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- If you are new to Chime, skip ahead to the 'Installation' section...
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- The included 'Chime Bell' sound is the GrandFather Clock Chime Sound
- digitized by David Rakowski. Look for a companion download of Chime
- Sounds especially selected for use with Chime.
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- CHANGES FROM VERSION 4.0 TO 4.0.1--
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- 1. Improved compatiblity with the Mac II FX.
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- 2. Improved memory management. Chime 4.0 set aside a default amount of
- memory for Chime sounds. If an extremely large Chime sound was installed
- or the system heap was constrained due to the memory requirements of other
- INITs, then a Chime sound could fail to install.
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- Chime 4.0.1 uses a two-reboot process to allocate the exact amount of memory
- needed for Chime sounds. This permits the use of extremely large sound files
- without handicaping system performance as well as enabling small sound
- files to use a smaller amount of memory than the default. Read the
- Installation section for more information.
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- QUICK UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS --
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- From Version 3.x to 4.0.x:
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- 1. Copy the new Chime into your System Folder, replacing any older version
- of Chime. For System 7.0, copy the new Chime into the Control Panels
- folder.
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- 2. Create a new folder named Chime Sounds in the System Folder and move
- your Chime sounds into the new folder.
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- 3. If you presently use Chime 60 or Chime All, rename them to Hour Chime
- and Quarter Chime respectively.
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- 4. Reboot your Macintosh and select Chime from the Control Panel.
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- WHAT'S NEW --
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- 1. A new Chime Bell option - Ship's Bells - mark time by ringing at half hour
- intervals in the traditional manner of a Nautical Chime.
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- 2. If you are using System 6.0.7 or 7.0 and own a Macintosh equipped with the
- Apple Sound Chip, you will be able to select two new options: simultaneous
- Chime sounds during other sounds, and disabling the System beep during a
- Chime sound.
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- 3. The size of sound files used with Chime is now limited only by the total
- amount of available memory.
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- 4. Greatly improved compatability with game software, System 7.0, A/UX and
- application changes in Finder and Multifinder.
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- INSTALLATION --
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- Chime can play any sound file that contains a 'snd' resource. If you do not
- have the necessary hardware to make your own sounds, there are many,
- many sounds available for downloading from services such as American
- Online, GEnie, and CompuServe as well as commercially available disks that
- contain sound libraries. Sometimes these sounds are called ‘beeps’ because
- they are also used as System Beep sounds.
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- Rename each sound file you've selected to one of the following names:
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- Quarter Chime ---> For a sound that plays at every interval.
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- Chime 15/30/45 ---> For a sound at 15, 30, and 45 minutes past the hour.
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- Hour Chime ---> For an hourly Chime sound.
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- Chime 15 ---> For a sound at fifteen minutes past the hour.
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- Chime 30 ---> For a half-hourly Chime sound.
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- Chime 45 ---> For a sound at forty-five minutes past the hour.
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- Chime Bell ---> For a sound that plays repeatedly to mark the time. If ‘Toll
- The Hour’ is selected from the Control Panel, the Chime Bell will play at the
- hour as many times as the number of the hour. If ‘Ship’s Bells’ is selected, the
- Chime Bell will play Nautical Chimes at the hour and half-hour point. If
- another sound is installed at the hour or half hour point (named Hour
- Chime, Chime 30, etc), note that the Chime Bell will always play after any
- other installed Chime sound.
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- For an especially pleasant Chime Bell effect, use a Big Ben sound for the Hour
- Chime and select ‘Toll The Hour’ from the Control Panel.
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- Of course you do not need to install a Chime sound for every possible quarter
- of the hour: you can use just one sound for the hour if you like; or one for the
- hour and another for the half-hour, or perhaps just a Chime Bell -- whatever
- your preference might be.
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- To install Chime, drag the file named Chime into your System Folder. For
- System 7.0, drag Chime into the Control Panels folder. Then create a new
- folder inside your System Folder and name it Chime Sounds. Drag your
- newly named Chime sounds into the Chime Sounds folder.
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- Reboot your Macintosh. After rebooting once, you can quickly complete the
- installation of Chime by rebooting a second time. Then open the Chime
- control panel – you will see a check mark next to every successfully installed
- Chime sound.
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- You can change Chime sounds at anytime by replacing the sounds located in
- your Chime Sounds folder with others. Simply reboot your Macintosh to
- install the new sounds.
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- If you see a Reboot To Complete Installation message in the Chime control
- panel, you will know that Chime has only been rebooted once since Chime
- was first installed or the Chime sounds in the Chime Sounds folder have
- been changed. The message is just a reminder to reboot your Macintosh a
- second time so Chime can adjust the amount of memory it uses for the new
- sounds.
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- If you have limited memory, the Total Memory Used For Chime Storage
- figure in the Control Panel will be of interest to you. You might want to try
- smaller sounds to bring the total down to a more manageable level. Also,
- remember that a Quarter Chime or Chime 15/30/45 sound will play at
- multiple intervals, saving room in memory for other applications.
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- (Note: It is possible that one or more of your Chime sounds will not be
- checked when you see the ‘Reboot To Complete Installation’ message. This
- simply means that not enough memory was available during the first reboot
- to load the sounds. Chime needs to reboot again to acquire the exact amount
- of memory your Chime sounds will need. The ‘Total Memory’ figure,
- however, is always correct since Chime totals up the sizes for all Chime
- sounds before attempting to install them.)
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- THE CHIME CDEV --
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- After installation and rebooting, select the Chime icon in the Control Panel to
- bring up the Chime Control Panel interface. Any changes you make to the
- Control Panel settings are effective immediately - there is no need to reboot.
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- Chime Bell Options:
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- If you included a Chime Bell sound in the Chime sounds folder, you will be
- able to select between Toll The Hour (ringing as many times as the number of
- the hour) or Ship’s Bells (otherwise called nautical chimes). You can select
- one option or the other or neither.
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- Note that changing the Chime Bell selection will not turn off the bell tolling
- in mid-toll; it only affects the next tolling interval. To turn off the tolling in
- mid-toll, select the main Chime 'Off' button in the upper right hand corner.
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- Total Memory Used For Chime Storage:
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- This figure represents the total amount of memory used for storing Chime
- Sounds.
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- Show Icon At Startup:
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- If this option is checked, the Chime startup icon will be displayed when your
- Macintosh starts up.
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- Disable Chimes During Other Sounds:
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- If you are using System 6.0.7 or newer and your Macintosh is equipped with
- the Apple Sound Chip (all except Plus, SE, Classic, LC), then you will be able
- to use this option. If selected, Chime will not start a Chime sound if some
- other Macintosh program is playing a sound. If deselected, Chime will be able
- to play Chime sounds simultaneously with other sounds. Be cautious about
- deselecting this option. Some programs that make sounds don't use the new
- Macintosh Sound Manager and do not fully support simultaneous sound.
- A/UX users will not be able to select this option.
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- Disable Beeps During Chimes:
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- If you are using System 6.0.7 or newer and your Macintosh is equipped with
- the Apple Sound Chip, then you will be able to select whether or not System
- Beeps will be able to play during Chime sounds. Note that this option will
- have no effect on system beep enhancement utilities such as Speed Beep.
- A/UX users will not be able to select this option.
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- MORE ABOUT CHIME SOUNDS --
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- Any kind of sound that you enjoy makes an ideal Chime sound. ResEdit is a
- useful tool for extracting sound files from some applications. With the
- MacRecorder and SoundEdit software from Farallon you can record your own
- Chime sounds, edit them and apply various special effects, and then save
- them as 'snd' resources.
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- POSSIBLE PROBLEMS --
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- Some versions of HyperCard do not allow sounds other than those intended
- for use with HyperCard.
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- If you wish to test Chime 4.0.1 by resetting the clock to just a few seconds
- before the quarter hour, note that Chime 4.0.1 remembers the last time it
- played and will not repeat for the same time setting. Be sure to set the clock
- to a different time for each test.
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- If you have a problem installing a particular sound file, use ResEdit to
- determine if the file contains a 'snd' resource. The file may have other
- resources listed besides the 'snd' resource, but the 'snd' resource is the
- essential one.
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- It is normal for Chime to stop playing a sound if an application is switched,
- launched, or quit from while the sound is playing. This is a compatibility
- feature.
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- THANKS --
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- I would like to thank Paul Mercer for the ShowInit code and Robert L.
- Mathews, Jim Reekes and Mike Scanlin for valuable information that made
- Chime possible.
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- A special thanks goes out to those people who have written about problems
- with earlier versions of Chime. Without your feedback, it would have been
- impossible to make improvements to the program.
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- Legal Mumbo Jumbo:
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- Chime 4.0.1 is copyrighted and may not be bought or sold or packaged as an
- incentive to purchase another product. The author reserves all rights.
- Although Chime 4.0.1 may be freely distributed, the author reserves the
- exclusive right to transmit Chime 4.0.1 to commercial online services such as
- CompuServe, Genie, and America Online and to commercial disk
- distribution services such as EduCorp. To conform to your agreement as an
- end-user, be sure that this 'Read Me' file accompanies any transfer. Although
- every effort has been made to insure that this software is free of defects, the
- author will not accept responsibility for any loss of data or other damage.
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- SHAREWARE --
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- Chime 4.0.1 is a shareware product. If you enjoy using Chime 4.0.1, then you
- should pay the nominal shareware fee of $10. However, if you are a teacher
- or a student, then Chime 4.0.1 is free.
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- Let me thank you in advance for your participation.
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- Shareware fees, comments, suggestions or questions, should be sent to:
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- Robert Flickinger
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- 1957 Laughlin Park Drive
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- Los Angeles, CA 90027-1709
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- Genie: Flick
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- CompuServe: 75156-2563
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- America Online: Wingsmith
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