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Disclaimer
This software is copyrighted by the author, Martin
Goebbel. It may be used and distributed freely without any
restrictions.
This software is provided "as is" and any express or implied
warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties
of merchantibility and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.
In no event shall the author be liable for any direct, indirect,
incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including,
but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services;
loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however
caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict
liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising
in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the
possibility of such damage.
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Why this program has been written
I just like to listen to music while sitting on my computer. Under
Windows (or any other Multitasking Environment for Dos) it is
possible to have an Audio CD Player running as a seperate Task.
But I just wanted something like this for plain Dos.
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How to use it
To install the program type CDPTSR on the Commandline.
If you run the program again, it will remove itself from memory.
To call up the status line press the left shift key, the control key
and the C key at the same time. The status line will usually pop up
at the top line of the display, but it is possibly to move it up and down
using the Page Up and Page Down keys.
If you want to return to your main program hit the Esc key.
The displayed line contains the following information:
- Drive status, this may be on of the following:
- Open: Door of the CD-Drive is open
- Closed: Door is closed
- Error
- Play status, this may be either Stop or Play
- Track info, format is current track/number of tracks
- Track time, how much of the current track has been played
- Remaining track time
- Remaining disc time
- Audio volume
The following keys can be used while the program is popped up:
- O: Open Door
- C: Close Door
- P: Start playing current track
- S: Stop playing
- R: Resume playing
- Q: Quiet. Set audio volume to 0. Hit Q again to set old volume
- Cursor left: play previous track
- Cursor right: play next track
- Cursor up: Turn audio volume up
- Cursor down: Audio volume down
- Page up: Move the status line up
- Page down: Move the status line down
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System Requirements and Compability
The minimal system requirements are
- A PC - compatible system with 8086 CPU, 4.77 MHz
- Any Video Adapter
- DOS 3.3
- A CD-ROM driver which should be compatible to MSCDEX version 2.10 or
higher.
Ram requirements are minimal. The program needs about 3.5K of memory
after installation.
I've tried to make the TSR as safe as possible, but there is always
the possibility that your computer suddenly hangs or reboots.
This may happen if you run a lot of other TSR's, very misbehaving
programs, debuggers or other programs which mess around with
your interrupts.
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How to contact the Author
You may reach me by email under one of the following adresses:
- martin@tennyo.muc.de
- martin@tennyo.org
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