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**   OctaMED Professional, Version 3.00b by Teijo Kinnunen in 1991-1992   **
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**                       Released on 1-Sep-1992                           **
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**                       AMIGANUTS UNITED 1992                          **
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**  Special Powerpacker Crunch routines  Nico Francois/Amiganuts United  **
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This file contains important information,so please read it carefully before
doing anything else.

OctaMED  is  a music editor, which was originally designed for making music
for programs (demos, games etc..), but it works well as a stand-alone music
program, too.

OctaMED needs Kickstart 1.2 or later, is compatible with AmigaDOS 2.0, runs
on  any  Amiga  from  A500  to  A3000,  and  multitasks  correctly (even in
eight channel mode).

Here are the contents of the complete OctaMED distribution disk:

     Demos (dir)        A demo song
     Docs (dir)         Some documents
     Programmers (dir)      Stuff for programmers
          PlayerLibraries (dir)     shared player libraries
          MODPlayer (dir)       linked module player/loader stuff
          Examples (dir)        some examples in Assembler & C
  OctaMED           The music editor
  OctaMEDPlayer         The player program
  ReadMe            This file..

The  icons were designed to have a nice 2.0-look.  If you are using WB 1.x,
the icon colours look "inversed".

First you should make a backup copy of your original OctaMED disk, and save
the original in safe place.  If you want to install OctaMED on a hard disk,
you  have  to remember to copy the graphics files (Am-Nuts.gfxX) along with
it.   These  files contain some graphics data required by OctaMED, and they
must be in the current directory when you run OctaMED.  If WB is used, just
make  sure that OctaMED and the files are located in the same drawer.  From
CLI/Shell, you have to 'CD' to the directory where all the files are before
starting OctaMED.


                                                                            
             OctaMED is copyright  1991-1992 AMIGANUTS UNITED.             
           All coding of said program  1991-1992 Teijo Kinnunen            
    Worldwide distribution  1991-1992 Amiganuts United and its licencees.  
                                                                            
 OctaMED is NOT public domain nor freely distributable. It is a fully       
 copyrighted program,available primarily only from Amiganuts United.        
 You are not allowed to spread OctaMED in any way. You are only allowed to  
 make backup copies for your own, private use.                              
                                                                            
 OctaMED is a copyrighted program and all copyright restrictions apply.     
 As a purchaser of the program you are fully encouraged to make a backup    
 copy for your own use,however,you may not pass it on to third parties.     
 It may not be offered for sale by any other person/s without prior         
 contractual agreement from the copyright holder:Amiganuts United.          
 You are encouraged to contact Amiganuts with the name/address of anyone    
 infringing the copyright,as if a prosecution follows,you will be rewarded! 
                                                                            
 Please note however,that some files in this disk are freely distributable: 
 OctaMEDPlayer may be freely distributed (so you can easily distribute      
 songs you've made using OctaMED).                                          
                                                                            
 The OctaMED player routines and player libraries may be freely used and    
 distributed with non-commercial programs and no permission is required for 
 distributing them,However,if you are a commercial developer then you must  
 contact Amiganuts United at 169,Dale Valley Road for a Commercial licence. 
                                                                            
 OctaMED is provided "as is". Every effort has been made to keep OctaMED    
 as bug free as possible, but if there are bugs that cause you to lose      
 something, the author or Amiganuts United will not be held responsible for 
 any damage and by using this program,you are agreeing to this.             
                                                                            


If you obtain an illegal copy of OctaMED Pro (not from Amiganuts or not
distributed under permission of Amiganuts), you are breaking the law.
Please format the disk and get a legal copy from:

    Amiganuts United
    169, Dale Valley Road
    Hollybrook
    Southampton
    SO1 6QX
    ENGLAND

or one of their official licencees.  (see ordering details below).
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Additional credits:
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Marcus Pol         - the startup pic

Steve Hayes        - the Electronic Arts' public domain IFF-loader (as found
                     on Fred Fish disk #64)

Special thanks to Pasi Kovanen, Sami Jumppanen, and Hkan 'ZAP' Andersson
for beta-testing!

Izrael Simil (Iz Productions)
        all the icons (except the drawer icons)

Another mega thanks to Pasi for composing the nice demo tune!

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                         ORDERING OctaMED Pro

If you want to Purchase OctaMED Pro then the price is as follows:

If you live within Europe send 23.00 (includes postage).
For those outside  Europe send 25.00 (includes postage).

Payment must be in English Pounds sterling,by Eurocheck,Bank Draught etc,
Made Payable To:
                 Amiganuts United.
             at:
                 169,Dale Valley Road,Hollybrook,
                 Southampton. SO1 6QX  England.

If you order from one of our other suppliers,(Amiganuts United Australia,
L'Agora 'Srl,or other sub-licencees),then you must check the price first.


UPGRADE DETAILS:


If you purchase OctaMED Pro,(see version number at top of this file),
directly from Amiganuts head office at 169,Dale Valley Road,when and IF
a newer version is released/advertised,then you can,if you wish,return the
official white disk,(with the Amiganuts logo on it),to them and include
10.50 (Europe) - 12.50 (Rest of World) for an upgrade to that version.
 (This offer is Only open to those returning the official logoed disk)

NOTE:

This particular upgrade offer is only open to those having purchased directly
from the Amiganuts head office at the address given above,if you purchase
your copy from Amiganuts United Australia,L'Agora Srl,or any other of it's
sub-licencees,then you MUST contact them directly for any upgrade offers.
       (Upgrade offers may not be available from sub-licencees)

If you have something concerning the sales/distribution of OctaMED, please
contact Amiganuts head office in England.
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