Readme.txt

Disk Player  v1.0s
by
Innovative Technologies of Austin (C) 1993.

Disk Player 1.0s is shareware. Use and evaluate Disk Player for 30 days
free of charge. If you wish to keep Disk Player, all we ask is that you
forward $9.95US and the registration form to Innovative Technologies of
Austin at the address given below.

Feel free to pass Disk Player along to your friends and
coworkers. Be sure to include all the components of Disk Player
including register.txt as well as this file, readme.txt.

Disk Player requires a Windows 3.1 MPC compatible PC with MPC sound card
MPC CD ROM drive using MSCDEX version 2.2 or greater.

The necessary files for Disk Player are 
dskplyr.exe
bitbtndl.dll
ftibmap.dll
bwcc.dll
lcdfont.fon
ftifont.fon
(~450Kbytes).

These files should be located in the same directory. The .fon and
.dll files may also be put in your Windows directory.

To Run Disk Player, doubleclick on dskplyr.exe from the File Manager
window. You may also add dskplyr.exe to any new or existing program
group in the Program Manager.

If you have any problems with Disk Player please contact
Innovative Technologies at the address below.

Standard Features

Play, Pause, Skip, Stop, Random Play, Eject.

Advanced Features

Alarm Clock-
 To set the CD to start playing at a specified time,
	1) select 'Alarm Clock' from the Player Menu,
	2) enter the hour and minute in the text boxes provided or use
			the buttons next to each text box to advance the value
			up or down.
	3) set the alarm by placing the cursor over the check box
			(located next to the words "Wake Time" in the lower half
			of the Alarm Clock window) and clicking	the left mouse
			button. A check will appear in the box when the alarm
			is set.

Program -
 The program play feature has been disabled in this release of Disk
 Player. However, All the user interface functions work, so you can
 see how songs are selected and played. All registered users of
 Disk Player receive a free copy which has program play enabled.

 To set Disk Player to play selected songs from a CD.

	1) Select 'Program' from the Player menu.
		A dialog with 2 list boxes and 3 buttons will appear.
		The upper list box, named Disk Tracks, lists the songs
		on the CD in the drive. The second list box, named
		Program Tracks, is initially empty. It contains the songs
		selected to play.
	2) To add a song to the Program Tracks list, select the song
		from the Disk Tracks list box and press the Select button.
		The song number and playing time will appear in the
		Program Tracks list box.
	3) The Program Tracks list can be cleared by pressing the
		Clear button.
	4) When all the song selections have been made, press the Ok
		button.
	5) Press the Play button in the Disk Player window. Disk Player
		will play the programmed songs in the order in which they
		were selected unless Disk Player is in the Random mode.
		If Disk Player is in the Random mode, the songs will be
        randomly selected from the Program Tracks list.


Registration

If wish to keep Disk Player beyond the 30 day trial period, all we
ask is that you register your copy of Disk Player for the nominal fee
of $9.95US.

In return for your honesty and support for the shareware idea,
you will receive a free copy of Disk Player which has program play
enabled as well as a host of other features.

You will also get advance notice of upgrades to Disk Player.

Innovative Technologies provides free technical support
to all registered users of Disk Player. This includes free
bug fixes as they become available.

To register:

 Fill out the registration form. The form is included as the file
 register.txt.

 Mail the registration form and $9.95US (cash, check, or money order)
 to 

	Innovative Technologies of Austin
	3616 Far West Blvd.
	Suite 101-110
	Austin, TX   78731


 The following is a list of known problems with Disk Player
 including workarounds where possible:

 Eject does not work with Sound Blaster CD Upgrade Kit.

 MediaVision PAS+ MPC Upgrade Kit occasionally causes a hardware error
 when trying to play. workaround - eject and reinsert disc, this
 forces a hardware reset.

 Some controls may flicker on machines with slower video graphics
 adapters. If you see this behavior please contact ITA so that we can
 duplicate the problem on our machines.