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1*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierThis is a CD player for use under Acme.
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3*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierIt is derived from my earlier cdplay, which
4*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierwas in turn derived from a 2nd edition player
5*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombiercalled vcd.  I think hardly any of the code from
6*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombiervcd is left anymore, but it's what got me started.
7*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierVcd was originally by David Hogan with additions
8*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierby Alberto Nava.  David Hogan claims the only
9*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombiercode left is the definition of struct Msf.
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11*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierRun it by executing "acd /dev/sdD0", where
12*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier/dev/sdD0 is your CD reader.
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14*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierA window with a track list will appear, with
15*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombiertracks named Track 1, Track 2, etc.
16*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierIf it can be found in the freedb.org CD database,
17*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierreal track names will replace the boring
18*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierones before long.
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20*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierTo start playing a track, right click the number.
21*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierA "> " marks the currently playing track.
22*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierWhen that track finishes, acd plays the track
23*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombieron the next line.  This means you can edit
24*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierthe window as thought it were a play list.
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26*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierIf the next line is "repeat", acd will start again
27*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierat the first song listed in the window.
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29*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierCD changes are handled gracefully.
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31*9a747e4fSDavid du ColombierRuss Cox
32*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombier9 August 2000
33*9a747e4fSDavid du Colombierrsc@plan9.bell-labs.com
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