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Protracker V1.0 Release B - (C) 1990 Amiga Freelancers         11/09-1990
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This disk should contain the following files:

  ProTracker v1.0b       -  The main program
  ProTracker v1.0b.info  -  The Icon for ProTracker, by Quantarc
  PTPlay.s               -  Playroutine for the Seka or DevPac assemblers
  PT.help                -  Online helpfile for PT1.0b
  PT.config-00           -  Default configuration file
  PT.ReadMe!             -  ****--> This file <--****

Some info..
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 This disk contains all the necessary files to run Shell, CLI, and all the
most used CLI-Commands. It is possible to print songs, but we'we only
included the Generic printerdriver, so you'll have to install your own.
Remember to set the new printerdriver with Preferences. If you make your
own workdisk, remember to copy the commands "Run" and "EndCLI".

 If you are going to make make a compact-disk containing Protracker, please
include PT.help!!!! THIS IS VEEEEEEEERY IMPORTANT!!!!

             DO NOT ATTEMPT TO EDIT THE HELP-FILE!!!!!!

The first 1024 bytes is a text-offset index for Protracker, so keep off.

For more info, press the HELP key, when you have started Protracker.


Bugs corrected in Release B:
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 - PatternLoop (It always jumped to the start of the pattern, not the loop)
 - Zap had put FineTune AND Glissando-Control in the same command! (E3)
 - Fade Up / Down caused a mess and even a few gurus!
 - Delete Pos inserted pattern 77 (!) at position 127 in the song, causing
   it to be longer than 80k!
 - Filter All Samples was slow as hell because it tried to filter non-
   existant samples.
 - If you selected sample 0 from the keypad, it always played the last
   sample played as sample 0!
 - A590 owners couldn't use the keyboard because of the way Mahoney & Kaktus
   set up the keyboard interrupt (we used their NT1.1 routine). This should
   now function correctly since we check the interrupt-server list.
 - Entering the help screen when in the midi screen messed up the display.
 - Escaping from Mix exited from the whole edit op.!
 - CutBeg no longer messes up the Sample length and Pos.
 - The help file was FULL of bugs / misspellings.

 If you find anything else, let us know.


Improvements planned for release 1.1:
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* Set Finetune instead of Volume in PLST!
* Full MIDI support
* CIA timing
* New fileformat
* Packing of modules
* VU-Meter/Spectrumanalyzer color-editor
* Tuning editor
* Better sampleeditor with graphing etc.
* Anything YOU like!

Planned release date for v1.1: January 31'st, 1991.



        Write to:

        Amiga Freelancers
        Lars(Zap) & Anders(The Mad Martian) Hamre
        Bekkeliveien 10
        N-2010 STRØMMEN
        Norway

        Phone: (06) 817466


        Or to:

        Amiga Freelancers
        Rune (Quantarc) Johnsrud
        Skogveien 16
        N-2010 STRØMMEN
        Norway

        Phone: (06) 813850


   You can also contact us at Crusaders BBS, by writing a message
   to The Moose.
   Phone Norway: (06) 810881
                 (06) 810864



   ZAP, The Mad Martian & Quantarc / Amiga Freelancers