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*                      SANT-a-Player V0.65 (Testversion)                 *
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*                          © 1992/93  René Eberhard                      *
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*                          Release date: 28-Jan-1993                     *
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                                COPYRIGHT:
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- The programmer doesent take any responsabilities on Soft- /or Hard-
  ware-failures, that are caused by a mistake in the program.

- SANTa, © Copyright 1992/93 René Eberhard. All rights reserved. This
  Program is FREEWARE, so no financial donations are required (but welcome).
  This  program may be freely distributed as long as all documentation and
  executable(s) remain unchanged and are included with the distribution.
  Also no profit is to be made by selling this program.


- Programmer:

                             René Eberhard
                             Kiesackerstrasse 11
                             CH-8304 Wallisellen
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                             SWITZERLAND (EUROPE)


                          Email: eberhard@pegasus.ch


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                               IMPORTANT:
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                 The main replay sourcecode is based on 


                     -=* PRORUNNER Version 2.0 *=-
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                 * THE ULTIMATE PROTRACKER-REPLAYER *

                       CODED BY COSMOS OF SANITY
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                         Whats up with PRORUNNER ?
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           Look in the enclosed original manual (ProRunner.DOC)

              This version should be full system compatible.

               I made some changes in the effect routines.
             There were some bugs by unknown effect commands.


    The complete interrupt routine is new and works with every machine.
                             (I hope so =)


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                               HISTORY
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30-Dec-1992 : (V0.5)  - First release

28-Jan-1993 : (V0.65) - Patterndelaytime bug "fixed".
                        Patterndelaytime will be ignored now. Sorry.
                        I hope, this bug will be fixed by the 
                        PRORUNNER author.
                      - Internal config messagehandler added.
                        (Coming soon)
                      - Some security checks changed or added.
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                              SANT-a-Player
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        SANT-a-Player is a Sonic Arranger and Noise Tracker Player.
                           ¯     ¯            ¯     ¯
              This program supports the powerpacker.library 
                      (© Copyright Nico François)
                   You are able to load #?.pp modules.


    While SANTa is running, there is normally a small window in the 
  title bar displaying the name of the module that is currently playing.
  You can click the close gadget to stop the music and terminate SANTa.


        SANTa doesn't have some messages like "no chipram available".
                       It sets up the file requester.
      Now you have again to select another module or push cancel to quit.



                        For Sonic Arranger freaks:
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  First of all, you have to convert the SONIC ARRANGER file into a
                         SONIC ARRANGER.PC module.

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                               BUGREPORTS:
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  If you detect any bug or failure in this program, please contact me.

                        Email: eberhard@pegasus.ch

                                  or

                           leave a mail to :

                  NECRONOM, sysop of the ECTOPLAZM BBS
                  ++41 1 831 11 89 (3 NODES, RINGDOWN)

                                                  
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