P L E A S E    R E A D    T H I S !
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1. Opening Words
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                           TO MAKE IT CLEAR :

            The name has nothing to do with the drug Ecstasy!

          We are clean (we even never used it), so please follow us!



2. Introduction
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This version was released in a real hurry, but I hope that you won't find
any more bugs so far.
This version is completely rewritten with Watcom C++ and is smaller, faster,
more stable and just nicer. (Why not PASCAL ? DPMI sux !)
All major module bugs which existed in version 0.60 should be fixed as well.
(i.e. especially those while playing XMs.)

Report any encountered bug and wait for the final version !

I will look at ALL bugs you send me... and I will fix them (to 99%).
                            (2:2454/524.69)


3. Important Updates
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- INTERWAVE support up to 16MB (tested up to 8.5MB)

- Echo and reverb supported

- New screens (Water, Tunnel)

- XM routine rewritten... ENVELOPE.XM fixed, finally...

- Librarys are ready... WATCOM C++ precompiled for use in any program/demo...


4. Known bugs
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Matrox Millenium VESA error, if you have it, send me a message and describe
what happens. (long startup time when FIRST starting it is ok, this is a due
a bug in the vesa kernel of the Millenium).


5. Distribution-Sites
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This part has been taken out of this document, because it got too long,
so please take a look into the file named SITES.XTC.

If  you have an InterNet account you can always get the latest version at:

                           << ftp.cdrom.com >>

6. Credits
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Real Credits:

- coding : Kilroy

- minor proposals, beta testing and fixes : Bee-Man

- Ansi-design : Blacknight, Metal & Matrix


Greetings and thanx are flying to our BETA testers:

             o Vamp
             o Tammo Hinrichs
             o Maz
             o Sanders van Leuwen


Special thanx go to:

             o   Daredevil for his good support on Pmode and other
                 coding questions

             o   Tony Romero (AMD) for giving the interwave manual

             o   Sipiyou for supporting us with lots of inventions,
                 bugreports and sources on the interwave support.

             +   All other guys who supported us by sending along
                 bug-reports or modules and I did forget, sorry :-I



7. Final Words
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Disclaimer:

We're not responsible for any possible damage to  your soft- and hardware.
The  only  thing  we guarantee is that  XTC-Play  will take some of your
disk-space, nothing more - nothing less.

XTC-Play is distributed as  moduleware, this means if you think this little
piece of art is useful and if you're connected to the  FIDO-NET, send some
of your  best  modules to Mautschi's Castle (2:2454/524 / +49-2632-949119).
Either via fileattach or simply upload them :-)


                        That's all for now, folks!

                            And don't forget:

                   <--- Drugs are only for losers! --->

         ----> There are better ways to have A LOT OF phun ! <----