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THIS IS A REPOSTING FROM BIX, Copyright (c) 1992 by General Videotex Corp. amiga.user/main #77, from talin, 3699 chars, Mon Dec 21 22:27:16 1992 There is/are comment(s) on this message. ————————– TITLE: Merry Christmas Amigans! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For over a year now, I've been working on an exciting project which, unfortunately, I could not tell you about. Last October, my company (The Dreamers Guild) was hired by Electronic Arts to update Deluxe Music Construction Set for the Amiga. After some review, it was decided that nothing less than a complete rewrite would suffice. (None of the existing Amiga code was used — instead, I used the current Mac version, written in Pascal, as a reference). The project is now in testing, and is expected to be released in March of next year. (BTW, the beta-testers have already been selected and approved by EA, so please don't send me mail asking if you can be a beta-tester). Here just a few of the features of the new version: o Complete new user interface design, in accordance with the Amiga User Interface Style Guide. All aspects of the user interface are now font-aware and resolution-aware. o Complete ARexx implementation. Not only can you control almost every facet of the program via ARexx, but you can also write scripts that scan through the score, adding notes and making changes. This allows you to create filtering scripts, or write algorithmic composition programs. Also, an ARexx console, similar to the one in TurboText, is provided, as well as the ability to assign ARexx scripts to the Amiga function keys. o Supports multiple display modes and public screens. (Should run fine on a Moniterm-type monitor, where you'll be able to see a full page of music at once!). o Runs under both 2.0 and 1.3 (1.3 compatibility provided by [>> Continued in next msg]