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Readme.txt
Disk Player v1.0s
by
Innovative Technologies of Austin (C) 1993.
Disk Player 1.0s is shareware. Use and evaluate Disk Player for 30 days
free of charge. If you wish to keep Disk Player, all we ask is that you
forward $9.95US and the registration form to Innovative Technologies of
Austin at the address given below.
Feel free to pass Disk Player along to your friends and
coworkers. Be sure to include all the components of Disk Player
including register.txt as well as this file, readme.txt.
Disk Player requires a Windows 3.1 MPC compatible PC with MPC sound card
MPC CD ROM drive using MSCDEX version 2.2 or greater.
The necessary files for Disk Player are
dskplyr.exe
bitbtndl.dll
ftibmap.dll
bwcc.dll
lcdfont.fon
ftifont.fon
(~450Kbytes).
These files should be located in the same directory. The .fon and
.dll files may also be put in your Windows directory.
To Run Disk Player, doubleclick on dskplyr.exe from the File Manager
window. You may also add dskplyr.exe to any new or existing program
group in the Program Manager.
If you have any problems with Disk Player please contact
Innovative Technologies at the address below.
Standard Features
Play, Pause, Skip, Stop, Random Play, Eject.
Advanced Features
Alarm Clock-
To set the CD to start playing at a specified time,
1) select 'Alarm Clock' from the Player Menu,
2) enter the hour and minute in the text boxes provided or use
the buttons next to each text box to advance the value
up or down.
3) set the alarm by placing the cursor over the check box
(located next to the words "Wake Time" in the lower half
of the Alarm Clock window) and clicking the left mouse
button. A check will appear in the box when the alarm
is set.
Program -
The program play feature has been disabled in this release of Disk
Player. However, All the user interface functions work, so you can
see how songs are selected and played. All registered users of
Disk Player receive a free copy which has program play enabled.
To set Disk Player to play selected songs from a CD.
1) Select 'Program' from the Player menu.
A dialog with 2 list boxes and 3 buttons will appear.
The upper list box, named Disk Tracks, lists the songs
on the CD in the drive. The second list box, named
Program Tracks, is initially empty. It contains the songs
selected to play.
2) To add a song to the Program Tracks list, select the song
from the Disk Tracks list box and press the Select button.
The song number and playing time will appear in the
Program Tracks list box.
3) The Program Tracks list can be cleared by pressing the
Clear button.
4) When all the song selections have been made, press the Ok
button.
5) Press the Play button in the Disk Player window. Disk Player
will play the programmed songs in the order in which they
were selected unless Disk Player is in the Random mode.
If Disk Player is in the Random mode, the songs will be
randomly selected from the Program Tracks list.
Registration
If wish to keep Disk Player beyond the 30 day trial period, all we
ask is that you register your copy of Disk Player for the nominal fee
of $9.95US.
In return for your honesty and support for the shareware idea,
you will receive a free copy of Disk Player which has program play
enabled as well as a host of other features.
You will also get advance notice of upgrades to Disk Player.
Innovative Technologies provides free technical support
to all registered users of Disk Player. This includes free
bug fixes as they become available.
To register:
Fill out the registration form. The form is included as the file
register.txt.
Mail the registration form and $9.95US (cash, check, or money order)
to
Innovative Technologies of Austin
3616 Far West Blvd.
Suite 101-110
Austin, TX 78731
The following is a list of known problems with Disk Player
including workarounds where possible:
Eject does not work with Sound Blaster CD Upgrade Kit.
MediaVision PAS+ MPC Upgrade Kit occasionally causes a hardware error
when trying to play. workaround - eject and reinsert disc, this
forces a hardware reset.
Some controls may flicker on machines with slower video graphics
adapters. If you see this behavior please contact ITA so that we can
duplicate the problem on our machines.