image to the Right.
- HORIZONTAL - Display the image Horizontally.
- VERTICAL - Display the image Vertically.
- IN - Display the image heading In.
- OUT - Display the image heading Out.
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- Delay is a value used to control the speed of the effect. This
- time delay occurs while the image is being displayed, so the
- combination of the image size and the delay affect the overall
- speed of the display.
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- END WHILE
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- Syntax: END WHILE
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- The END WHILE statement is used to terminate a WHILE statement.
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- PALETTE BLACK
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- Syntax: PALETTE BLACK
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- This statement is used to fade a 256 color VGA image to black. It
- is normally used to black-out one image before showing another
- image that has a different color palette.
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- PALETTE RANDOMIZE
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- Syntax: PALETTE RANDOMIZE Iterations
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- This statement is used to randomize the color palette on a 256
- color VGA image. It is normally used for special (psychedelic)
- color effects.
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- Iterations is the number of times to randomize the color palette.
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- PCX
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- Syntax: Picture-file.PCX
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- Picture-file is the name of a graphics screen in PCX format. Your
- MVP program may contain a maximum of three PCX files. The image
- is displayed using the current effect.
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- If you have more than three PCX files then you must use the
- MAKEPLB program to create a Picture Library (PLB) file.
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- Important Note: MVP is designed to work with full-screen PCX
- files only! Many PCX files are actually clip-art images. If you
- are having problems displaying a PCX file, then it is not the
- correct format. You must convert the image using the ARGUS
- utility provided to registered users.
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- PICLIB
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- Syntax: Picture-library.PLB
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- Picture-library is the name of a PLB file created using the
- MAKEPLB utility program. This library is used by the SHOW command
- to load pictures.
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- SHOW
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- Syntax: SHOW Picture
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- Picture is the name of an image that was previously stored in a
- PLB file using the MAKEPLB utility. The image is displayed using
- the current effect.
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- SLEEP
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- Syntax: SLEEP Seconds
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- Seconds is the number of seconds to sleep. The SLEEP command only
- suspends the display of pictures. If music is currently playing
- in the background, it will continue to play.
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- ROL
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- Syntax: ROL Music-file.ROL
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- Music-file is the name of the ROL music file.
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- VIDEO
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- Syntax: VIDEO Video-display
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- Video-display is the type of graphics adapter required to run
- your MVP program. Valid types are CGA, EGA or VGA.
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- An MVP program written for CGA will run on either a CGA, EGA or
- VGA monitor. Likewise a program written for EGA will work on
- either an EGA or VGA monitor, but not a CGA monitor. A VGA
- program will only run on a VGA graphics monitor.
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- This version of MVPSHARE does not support any Super VGA video
- modes.
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- VPLAY
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- Syntax: VPLAY Sound-file
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- Sound-file is the name of a digitized sound file created using
- the Sound Blaster VOXKIT program. VPLAY is only supported on
- Sound Blaster cards.
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- Note: Your system must have the program VPLAY.EXE in your
- directory path in order for the VPLAY command to work.
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- VOUT
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- Syntax: VOUT Sound-file
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- Sound-file is the name of a digitized sound file created using
- the Sound Blaster VOXKIT program. VOUT is only supported on Sound
- Blaster cards.
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- Note: Your system must have the program VOUT.EXE in your
- directory path in order for the VOUT command to work.
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- WHILE PLAYING
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- Syntax: WHILE PLAYING
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- The WHILE PLAYING command starts a loop of commands that are
- executed while music is playing in the background. When the music
- has completed, the program will branch to the statement
- immediately following the END WHILE.
- WHILE statements may not be nested in this release of MVP.
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- ERROR MESSAGES
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- Bank File not found - MVP was unable to open the Instrument Bank
- file. Check that the BANK statement specifies a valid bank file.
- If your program does not use a bank statement then copy
- STANDARD.BNK to your current directory.
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- Error reading PCX file - MVP was unable to read the PCX file from
- disk.
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- Illegal Direction - Your MVP program specified an illegal
- direction on the EFFECT statement.
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- Illegal Effect - Your MVP program specified an illegal effect on
- the EFFECT statement.
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- Not enough memory to load PCX file - MVP did not have enough
- memory to load the PCX file specified.
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- Not enough memory to load Picture - MVP did not have enough
- memory to load the image from the picture library.
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- PCX File has invalid color palette - The PCX file that you are
- trying to display has an invalid color table. Was it created
- using ARGUS?
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- PCX file is not a video image - You are attempting to display a
- PCX file that is not a video screen image. Was it created using
- ARGUS?
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- PCX file is not valid! - MVP was not able to decode the specified
- PCX file. Was it created using ARGUS?
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- PCX file type is not yet supported - The video mode of the PCX
- image that you are trying to display is not supported by MVP.
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- Picture Library not found - MVP was unable to open the picture
- library specified on the PICLIB statement.
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- Picture was not created using ARGUS - The PCX file that your are
- trying to display is not supported.
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- Unable to display picture - MVP was unable to display the picture
- specified. Do you have the correct video adapter in your system?
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- Unable to load picture from library - MVP was unable to load the
- picture from the current picture library. Is the picture in the
- library? This error may also indicate that MVP is out of memory.
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- Unable to load picture - MVP was unable to load the picture from
- a PCX
- file. This error may also indicate that MVP is out of memory.
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- Unable to play song - Generally, this error indicated that MVP
- was not able to locate the sound driver, or was unable to read
- the Bank file.
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- Unable to read PCX file - MVP was unable to read the PCX file
- specified. Does it exist on your disk? This error may also
- indicates that MVP is out of memory.
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- TRADEMARKS
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- MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft.
- IBM-PC is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
- MUSIC, VOICE & PICTURES is a trademark of Data Assist, Inc.
- AdLib is a trademark of AdLib Inc.
- Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Labs Inc.
- GIF is a trademark of Compuserve.
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