ChatTune - Version 1.03
Copyright 1994 by Mark McKay
All Rights Reserved
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This is a licence agreement between you, the end user, and Mark McKay.
ChatTune including any documentation, etc are the property of Mark McKay.
Please read the terms and conditions of this licence agreement carefully
before using the software. If you for any reason, whatsoever, cannot accept
the conditions in this agreement, you are not permitted to use ChatTune.
You acknowledge and agree that ChatTune is a proprietary product of Mark McKay
protected by applicable copyright laws and international treaty provisions. You
further acknowledge and agree that all rights, title, and interest in, and to
ChatTune are and shall remain with Mark McKay.
In the event that you are in violation of this licence agreement, you agree and
accept that Mark McKay may cancel any rights to use ChatTune that you may
have. In the case of a dispute over the licence agreement, you further agree
and accept to fully reimburse Mark McKay for legal and other expenses
resulting from the dispute.
ChatTune is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, or fitness for a
particular purpose, either expressed or implied, all of are hereby explicitly
disclaimed. Mark McKay only guarantees that ChatTune will occupy disk space.
Mark McKay's liability resulting from your use or inability to use ChatTune is
limited to the amount that the affected party has paid for it, or in the event
that ChatTune was registered with a third party for payment to Mark McKay,
liability is limited to the amount that was received by Mark McKay from that
third party.
Neither Mark McKay nor any employees, agents, or other representatives are in
any way obligated to provide future versions of, or support for, ChatTune.
You may freely distribute and copy ChatTune provided that no fee is charged
and the ChatTune distribution archive contains unmodified copies of the
original files as produced by Mark McKay. Pay Bulletin Board Systems may,
however, charge their normal fee provided that no additional charge for
ChatTune is levied. No part of ChatTune may be modified, altered,
reverse engineered, sold, or distributed in any form whatsoever which
would involve some sort of trade without prior written permission from
Mark McKay.
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│░░░░░░ SETUP ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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Unarchive the contents of CHATTUNE into a directory of it's own.
The CHATUNE Archive should contain the following files:
CHATTUNE.EXE - Chat tune player/composer for T.A.G. BBS v2.7b
QUIET .EXE - Small program to turn off your PC speaker should
one of the chat tunes go nuts on you.
TAGKBD .EXE - Small unsophisticated keyboard piano that you can use
to practice making your own tunes.
AXEL_F .TCS - Portion of the Theme from Beverly Hills Cop
BOXER .TCS - Portion of Simon & Garfunkle tune from "The Graduate"
CLOSEENC.TCS - Tune to call aliens from "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind"
COPS .TCS - Portion of theme song from the TV show "C.O.P.S."
DUSTWIND.TCS - Portion of Kansas tune "Dust in the Wind"
ENTRTAIN.TCS - Portion of "The Entertainer" from the movie "The Sting"
GHOSTB .TCS - Portion of theme from the movie "Ghostbusters"
KL_NACHT.TCS - Portion of "Eine Kleine NachtMusik" (A little night music)
by Mozart
LARRY .TCS - Portion of the theme from the game "Leisure Suit Larry"
LEANONME.TCS - Portion of the song "Lean on me"
MARRIED .TCS - Portion of the Sinatra tune "Love and Marriage"
MASH .TCS - Portion of the M*A*S*H movie/TV show theme
MONTY_P .TCS - Portion of the Monty Python Theme
MUPPETS .TCS - Portion of "The Muppets Show" theme
PHONE .TCS - supposed to sound like a phone (not mine <g>)
POPCORN .TCS - portion of 70's instrumental song
SCOOBIE .TCS - Portion of "Scoobey Doo" cartoon theme
SIMPSONS.TCS - Portion of "The Simpsons" (not OJ and Nicole) theme
SMURF .TCS - Portion of the little blue guys theme.
STARTREK.TCS - Portion of "Star Trek" (original) TV show theme
SWEETC .TCS - Guns and Roses "Sweet Child O Mine" (default PAGE.RA for
RemoteAccess BBS)
TINKLE .TCS - goofy little high pitched sound (sounds more like a phone than
PHONE.TCS)
TINYTOON.TCS - Portions of "Tiny Toons" theme
TIPTOE .TCS - Portion of Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the Tulips"
TOCCATA .TCS - portion of J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"
CHATTUNE.DOC - Gibberish file trying to expain how to use this program
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│░░░░░░ WHAT IT DOES ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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CHATTUNE let's you do the following:
1. (D) Play your default Chat tune
2. (P) Pick and play *.TCS files from the directory ChatTune is in.
NOTE: T.A.G. and ChatTune use RemoteAccess style PAGE files. Maximus
uses a similar style but their files require a little editing.
To make .TCS (T.A.G. Chat Song) files simply rename the music files you
have to have extensions of .TCS.
3. (E) Edit/Compose a T.A.G. Chat song or sound.
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Options 1 and 2 above should be self explanatory so I won't treat you like
mindless trolls and go into great detail on what they do.
1. (D) - If CHAT.DAT is in the directory it's played, if not the program goes
back to the menu. To abort playing a chat tune press the spacebar.
2. (P) - A directory comes up listing the available .TCS files. (your rodent
works here to move around the directory list. Press the left mouse
button (right mouse button if your mouse is setup left-handed) or
the enter key to play the highlighted Chat tune. Press the escape
key to return to the menu. Again to abort playing a song hit the
space bar.
3. (E) - A prompt comes up asking for the filename of the Chat tune to
Edit. You have 2 options here
1. Hit Enter or Escape on the blank prompt to bring up the
directory of .TCS files similar to the (P) option.
Select the file you want to edit the same way as in #2.
2. Type in a filename to edit and press Enter. (the .TCS
isn't needed.. it's added automatically) If the file
exists, it's loaded into the editor. If the file does
not exist a new file is created.
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│░░░░░░ USING THE COMPOSER/EDITOR ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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Editor Commands:
Left Arrow - Go left one character
Right Arrow - Go right one character
Up Arrow - Go up one line
Down Arrow - Go down one line
Home - Go to beginning of current line
End - Go to end of curent line
PgUp - Go Up one page
PgDn - Go Down one page
Ins - Toggle Insert Mode
Del - Delete character at cursor
Alt P - Play the loaded file
Alt R - Redraw screen
Alt S - Save loaded file and stay in editor
Alt J - Join Lines
Ctrl Y - Delete current line
Alt X - Exit without saving
Esc - Exit editor with options to save file as
loaded filename and CHAT.DAT.
Notes:
1. TONE [Hz] [1/100 sec] - used for "notes" in music
The TONE verb when played by T.A.G. or ChatTune will play the
sound through your PC speaker at the specified frequency in hertz
for the period specified.
100 100th's is one second,
Example
TONE 301 50 - This would sound your speaker at a frequency of 301Hz
(a mid range "D" note) for 1/2 a second.
2. WAIT [1/100 sec] - used for "rests" in music
The WAIT verb turns off the speaker for the specified period of time.
3. Blank lines and lines starting with a semi-colon are ignored by T.A.G..
ChatTune ignores any line that doesn't start with TONE or WAIT (case
insensitive)
4. ChatTune allows for entry of up to 750, 40 column lines. You shouldn't
need anywhere near that many. Remember you are making short ChatCalls,
not writing symphonies!
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(My mother the music major will hate me for this, I make no claims to
being any kind of musician)
Musical notes: (the following examples will be for middle C on a piano
keyboard)
1. Whole Note (looks like an empty circle on sheet music)
TONE 268 400 (the note is played for 4 beats)
one beat is ~1 second in 4/4 time
2. Half Note (looks like an empty circle with a tail)
TONE 268 200 (the note is played for 2 beats)
3. Quarter Note (filled circle with a tail)
TONE 268 100 (the note plays for 1 beat)
4. Eighth Note (filled circle with a tail with 1 flag on it)
TONE 268 50 (the note plays for 1/2 a beat)
5. Sixteenth Note (filled circle with a tail with 2 flags on it)
TONE 268 25 (the note plays for 1/4 a beat)
6. 32nd Note (filled circle with a tail with 3 flags on it)
TONE 268 12 (the note plays for 1/8 a beat)
The notes above with a dot after them means to play the note for
the time of the note plus one half of the time, for example:
Dotted Eighth note would be TONE 268 75
Dotted Half Note would be TONE 268 300
Review, the following would be values for note Middle C in 4/4 time:
1. Dotted Whole Note TONE 268 600
2. Whole Note TONE 268 400
3. Dotted Half Note TONE 268 300
4. Half Note TONE 268 200
5. Dotted Quarter Note TONE 268 150
6. Quarter Note TONE 268 100
7. Dotted Eighth Note TONE 268 75
8. Eighth Note TONE 268 50
9. Dotted Sixteenth Note TONE 268 38
10. Sixteenth Note TONE 268 25
11. Dotted Sixteenth Note TONE 268 18
12. Sixteenth Note TONE 268 12
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For a copy of the complete source code to ChatTune and a personalized hand
scribbled thank you postcard, send a certified bank check for $35,000,000.15
US with a self-addressed stamped enveloped to:
Mark McKay
P.O. Box 68063
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
(Note the thank you postcard will not be sent until the check clears the bank.)
To just use the program without the source code however you see fit,
just use it. It's free for use to all. If you like it and would like to
send me a small non-tax deductable contribution, feel free to do so at the
above address.