
 JAMMIN ver 1.01
 Copyright (c) 1993 
 Accelerated Light & Graphics

 This  program is  shareware,  please feel free  to copy 
 this  software  and  pass  it  along  to  others.   Any
 donations of $5.00 or more will be greatly appreciated. 

 This  document  will  serve 3  functions,  a readme.txt 
 file, a Help file, and a manual.  The following 9 files 
 should be included:

 1. README  .TXT    This file.
 2. SETUPKIT.DLL    Runtime for the setup program.
 3. VBRUN200.DLL    Visual Basic RUNtime Library.
 4. SETUP   .EXE    Setup program.
 5. JAMMIN1 .EX_    This is the executable program.
 6. MCI     .VB_    Multimedia Control Interface.
 7. MCICDA  .DR_    CD Audio device driver.
 8. THREED  .VB_    3D Visual Basic eXtension.
 9. CDPLAYER.EX_    A CD Player.

 NOTE: JAMMIN  originally had  a lot  more features than 
 you see here.  Version 2 will be the  full release with 
 all the feature-rich options that makes you drooool. So  
 enjoy this preview and please donate/register.
 
 This program was written for several reasons: 
 1. Visual Basic for Windows Ver 2.00 made it easy.
 2. I was sick and tired of not being able to find a CD 
    Player that acted like a real CD Player.
 3. I've   always  been  curious  as  to  how  well  the 
    Shareware   concept   worked.  Thats also  why   the 
    donation/registration fee is only five dollars. 

 Donations:
 I'm asking  for a small  donation/registration fee  to 
 encourage  users  to  do  just  that,  donate/register.  
 However,  if you feel JAMMIN is  worth more  than  five  
 dollars,  then  by  all means  "Don't delay, mail  your 
 check  TODAY!"  Remember,  I'm putting  JAMMIN  on  the  
 market VIA Shareware  to see if  the concept is viable. 
 You, the  user, will  determine if  Accelerated Light & 
 Graphics will continue to write software for shareware.

 Operation:
 The workings of  JAMMIN are quite simple.  Remember, it 
 works like a real CD Player.

 Power: None of the controls work without power with the
 exception of the About Button and the Power Light which
 will be  explained later in this text.   Once the power 
 has been activated the  program responds by lighting up
 its display  panels, and highlighting  the buttons that 
 can be used.   
 
 Note: All times are in minutes:seconds format.

 Display: JAMMIN has four displays:

 1) TRACK:  In READY  mode, displays the total number of  
    tracks  available  on the current CD.  In PLAY mode,
    displays the current track that's being played. 

 2) LENGTH:  In READY  mode, displays the total time for 
    the current CD.  In PLAY mode, displays how long the 
    current track will play. This display is  static and 
    only changes when the track changes.

 3) TIME: In READY  mode, displays  0:00. In PLAY  mode, 
    displays  the  current  time or how long the current  
    track as been playing. This display is updated twice 
    every second.

 4) STATUS:  Indicates the current mode of JAMMIN. Modes 
    are:READY, PLAY, NEXT, PREV, BACK, STEP, PAUSE, STOP 
    and EJECT.

 5) POWER LIGHT:  The power  light, located beneath  the  
    power button, is on when its black  and off when its 
    white.  The  buttons and the display panels are both 
    sitting on a slightly raised panel.  Double clicking 
    the power light will change these panels from raised 
    to inset.

 CD BUTTONS: (There are no keyboard equivalents)
 PREV:  Moves the head to the Previous track.
 NEXT:  Moves the head to the Next track.
 PLAY:  Plays the CD from the current track.
 PAUSE: Pauses the CD until Pause is clicked again.
 BACK:  Moves the head back about 10 seconds.
 STEP:  Moves the head forward about 10 seconds.
 STOP:  Stops playback of the current CD.
 EJECT: Ejects the current CD from the drive.

 Some  of  these buttons  may  not work on  your  CD ROM 
 Drive.  For example,  some CD ROM Drives don't have the 
 ability  to eject a CD.  In this case  the EJECT button 
 will still be enabled, but  nothing should happen  when 
 clicked.  I say  should, since I  don't know  what will 
 happen.  All the  CD ROM drives I have  tested  this on 
 have the capability to eject.

 History of JAMMIN:  THE ULTIMATE  MUSIC BOX  Ver  1.00,
 JAMMIN Version 1.00 was  conceived  when I purchased an
 old 8088  machine that  was being  sold on close-out as 
 a multimedia  machine (Yeah, right). At the time Sony's 
 CD ROM drive was selling for $600.00 plus.  This CD ROM 
 was $500.00 and it came with an 8088 machine, keyboard, 
 512K VGA Card, and a 40 meg IDE Hard Drive which sounds 
 like a tank without a muffler.  Naturally, I ripped out 
 the CD ROM  Drive and  shoved  it in my  386 machine. I 
 bought a pair of speakers  and began searching for a CD 
 Player to play back my  audio CD's.  Well I found quite 
 a  few, but  none of which I liked very much.  Further- 
 more, I wanted more,  at least  (and  I don't know why)
 a CD Player  that acted like a real CD Player that  you  
 purchase  at your  local Wal-Mart, Sears,  or any other 
 retail outlet.  By this, I mean  the  interface  should 
 look like the one on your stereo.  There  should  be no 
 slider bars.  It  had to  have  a  power button, and so 
 on.  The  only  thing  that I didn't  put  in JAMMIN is 
 a digital readout that looks like either an LED or LCD.
 That feature I have reserved for Version 2.00.

 JAMMIN Version History:

 1.00 Release date:  March  1993  -  The program  works, 
      however I  didn't  include all the  support  files 
      that where  needed to  get the program  running. I 
      didnt know which files where needed. I know have a
      fool proof way of checking for support files.

 1.00 Release date:  May  1993  -  Included  all support 
      files.

 1.01 Release date:  October 1993  -  Added   a    setup 
      program   that   copies   support   files  to  the 
      \windows\system  directories  and the JAMMIN files 
      to the directory of your choice. (Registered users
      will  receive  a  free  upgrade  to version 1.01.)
      Two very important files,  both of which come with  
      Windows  and  are on disk #4  (1.44 disks)  of the 
      Microsoft Windows 3.1 distribution set.

      MCICDA  .DRV  Windows CD-ROM driver, included with  
                    windows.  Windows does not load this
                    on your system.  This file  needs to
                    be in the \windows\system directory.    

                    Insert  disk  #4  of  the  Microsoft 
                    Windows  3.1  distribution   set  in 
                    drive A: and  double  click  on  the
                    CONTROL PANEL icon then double click
                    on  the DRIVERS icon.  Then click on 
                    the ADD  button.  A dialog  box will 
                    appear  with  a  list  of  available 
                    drivers.  Select       [MCI]CD AUDIO
                    and click on the OK button.  Windows
                    will  let  you know  if you  already
                    have the  driver  installed  on your
                    system.  If this  driver  is  not on 
                    your system, then windows  will load
                    it for you.

      MMSYSTEM.DLL  Multimedia  System  library, Windows 
                    does load this file onto your system
                    and it is not included on the JAMMIN
                    disk. However If this file is not on 
                    your  system  JAMMIN  will not  run.
                    Some people may remove certain files 
                    to regain disk space.
    
      CDPLAYER.EXE  Plays a  CD  in the  background. The 
                    cost of  updating the JAMMIN display
                    once every second can take it's toll
                    on  even  the  fastest  system.  For 
                    those times when you dont care about
                    status  information,  run  CDPLAYER.
                    Executing the  CDPLAYER  application 
                    starts the  CD Player  playing, this
                    is the  only feedback  you'll  hear,
                    and you won't see a window.
                                  -( HINT )-
                    Once you exit windows your CD Player
                    should  continue to run even if your
                    at the DOS prompt. A few Guidelines:
                    1) You must have  a CD in  the drive
                       before  you  double-click  on the 
                       CD Player icon.
                    2) Once playback has begun, the only 
                       way to stop  it is to  run JAMMIN
                       and click on the stop button.  Or
                       let it run it's course.

      SETUP   .EXE  Installs the JAMMIN program  on your 
                    system  and creates a Program Group.

      SETUPKIT.DLL  A file used by the setup program.

 WARNING: Setup needs  VBRUN200.DLL,  SETUPKIT.DLL,  and 
          SETUP.EXE  to  run.  If  you have  the  JAMMIN
          version  without  VBRUN200.DLL, you  can't run 
          SETUP or JAMMIN unless  you have  or obtain  a 
          copy of VBRUN200.DLL.

 NOTE: The fastest  way to  setup JAMMIN is to  copy all 
       files on the  distribution disk  into a temporary
       directory on  your hard  drive and run  the setup 
       program from there.  This procedure will  cut the
       setup time to less than 1/3 of setting  up from a
       floppy.  (If you have  the disk space, this works
       for larger applications such as Microsoft Excel.)
       Dont forget  to delete  the  temporary  directory 
       when setup is done.
 
 SUPER VGA Users: Problems have been reported  using the
       larger fonts on some  super VGA cards while using
       the super VGA mode. If your using JAMMIN in super
       VGA mode  and the  captions beneath  the  buttons
       dont line up, try a differant font and/or a lower 
       resolution.

 DONATIONS/REGISTRATION: If you would  like to donate to
 THE CAUSE of this product  please send a check or money
 order drawn  on a U.S.  bank and payable  in U.S. funds 
 to:

 Accelerated Light & Graphics         CompuServe
 A.J. Thompson                        User ID: 70402,412
 JAMMIN Ver 1.01
 P.O. Box 2015
 Colorado Springs,  CO 80901

 All suggestions and comments may also be sent to the 
 above address.
 
 Qwirks (other than the misspelling of quirks): The only
 quirk that I've  found  is that with a  CD in the drive
 while  the drive is  not playing, if  the NEXT or  PREV 
 track  buttons  are  clicked, on  some  discs  it  will 
 advance  to the  next track, on  other discs  (for some 
 reason)  it  will  not advance.  I don't  know what  is 
 causing  this, but I do  hope to have  it  fixed by the 
 version 2.00. Any  help on this matter would be greatly 
 appreciated.
 
 JAMMIN: CD ROM GHETTO BLASTER VERSION 2.00
 o  A filing system to catalog  your CD's and allow  the 
    CD Player to  display  the current  song  and  title 
    during playback.  
 o  Auto  recognition  -  I.E. When a CD is  inserted it 
    will  automatically pull  up the  Author/Title  song 
    list.
 o  Shuffle, Continuous, and Repeat Playback.
 o  Time remaining display.
 o  Total time for programmed playback.
 o  And lots more if I can squeeze it all in.

 There are also other products on the drawing board:
 o  An Image database management system.
 o  A windows Beeper utility.

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