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ASAP - Another Slight Atari Player
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==================================
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// This file is in AsciiDoc format. It is converted to README.html.
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:Compact-Option:
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ifdef::asapwww[]
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/asap/files/asap/[Download] |
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http://asap.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=asap/asap;a=summary[Browse source code (Git)] |
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http://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=git&group_id=154391[Get latest source code (Git)] |
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/asap/[SourceForge project page]
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endif::asapwww[]
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ASAP is a player of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family[8-bit Atari]
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music for modern computers.
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It emulates the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POKEY[POKEY sound chip]
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and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6502[6502 processor].
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The project was initially based on the routines from the
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http://atari800.sourceforge.net/[Atari800 emulator],
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but the current version has a completely new original emulation core.
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ASAP includes the following programs:
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- asapconv - portable command-line converter {asapwin=}
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- WASAP - tiny player for Windows {asapwin=}
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- plugin for http://koti.welho.com/hylinen/apollo/[Apollo] {asapwin=}
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- plugin for http://foobar2000.org/[foobar2000] {asapwin=}
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- plugin for http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/[GSPlayer] {asapwin=}{asapwince=}
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- plugin for http://moc.daper.net/[MOC]
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- plugin for http://www.winamp.com/[Winamp] {asapwin=}
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- plugin for http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/[Windows Media Player] {asapwin=}
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- plugin for http://xbmc.org/[XBMC] {asapwin=}
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- plugin for http://xmms.org/[XMMS]
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- plugin for http://www.un4seen.com/[XMPlay] {asapwin=}
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- POKEY sound emulation DLL for http://raster.infos.cz/atari/rmt/rmt.htm[Raster Music Tracker] {asapwin=}
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- Java version of ASAP2WAV - command-line converter to WAV files {asapjava=}
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- Java applet - for web pages {asapjava=}{asapwww?(see link:applet.html[online demo])}
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- Java midlet - for mobile devices {asapjava=}
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- C# version of ASAP2WAV
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- experimental JScript version of ASAP2WAV running in Windows Script Host {asapjavascript=}
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- experimental JavaScript version of ASAP2WAV running in Firefox {asapjavascript=}
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- Flash player - for web pages {asapflash=}{asapwww?(see link:flash.html[online demo])}
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{asapports}The summary of the differences between the above versions is in link:PORTS.xml[this table].
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There are other projects which use ASAP:
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- http://mmsap.sourceforge.net/[mmSAP 2] - standalone player for GNU/Linux with GTK+ user interface
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- http://www.rockbox.org/[Rockbox] - open source firmware for MP3 players
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Input file formats
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------------------
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ASAP supports the following file formats (determined by the filename extension):
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SAP (Slight Atari Player)::
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The format designed for playing 8-bit Atari music on modern computers.
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All other formats can be converted to SAP.
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http://asma.atari.org/[Atari SAP Music Archive (ASMA)]
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is a single big collection of SAP files.
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CMC (Chaos Music Composer)::
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Atari music editor from early 1990s.
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CM3 (CMC "3/4")::
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CMC with modified pattern length.
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CMR (CMC "Rzog")::
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CMC with modified bass sounds.
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CMS (Stereo Double CMC)::
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Stereo CMC.
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DMC (DoublePlay CMC)::
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CMC with 6502 routine executed at double rate of the original CMC.
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DLT (Delta Music Composer)::
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Atari music editor from 1990s.
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MPT (Music ProTracker)::
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Atari music editor from 1990s.
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MPD (MPT DoublePlay)::
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MPT with 6502 routine executed at double rate of the original MPT.
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RMT (http://raster.infos.cz/atari/rmt/rmt.htm[Raster Music Tracker])::
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Modern Atari music editor running on Windows.
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TMC, TM8 (http://jaskier.atari8.info/[Theta Music Composer] 1.x)::
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Atari music editor from late 1990s.
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The two file extensions are treated identically and played in stereo.
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TM8 means it's stereo (8-channel) music while TMC can be either mono or stereo.
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TM2 (http://jaskier.atari8.info/[Theta Music Composer] 2.x)::
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Modern Atari music editor.
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ifdef::asapsrc[]
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include::INSTALL[]
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endif::asapsrc[]
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ifdef::asapflash[]
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include::flash/USAGE[]
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endif::asapflash[]
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ifdef::asapjava[]
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include::java/USAGE[]
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endif::asapjava[]
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ifdef::asapjavascript[]
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include::javascript/USAGE[]
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endif::asapjavascript[]
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ifdef::asapwin[]
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include::win32/USAGE[]
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endif::asapwin[]
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ifdef::asapwince[]
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include::gsplayer/USAGE[]
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endif::asapwince[]
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include::NEWS[]
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include::CREDITS[]
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Feedback
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--------
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If you are interested in the ASAP project, please subscribe its
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https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/asap-users[mailing list].
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This list is for users and developers.
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Once you subscribe, you can post comments, ideas and questions about ASAP.
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They will be answered ASAP. ;-)
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Use http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=154391[tracker]
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to submit bug reports, feature requests and small code patches.
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ifdef::asapwww[]
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image::http://sflogo.sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=154391&type=13["Get ASAP - Another Slight Atari Player at SourceForge.net. Fast, secure and Free Open Source software downloads",width=120,height=30,link="http://sourceforge.net/projects/asap/"]
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endif::asapwww[]
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