Short:    Oscilloscopes for PT modules (BUGFIX!)
Author:   Smack/Infect (Michael Henke)
Uploader: epgbd@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de
Type:     mus/play


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  $VER: SCOPEPT.txt by Smack/Infect 010895
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 This program plays a ProTracker module and shows some oscilloscope-like
 plots on the screen. Due to the very CPU-hungry plotting routines and the
 sprite anim it requires an AGA machine. It is recommended to have some
 FastRAM and a powerful processor to enjoy the 'nicer' modes.

 features: -3 screen modes (quadro, stereo, mono)
           -3 plot modes (dotted, lined, filled)
           -very _COOL_ sprite anim by A.Maschke
           -online help :-)
           -command line options for startup settings

 If your machine is too slow for the selected plotting mode the screen
 borders will flash red. You should use a different mode then.
 (the dotted modes run even on a standard A1200)

 I did not (and I never will!) implement a decruncher for the modules because
 you can use some decrunch tool for this. (like MCP's crunchpatch)

 There is the possibility to select the startup settings of the program
 with some command line flags. These flags are optional and aimed at the
 frequent users of SCOPEPT. (if there any! :-)
 Please note that the flags must stand before the module name and each of
 them must start with a '-'. (eg. scopept -h -m12 mod.noname)
 Type 'scopept ?' to get the list of flags.

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 Contact me for coders chat or anything else:
     (Smack/Infect)
     Michael Henke
     Praetorius-Str.1/205
     06124 Halle
     Germany

     e-mail: epgbd@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de
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 HISTORY

 090195
   -first version  (it had various terrible bugs,
                    sorry to all people who had trouble with it)

 100295
   -recoded from scratch, runs stable now, does not 'eat mem' anymore

 150295
   -some optimizations

 170495
   -if FastRAM is detected, it is also used for plotting (a lot faster!)

 290795
   -added bottom line with mod name, playing time and cpu usage percents
   -added help page
   -added command line flags

 010895
   -finally fixed that little bug with 'PT-command 9 = sample offset'
    now the scope should display everything correctly!


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   35788   29786 16.7% 14-Aug-92 19:31:00  scopept
    2279    1118 50.9% 14-Aug-92 21:25:14  scopept.txt
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   38067   30904 18.8% 08-Aug-95 00:47:32   2 files