                    P L E A S E    R E A D    T H I S !
                    -----------------------------------


1. Opening Words
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                           TO MAKE IT CLEAR :

            The name has nothing to do with the drug Ecstasy!

          We are clean (we even never used it), so please follow us!



2. Introduction
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This version was released in a real hurry, but I hope that you won't find
any more bugs so far.
This version is completely rewritten with Watcom C++ and is smaller, faster,
more stable and just nicer. (Why not PASCAL ? DPMI sux !)
All major module bugs which existed in version 0.60 should be fixed as well.
(i.e. especially those while playing XMs.)

Anyway this is a pre-release and it was only done for MEKKA'96.
So be careful, report any encountered bug and wait for the final version !

3. Important Updates
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- A lot :)

- XM routine rewritten... hehe...

- Librarys are ready... WATCOM C++ precompiled for use in any program/demo...


4. Known bugs
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- We are using PModeW, but through a bug in PMWLite, the EXE-file can NOT be
  compressed. We hope this bug will be fixed ... smaller player !

- The player sometimes kills the path-variable (report it !)

- Error Handler is missing (esp. when changing to CD-ROM)

Further Bugs:
    No further bugs known yet.
    (A lot of them have been successfully removed by now)

    If  you find some  (or more),  please send  your reports to one of the
    addresses below via Net or Crashmail, possible modules via fileattach.

                    THANX A LOT FOR YOUR SUPPORT!


5. Distribution-Sites
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This part has been taken out of this document, because it got too long,
so please take a look into the file named SITES.XTC.

If  you have an InterNet account you can always get the latest version at:

                           << ftp.cdrom.com >>

6. Credits
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Greetings and thanx are flying to our BETA testers:

             o   Vampy
             o   daniel
             o   Metal
             o   Crest


Special thanx go to:

             o   Blacknight and Metal who did the nice artwork

             o   Hmmm....

             +   All other guys who supported us by sending along
                 bug-reports or modules and I did forget, sorry :-I



7. Final Words
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Disclaimer:

We're not responsible for any possible damage to  your soft- and hardware.
The  only  thing  we guarantee is that  XTC-Play  will take some of your
disk-space, nothing more - nothing less.


XTC-Play is distributed as  moduleware, this means if you think this little
piece of art is useful and if you're connected to the  FIDO-NET, send some
of your  best  modules to Mautschi's Castle (2:2454/524 / +49-2632-46152).
Either via fileattach or simply upload them :-)


                        That's all for now, folks!

                            And don't forget:

                   <--- Drugs are only for losers! --->
         ----> There are better ways to have A LOT OF phun ! <----
