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From: jansteen@cwi.nl (Jan van der Steen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 'only_ste.lzh'
Message-ID: <jansteen.675614762@piring.cwi.nl>
Date: 30 May 91 14:46:02 GMT
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jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura) writes:

>     I don't know what's going on here.  After receiving the 26
>uuencoded parts I tested the 'only_ste.lzh' file with 'fstlzh20'
>and it passed.  So I unpacked the files and it turns out to be
>'msa.prg' and 'only_ste.msa'.  Ok.  So I ran the 'msa' program
>and in theory I unpacked the disk.  It turns out that on that
>"huge" disk there were only a few files, none of which was all
>that big.  Is this some kind of joke?  I think I could repackage
>all the relevant files in a single LZH file of about 40K.

Since it's a pity if anyone with an STe would miss this
beautiful demo I'll explain in some more detail how to unpack it:

	1. Transfer only_ste.lzh to your system
	2. Unpack the archive using lharc

This will give you two files:

	a. only_ste.msa
	b. msa.prg

There is no documentation included for the msa.prg.

Now execute msa.prg and press the disk-->file button. It will
change to file-->disk. Insert an empty floppy in your disk drive
and press the F:\FILENAME.MSA button to select the only_ste.msa
file which you have unpacked previously.

Finally press the DOIT button and the msa file will be unpacked
to a full floppy disk image.

As Jim Omura mentioned a listing of the files on A:\ will only show
an auto folder and three or four other files.

At this stage do a soft reset (!).

After the intro screen has been build up hit space and while
a message and credits story will flow over your screen you can
select one out of two modes using arrow up or down.

The top mode (sorry, I forgot the exact name) is the music demo.
The bottom mode is a music sample editor (called Esion).

If you select the editor you'll return to the desktop and you can
execute the program esion.prg on A:\.


	Jan van der Steen


PS. Amazing sounds and user interface. Beautiful!
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