
			  TopEND ConFiG 669 Trekker
			  Version 1.02 - 23/10/1993

		    By TopEND ConFiG PTY SOFTWARE HOUSE!

Designed and Coded by Jason Nunn [BBBUS Computing/NTU] (aka JsNO BAR----NUNN)

				=Contacts=

		      Snail:  32 Rothdale Road,
			      Moil, DARWIN, NT,
			      0810,
			      AUSTRALIA.
			TEL: (089) 278088 (Strictly business hours only!!!)

	     InterNET Email:  You can connect Mark Keogh
			      (markk@pandanus.cs.ntu.edu.au)
			      or Shane Caple
			      (sdc@pandanus.cs.ntu.edu.au)
			      They will past any messages on to me.

		 If your are in the Darwin area, you may like to leave
		 a message for me on the Mark's Amiga Retreat BBS
		 (089) 451516
		 or John Ross's "SENTINEL" BBS TEL: (089) 452708



1.                                 Synopsis



Most of what I want to say is in the on-line help section of the program.
This TXT file contains basic instructions to get into the TC669 program.



2.                   INSTALLATION AND USAGE



Ok, first off, if you haven't installed your Gravis Software correctly,
please do it now. The reason why you must properly install it is that the
Ultrasound installation program puts an environment variable in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. TC669 needs this in order to determine your PORT and
IRQ settings for your card.


(NOTE: To users of past versions, the 'TC669=' environment variable has been
 abolished. So you can delete that setting from your AUTOEXEC.BAT file now)

You *may* like to set your path environment (Note: it is not mandatory). Add
the following entry to the end of your "PATH=" entry in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

;<the path of your TC669 player>

(For example, if your path looked like:
PATH=C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS\C:\ULTRASND

then you would add this:
PATH=C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS\C:\ULTRASND;C:\TC669

Once done, save the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and restart your computer.

The, type in "TC669" at the DOS prompt and press ENTER. The title screen
should appear. Once you have looked at it enough, press any key to make it
disappear. You should then see the actual tracking screen. Up the top of the
screen you will see 6 menu items. Move the LEFT or RIGHT arrow keys until the
"FILE" menu item is lightlighted (note it is highlighted by default), then
press enter. A file directory should then appear. This will allow you to look
around your file system to find and load *.669 files (669 files have "669"
extensions). Directories are highlighted a different colour from 669 files,
to go into a directory, move the hightlight bar over a directory (using the
UP and DOWN arrow keys) and then press ENTER.
Once you have reached a directory containing 669 files. Move the highlight bar
over a desired 669 file and press ENTER. The selected 669 file will then play.

The INFO menu item will display 16 help screens that contain information about
the tracker. Please read it as it also describes the legal status of this 
progam.

You can change the BMP picture that is loaded for the scope, by loaded TC669
in another directory that has a different BMP file in it. TC669 looks in the
directory that it is in and uses the first BMP file it finds. Note that the
BMP loading algorithm that I made is only intelligent enough to load a 320x200 
256 colour BMP file. If it finds any other type of BMP then it will not 
display it.



				  WHAT'S NEW




=WHAT'S NEW=


- TC669 V1.00 and 66D V1.0|V1.0     - Thursday 18/08/93

    o First released TC669 & 66D on InterNET.


- TC669 V1.01 and 66D V1.0|V1.0     - Monday 22/08/93

    o Released it around Darwin (might release this version on InterNET)
    o A small intra-sequence bug was found. "WORLD.669" now plays without
      pausing intra-sequence...EG the 3535...53535"4"353...535"4"3535 effect.
    o Bug in finding "no of sequences" has been fixed. "FINAL.669" now plays
      without going RS at the end of the song.
    o Fixed minor problems regarding the jam bars.


- TC669 V1.02                        - Saturday 23/10/1993

    o I got one response back from somebody in Darwin, hence TC669 is no
      longer a beta version.
    o 66D is now software in it's own right and will no longer be distributed
      with TC669.
    o More compact and optimised code.
    o Ditched the EGA 640x350 title screen.
    o Ditched the TC669 environment variable.
    o Runs off the GUS IRQ.
    o Totally Ultraclick free.
    o bugs fixes.
    o Modified tracker screen (and bug fixes).
    o Scope has been implemented.
    o "SINFO" has now been implemented.
    o TC669 is now fully compliant.
    o 16 screens of on-line documentation.


=WHAT's NEXT?=



- TC669 V2.00

I know you're probably sick I me saying this, but the next version WILL
have SoundBlaster support. I've half made the algorithm's now.


				 ooo0ooo
