Welcome to SmallCD Version 1.4 for OS/2 2.x and above. April 1995.

This is a program to play audio CD's using MMPM/2. It has been constructed
to take up the least amount of room on your hard disk, in memory and on
the display.

The only file required to run the program is SmallCD.exe OR SmallCDW.exe.
SmallCDW.exe has been compiled using the new compression method in Warp and
therefore will only run if you have Warp (OS/2 Version 3.0 or above)
installed. You can rename SmallCDW.exe to SmallCD.exe if you wish.
If you do not have Warp then use SmallCD.exe
MMPM/2 must be installed on the system first.
I have not suppiled an Icon with this program as there are many suitable
Icon's around that are much better than any I could do and this also gives
you the option of which Icon to use without wasting disk space with unwanted
icon's.


Installation.
To install the program just copy the SmallCD.exe (or SmallCDW.exe) file to
a directory of your choice and copy a program template from the template
folder on the desktop to the location you want SmallCD to be.


Setup.
There are 2 options that can be entered in the Parameters field of the
settings notebook (ie The command line). They are 'A' for the Auto Play
option and 'H' to hide the SmallCD window when playing starts.
If you want to enter both options then do not put a space between them.
(ie 'AH') If you wish to use different options all the time then create
different program objects with different options in the parameters field
for each setup you require.


Operation.
When the program is started it will appear in the bottom left hand corner
of the screen. This is so it does not get lost in among other things and
you allways know where to find it. There are only 5 things to press :-
-Top Left Hand side is the system menu that all windows have. Double click
  here to close down the program or press ALT-F4.
-Top Right Hand side is the Hide Button. Press this at any time to hide the
  window. Bring up the Task list ( CTRL-ESC or press both mouse
  buttons on the desktop) and select SmallCD to restore the window.
-Bottom Left Handside is the Pause checkbox. Press this to pause playing of
  the CD.
-Bottom Middle button is the Play/Stop button.(*) Press this when the CD is
  ready to play and it will start playing and press this when it is playing
  to stop.
-Bottom Right handside is the Skip button.(>) Press this button to stop
  playing the current song and move to the start of the next song.
If the Auto Play option is selected and there is a CD in the drive then
play will start when the program is started or when the disc is changed.


Limitations.
As this program was written to take up as little room as possible ( there
may be ways to reduce it even more) certain logic has been left out. If you
press the pause or the play/stop button when there is no disc in the drive
or it is not ready then nothing will happen. The program will not detect
that there is no disc ready for playing and no warning will be given. It
also does not have any animated graphic buttons or display's showing the
time left for the current track. Now some people will consider these to be
limitations but all I want is a CD player that will play CD's and not take up
to many system resources.


History.
Version 1.4 Added Skip button.  April 1995
Version 1.3 Added Warp Version.  March 1995
Version 1.2 Minor bug fix.   December 1994
Version 1.1 Added Auto play feature.  November 1994
Version 1.0 First release.  July 1994



SmallCD LICENSE

SmallCD is copyright (C) 1994-1995 by Lyndsay A Roger.

SmallCD is not public domain software. It is FREEWARE and is provided AS IS.
       I MAKE NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
       INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

       No one may modify SmallCD in any way, including but not
       limited to decompiling, disassembling or otherwise reverse
       engineering the program.

       All users are granted a limited license to copy SmallCD
       for the use of others subject to the above
       limitations, and also the following:

               SmallCD must be copied in unmodified form, complete
               with this file containing license information.

               No fee, charge or other compensation may be accepted or
               requested by any person.

               SmallCD may not be distributed in conjunction with any
               other product.

       Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) may post
       SmallCD for downloading by their users only as long as the
       above conditions are met.

       Distributors of public domain or user supported software may
       distribute copies of SmallCD subject to the above
       conditions.


All I ask of anybody using this program is to let me know what they think
of it. Good? Bad? etc. You can contact me at

Compuserve 100033,2653
Internet   lroger@ibm.net

or snail mail to
P.O. Box 260
Invercargill
New Zealand.


I hope you enjoy using this program.
Thanks
Lyndsay

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