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Pfiuuuh.. Since Windows XP was released i've heard about those probleme to not been able to start Impulse Tracker. That's why i kept my small windows 98 since few month ago... But this september i had to turn to XP with my new computer and said bye bye to IT (always running under another win98 partition but not so easy). Well i've learned Buzz !!! and had release some stuff with it (thank Crazy Man for your help).. I'm also hardly waitin Frost Tracker from K93 (till on developping)... but Anyway i've just succed to let correctly run my IT on an Windows XP configuration !!! youhooou. so here is the guide :

Those tips are compilated from a guide found through Orange Juice and written by Crest : http://crest.untergrund.net/config.html. I also need to mention that i've used a P4 3.0ghz and a Sound Blaster Audigy USB. But i'm sure that other sound card will work too!

1. The first problem is letting Impulse Tracker detect some kind of Sound Blaster (2, pro or 16) on your computer. If u use a real Sound Blaster Life, that should be detected,.. also some AC97 could work... But somes don't be recognised.. and then it should also be sure that sounds is correct and don't stop or freeze till few seconds. I've tryed VDMSound few year agos, but size of window don't let me test correcty IT. This morning i've try the GUS emul (Gravis Ultra Sound).. IT worked with it, but it sounds was too much delayed... Anyway for just playing a it file with impulse tracker, that's enough!... Then i've tryed the VDMsound 2... and use another tips to could open the window in full size : As the application was launched, go back to windows and right click on it through taskbar, choose property and full window (plein écran in french). Youhooo that's work.

Gusemul : http://listen.to/gusemu/
VDMSound 2 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/

2. Second problem is memory setting... cause Impulse tracker really need the best optimisation of EMS and dos memory.. then once again thanks to Crest for those information, he has released a good optimisation of memory for the dos command of Windows XP. You should edit the config.nt file (remember your config.sys under dos) and add those information :
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rem loads dos into the high memory area if possible.
dos=high, umb
devicehigh=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys

rem instructs EMM to reserve upper memory for 'loadhigh' and
rem 'devicehigh' commands.
EMM = RAM

files=20
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Then you'll be able to load samples and track in memory with your impulse tracker... (youhooo)

Finally, i was so happy to let see and hear my impulse tracking running on my flat screen and Audigy sound card!!! a new year will come and i will be still tuned with my IT technology ;p

Well, what about download section.. First i've made a big mistake with mysql code (that's why this stupid name on MSN : UPDATE xoops_mydownloads_downloads SET date = unix_timestamp( '2000-05-17' ) WHERE cid = 15 AND lid = 1).. I had to correct the 300 downloads. Now about Cyborg JEff's download i'm close to finish 2003 downloads... and begin the unreleased 2004 year... As soon as this part will finish.. i'll officially launch the website!

May be 13 october is a bad day :(? after Ocremix, it's now a decision from Administrator of Nectarine Radioto not add the latest Cyborg Jeff's tune recently uploaded... For now Nectarine, streams 200 CJ's track out of the other demoscene track.. but no more news. I'm on negociation with Yes (the webmaster) to maybe clean not so good track and add new one.. wait and see...

I've began to add our PPP Team Software games on All Download sections. For now u could allready discover : Xeen Commander, Twinnbee land and Taquin. come later, there will be lot of other one !!

Xeen Commander is some kind of clone version of Keen Commander and Twinnbee a clone version of Twinbee, both are realised with Game Maker and run under dos. Taquin is a really small game realised on Director.

Hey, well a great great thanks to DSP from Style! that have accepted to host the Cyborg Jeff website on his Buffalometro.net server... Now the website could grow correctly without free.fr difficulties... soon i'll add some "sponsor" to thanks him correctly

This is just for now an info.. but i'm working on a project of Chipmusic disk.. During long year i've thought about this with my brother Pype... starring Bilou.. but we never began it. Now i've proposed this project to K93 (Steve Kossouho) who allready released cover of the album Let The Sun Shine... So we could expect a great colourfull musicdisk.. but u also should know that He's working on "Forst Tracker".. i hope the closer Impulse Tracker on windows.. that's why lot of programmation code was allready ready for this musicdisk...

so wait few weeks... it will called : E-Mail@Elise.com ;p

I've just added 6 new games on the website. You will (re?)discover the 3 episode of Badman, one of the famous hero of PPP Team Software. There also the small games Biokid and 4 to save toonland. All five realised on Game Maker 3. And finally the winning game at Inscene 99 : Brix. This last game was coded in assembler and using a homemade S3M player. Take care that all those game are running in real dos mode!!

That's sad, but it seems that the excellent Game Remix Place OCRemix.org decide to deleted lot of my personnal remixes (FZero, Furry of the furries and maybe Lotus Challenge).They don't suit now to what the called ReMix.. That's once something that hurts, that's not the first time, ... Anyway it will may be the opportuny to reworked on those remix..??

Hey, i've just finished to added all the 2000 webtracks in the database.. First for this long time.. and stay tuned about forcoming year!!

Well just to inform visitor that now all tracks from 95 to 99 have to be added on the database... (just and only the same track that what you could found on the old website...) sorry for this so long delay...