Midi Machine is shareware.

To install Midi Machine, simply run the SETUP.EXE file in/on the distribution
media.

You can uninstall this software by choosing "Add/Remove Programs" from the
Control/Panel.

Enjoy the software!

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Welcome to Midi Machine, your all-in-one solution for managing and playing
CDs, graphics, movies, and sound in one simple interface.  Midi Machine
V3.1 is even more powerful, faster, and easier to use.

Midi Machine plays the following files:

.MID - Midi music files (and why not?  Midi Machine is named so because of
       its great midi playing ability.)
.RMI - Midi music files (alternate format)
.WAV - Wave files, sometimes called digital audio
.AU  - Sound Files
.SND - Sound Files
.AIF - Sound Files
.MP2 - MPEG Compressed Sound Files
.AVI - Audio-Video interleave files, or mini-movies
.BMP - Bitmap graphic files
.WMF - Window metafiles, another type of graphic file
.MOV - Movie files
.MPG - MPEG Movie Files
.ICO - Windows icon pictures
.TXT - Text files
.RTF - Rich-Text Files
.PCX - Another kind of graphic file
.PNG - PNG graphic files, a new graphics standard that is taking the world
       by storm!  Gives good compression
.JPG - Jpeg images giving you high graphics compression
CD-Audio tracks.

Midi Machine is so intuitive that you probably will never need to read the
help.  But if you do, there's lots of it!  We provide:

1) Tooltips for toolbar buttons (see instantly what they do!)
2) Context-sensitve help using the standard WinHelp engine
3) Tips of the day that give advice on harnessing Midi Machine's power
4) Technical documents describing possible problems and solutions

If you should have any problems with Midi Machine, be sure to read the help
files.  Or, you can contact us on-line:

World-Wide-Web:  http://members.aol.com/excelprogs
World-Wide-Web:  http://idibbs.com/excel/ep.htm
E-Mail        :  andrew.malek@idibbs.com

We regret that, at this time, we do not offer support via telephone.

Have fun with Midi Machine V3.1!

Andrew Malek
Excel Progs Shareware Organization

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REQUIREMENTS:

4+ megs ram, 8+ meg recommended.
1+ meg hard drive space, plus more for holding multimedia files
A soundcard for playing mid/wav files
256 colors.
800X600 resolution if using large fonts, or 640X480 resolution if
 using small fonts.
MCI sound drivers for playing mid/wav files
MCI video drivers for playing movies

Certain filetypes (such as .MPG and .AU) require new downloadable 
drivers downloadable from Microsoft'sİ web site.  If you have trouble 
playing certain multimedia files, download and install ActiveMovieİ 
from http://www.microsoft.com.


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WARRANTY/DISCLAIMER

NEITHER EXCEL PROGS, ITS EMPLOYEES, SUPERVISORS,..ETC, TAKE ANY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OUTPUT OF THIS PROGRAM.  YOU, THE USER, TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USAGE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Microsoft, Windows, are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All
trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

MIDIMACHINE henceforth refer to this software, Midi Machine, and its
documentation.

You have the license to place MIDIMACHINE on bulletin board systems,
information systems, shareware compilations, or on cd-rom compilations,
provided that you distribute the ENTIRE version with file descriptions
(FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI).  Although it is not required, it is appreciated
if you let me know that you are distributing EPTAG.

You may not disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, or in any way tamper
MIDIMACHINE.  Adding files to the zip archive that identify from where the
file is downloaded/archived is allowed, but other modifications are prohibited
without prior permission from Andrew Malek.


