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             Version 98 beta - November 10, 1998 a.d.
                         arbpm@comports.com
                  by Ariel Martini - Made in Brasil
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  What is this for?
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  This program calculates the Beats per Minute rate of anything
  you want. Exempla gratia: Music beats, Heartbeats, etc..


  Using
  ~~~~~
  Start counting by setting the first beat.
  Set the beats by hitting any key on the keyboard, on any program.
  To stop and re-start, click the Stop (S) button, or press Esc.


  Settings
  ~~~~~~~~
  Change the settings by pressing the right mouse button over the 
  program window.

  .Calculation method:
    .The first (Continue), simply divide the total time by the
    number of beats entered, is faster but less accurate.
    .The other (Mean), sums all time differences between the beats
    (intervals) and divide this sum by the number of intervals.
    Require more math but is better.
  .Used time:
    This setting is very important. It is the amount of time the 
    program will actually use in its calculus. In other words,
    only the last xx seconds (that you'll set) will be used. If 
    big, better overall mean, if small, more susceptible to 
    changes and typing errors.
  .Vis mode:
    You prefer the results in BPM, Hertz (Beats per minute), 
    Beats per hour or interval (Seconds between each beat). Make 
    your choice.
  .Always on top:
    If its gonna hide when you select other windows. Let this 
    checked and see what happens when you type anything in MSWord.
    (Well, it's on by default)

  Uninstalling
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Delete the folder you installed to and the Start Menu item.
  Files:
  ArBPM.exe - Program
  ArLib.dll - Hooker DLL
  ArBPM.txt - Info file
  Key in Registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ar\ArBPM

  Uninstallers sucks. (Search for 'uninst; rmv' - F3- in the 
  \windows folder, check the size out, ugh!)


  Contact
  ~~~~~~~
  Send suggestions, comments, source code, bug report etc. to 
                      -= arbpm@comports.com =-
  Don't send basic tech questions, don't send spam, 
  don't send nonsense critics.


  Last Version
  ~~~~ ~~~~~~~
  The last version is available on winsite.com, 
  download.com and hotfiles.com.


  Notes
  ~~~~~
  This is beta, so there can be some bugs yet.
  This is freeware, so distribute freely.
  This version has been totally rewritten in C (god bless).



  Future Improvements
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  In the future I can be adding:
  .Other vis modes (who knows ?)
  .Unfreewarization :)
  .Sharewarization
  .Cripplewarization

  Send your suggestion!



  Version history
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  98b (Nov'3  1998)
    New interface (smaller, cooler, always on top).
    Rewritten in C (using Borland C 5)
    Gets keypresses in any program (hook)
    Installation program    

  0.0.1 (Sep'19 1998)
    First release, in VB, with an awful interface.

