
 JAMMIN ver 1.00
 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 apperciated. 

 This  document  will  serve 3  functions,  a readme.txt 
 file,  a   Help  file,  as  well  as  the  manual.  The 
 following  5  files should be included:

 1. JAMMIN1 .EXE  This is the executable program.
 2. README  .TXT  This file.
 3. VBRUN200.DLL  Visual Basic RUNtime Library.
 4. MCI     .VBX  Multimedia Control Interface.
 5. THREED  .VBX  3D Interface.

 NOTE: JAMMIN originally had lots more features than is
 seen here. Ver 1.00 was  scaled back, simply to get it 
 out the door.  Version 2 will be the full release with
 all the feature-rich stuff that makes you droooool. So
 enjoy this preview and please register.

 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.
  
 I wrote this program 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.     That's   why   the 
    registration fee is only five dollars. 

 Shareware:
 I'm asking  for a small  registration fee  to encourage 
 users to do just that, 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 playing. 
 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  it's been 
    playing the  current track.  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 it's black and off when it's 
    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:
 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: Simply 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.

 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 1.00
 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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