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- Thank you for taking a look at CD Player!
-
- CD Player is a Microsoft Windows V3.0 shareware application to
- play audio CDs on a CDROM drive attached to your PC. Your CDROM
- drive must of course be audio capable. I like to think of myself
- as a good programmer but I can't work miracles. This application
- runs in standard and enhanced mode. I don't have enough available
- DOS memory to start Windows in real mode. I have written the
- application so that it should handle real mode as well, but I
- am unable to test it (but does anyone actually run in real mode
- unless they need to create a swap file).
-
- To run CD Player, simple add CDPLAYER.EXE into one of your Windows
- Program Manager Groups and double click on it. You will notice
- that it looks very much like the display and buttons on a standard
- CD player. It has a previous track, play, next track, pause, stop,
- and eject button. To start playing the CD, simply press the play
- button. The pause button's function depends on the state of the CD.
- If the CD is playing, the CD will be paused. If the CD is paused,
- it will resume playing. Once you start playing a CD, you can exit
- CD Player and the CD will still continue to play.
-
- One word of caution... not all functions are guaranteed to work on
- all CD drives. For example, some drives do not support the eject
- command in software.
-
- For those of you with more than one drive... CD Player supports
- multiple CD drives. By default, CD Player uses the first CD drive
- found on your system. If you need to select an alternate drive,
- use the "Drive" option off the menu bar to select the appropriate
- drive letter.
-
- CD Player requires the Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) to be
- loaded before entering MS Windows. I have tested CD Player using
- MSCDEX version 2.20. Should you fail to load MSCDEX correctly,
- CD Player will still start up; but, pressing buttons will have
- no effect on the CD drive. You can determine whether CD Player
- knows about your CD drive by choosing "Drive" off the menu bar.
- If the word "none" shows up instead of a DOS drive letter, you
- need to go back and make sure that MSCDEX starts up successfully
- and locates your drive.
-
- You'll notice a program in the distribution called CDA.EXE. Its a
- no frills DOS-based CD player. To get help for CDA, simply type
- CDA at the DOS prompt. I thought about making a TSR popup style
- program out of it; but now that I have an integrated Windows
- development environment, I tend to see DOS a lot less. If there's
- a demand for it, I'll reconsider doing it.
-
- Futures... I plan to add a CD database capability. This will allow
- you to enter the album name and song titles for each track when
- you play an album for the first time (unfortunately, none of this
- data is recorded on the CD). Then CD Player will identify the album
- each time you insert it in the drive. In addition, you will be able
- to play tracks simply by using a pulldown menu and choosing the
- track by song title.
-
- CD Player is shareware, which means that you are allowed to run CD
- Player for a period of 2 weeks at no charge (think of it as a free
- test drive). After the trial period, if you continue to use CD
- Player you are required to register it for the modest fee of $10.
- You may freely distribute CD Player but only in its complete and
- unmodified form which includes CDPLAYER.EXE, CDA.EXE and
- CDPLAYER.TXT. A nominal fee may be charged for distribution of CD
- Player (under $5 recommended, after all, I'm only asking $10). CD
- Player has not been crippled in anyway. CD Player does not barrage
- you with annoying registration reminders either. I rely solely on
- your honesty to do the right thing.
-
- Standard disclaimer... This software is provided on an "AS IS" basis.
- I assume no responsibility for CD Player's correctness or completeness.
- In no event will I be liable for any damages including, without
- limitation, damages from loss of business profits, loss of business
- information, business interruptions, or other pecuniary loss arising
- from the use of this software even if you have notified me of the
- possibility of damage.
-
- To register CD Player send $10 (in U.S. funds) to the address below.
- Please feel free to make suggestions and/or comments.
-
- Joe Prevo
- 2118 Needle Palm Drive
- Edgewater, FL 32141
-
- I hope you enjoy CD Player!
-