
                           Modread v1.0 infofile
                   Copyright (c) 1997 Haavard Kvaalen (Lface)

   0. LEGAL

Modread is copyrighted software. You are free to use it as you like.
Modread is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Not under any
circumstance can the copyrightholder be held liable for any damage
caused by the program.


   1. INFO

Modread is a utility to view info about modules. The program has been
designed to be used as a viewer in Norton Commander, but it can be used just
as well as a stand-alone program. I have tried to get the look and feel as
close to Norton Commander as possible. 

Modread was at first created only for my personal use. But lately I have done
some work on it, and has started to look reasonably nice. So I figured I
could just as well release it. 
I'm not sure if anyone finds this program useful though. If you do, 
send me an email!


   2. FILE FORMATS

Moduleformats that are supported by Modread:

Protracker, 15-samples Soundtracker etc.                        .mod
Fasttracker 1  2-32 channel modules: Taketracker, FT2, etc.     .mod
Fasttracker 2  Both version 0x0103 and 0x0104 are supported now .xm
Scream Tracker 2                                                .stm
Scream Tracker 3                                                .s3m
Composer 669, Composd1, Unis 669                                .669
Multitracker                                                    .mtm
SBStudio 2                                                      .pac
Digitrakker                                                     .dmf
MED/OctaMED                                                     .med
Extreme Tracker (AMSbeta)                                       .ams
Velvet Studio                                                   .ams
Impulse Tracker                                                 .it
Farandole Composer                                              .far
Ultra Tracker                                                   .ult
Disorder Tracker 2                                              .plm
Oktalyzer (Amiga)                                               .okt
Poly Tracker                                                    .ptm
X-Tracker                                                       .dmf
MikMod   (Version 2 and 5 tested, others may work)              .uni

And some other old formats, that you probably don't even want to know about!

If there is a format that you would like to get supported, then send me
the specifications! I'll see what I can do.


   3. NORTON COMMANDER
   
Modread has only been tested with NC v5, but it should work with older
versions too. 
I have not included a install-program.
Just copy modread to your NC directory and edit nc.cfg. Insert a section that 
look something like this:

# Modread
~modread.exe
$*.mod
$*.669
$*.s3m
$*.xm
$*.it

You can continue to include all the extensions you want. But NC can't
take more than 30 extensions total. If you use more than that, the extensions 
at the end of the file will stop working.


   4. CONTACT INFO

If you have any problems or you just want to get in touch, here is where to
reach me:

E-mail: havardk@sn.no

Snail mail:
       Haavard Kvaalen
       Ekle
       N-7650 Verdal
       Norway
