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DMPS.DOC
Documentation for the Dual Module Player Shell v2.61b
Copyright (C) 1993 Toni Nikkanen
DMP,DSMI Copyright (C) 1992,1993 Otto Chrons
PMP Copyright (C) 1993 Jussi Lahdenniemi and Otto Chrons
DS.EXE is a front-end program for the Dual Module Player (DMP.EXE) by
Otto Chrons and the Protected Module Player by Jussi Lahdenniemi and
Otto Chrons. It supports all of the current features of DMP & PMP, and
will be updated whenever new features are added to DMP. It also
understands all the modfile formats DMP 2.61b understands
(MOD,NST,STM,AMF,S3M,669) and some formats DMP 2.61b does not understand
(OKT,WOW). It even works with old revisions of DMP like DMP 1.41 (the
last one which works on a 286) or even DMP 1.0 or DMP 1.30 (all have
been tested :) It handles all kinds of archive types gracefully, making
it a must for every sysop.
DMPS is cardware so you can freely distribute it and I hope you did, as
long as you include this help file with the executable. If you use DMPS
on a regular basis, you are required to send the author a nice postcard
from your homeland. When you send your postcard, you will become a
registered user, and your name will be added into the REGGED.TXT file.
Also registrations to DMPS will be considered as registrations for my
new module player, which COULD be available at the end of August, but it
might take more time. Become famous by registering DMPS! (Use
easy-to-read handwriting, if I can't read your name right, I'll use a
random name generator to guess your name. You can also specify to be
Anonymous if you don't want to be that famous)
Requirements:
A 286 or higher processor
Some memory (having about 40-50kb of free XMS/EMS is
great)
A keyboard OR a mouse
A display capable of 80x25 mode with colors. Hercules/MDA
support is available, but I don't know if it works. Please
let me know if it works.
Updates:
You can find the places where you can download latest DMPS
later in this document. If you don't have access to a modem/
Internet, send me two diskettes. I will mail the other
one back to you with the latest DMPS and some modules. The
other one is for myself to keep, and must be a 3,5" HD
diskette.
Here is the command line syntax:
DS [-b] [-?] [-h]
Where the optional -b (Bare) switch specifies that DMPS should NOT read
the song names from the modfiles. Very recommendable if you have a slow
disk and lots of mods in the same directory. -? and -h give a
helpscreen. Note that DMPS has an inner limit of 525 modfiles; the rest
will be ignored. Maybe I change this in the future, if somebody with
more than 525 modules in one directory shows up.
Hercules/MDA user(s): Write the following line into your autoexec.bat:
SET DMP_SHELL=HERCULES
How to use DMPS
After DMPS has loaded, it will display a screen with a statusline, 2
lines of data, a list of modfiles, with the song names and file sizes
and the currently active switches for the players at the bottom. You
can move around the list with the arrow keys or the mouse . Space or
mouse button #3 will tag files, Enter or mouse button #1 will play the
tagged files with DMP and P or mouse button #2 will play the tagged
files with PMP , if no files are tagged then the file under the cursor
will be played. When the shift+numberkeys parameters are used, Enter,
P, mouse #1 and mouse #2 will play the CURRENT module with the selected
player. Info about the other keys (Ins,Del,Home ,End,PageUp,PageDown
,c,r,d,h, F1-F10) can be seen by pressing h. You can toggle a VGA mode
by pressing V. This VGA 80x50 mode will be put on when the player is
spawned and put off when returning from the player. You can jump to DOS
Shell by pressing Alt-J. There's a stupid screen saver which activates
after about 1 minutes of idle time; press any key to exit it. It even
saves itself, as I noticed later :)
Configuration file
DMPS features a configuration file. During startup DMPS searches the
path for DMPSHELL.CFG. An example configfile comes with the
distribution package, and it can be edited with any normal ASCII
editor, like The Bingo Editor or MS-Dos EDIT. It contains the extra
parameters which will be sent to DMP & PMP when playing modules, and
lines 11-20 are meant for other players. You can add any name, and
parameters from char 20 to char 100. There are some players installed
in the example config file. Line 21 contain just one number at the
start; the rest of the file will be totally ignored. This number is the
default configuration line which will be used at startup.
Archive files
DMPS supports all known archive types. During startup the archive
files will be shown like modfiles. When you move to an archive file
and press Enter,Mouse#1,Mouse#2 or P, DMPS will make a temp directory,
unarchive the archive there, and display the modules inside. You can
then play the modules like you do with normal modules. Pressing cursor
left or moving to the ".." directory name will exit the archive. DMPS
expects the unarchiving programs to be in path, with these filenames:
ARJ.EXE, PKUNZIP.EXE, LHA.EXE, HA.EXE, HPACK.EXE, LIMIT.EXE, WAU.EXE,
ZOO.EXE, SQZ.EXE, PAH.EXE, ARC.EXE
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Contacting the author
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ By mail: │
│ ──────── │
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│ Toni Nikkanen │
│ Kymenlaaksonkatu 9 D 47 │
│ SF-48100 Kotka │
│ FINLAND │
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│ Fidonet: │
│ ───────── │
│ 2:227/18.2 │
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│ InterNet: │
│ ────────── │
│ tnikkane@clinet.fi (fastest method to contact) │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Newest version is always available at:
Finland:
Hangar BBBS +358-51-3758236 24h, V.32bis, CD-rom, many nets, AFN
Heaven's Gate +358-24-347743 24h, V.32bis/HST, AFN host, UseNet
Chaotic Vision +358-42-14528 24h, V.32bis, Sound-related software
USA:
Digital Oxygene +1-214-414-5041 24H, V.32bis
ISRAEL:
The Twilight Zone +972 4 320 556 24h, v32bis
FTP:
ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/modplayers
All CABiNET BBS'es (read the CABiNET documents which came with DMP)
**AFN=Another FileNetwork, specializes in NEW Dos & Windows files.
See DMPS.REV for revision history. Thanks to Michael Nithammer
for enhancement ideas and bugreports, and Olli Männistö for
continuous harassment.
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For programmers only
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DMPS was created with Borland C++ 3.1. The editor used was for this
version was SemWare's Qedit 2.15.
stuff which is not made by me but which I'm using in DMPS:
Spawno 4.13 XMS/EMS/Disk swapping routines by Ralf Brown (spwno413.*)
The code for switching to 80x50 was taken from NNANSI source code.
The pictures were made with TheDraw 4.61