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 QuickBasic VGBA Frontend V 0.62                                     Freeware
 http://www.pdroms.com                                     (C) 2001 by Kojote
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 *** ATTENTION! QB VGBA Frontend V 0.62 is probably the 'FINAL' Version ***
  
QBVGBAFE is a DOS-Frontend for VGBA, which will run under DOS or in the DOS
Box of W95 and W98! I even heard People were able to run this Program with
Windows 2000 and Windows ME! If it doesn't run for you, you got bad luck...

Modifications of any kind are strictly forbidden! This is copyrighted Card-
ware, you are allowed to use it for free, but do not change anything!

How to use!
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You should use VGBA Version 0.6 with this Frontend! Earlier Version do not
support some Functions, therefor it's needed to use V 0.6 or up! I do not give
you a warranty that earlier Versions will work with this Frontend, or even
that the Frontend itself works! (Remember, you run QB-VGBA-Frontend on your
own Risk!!!)

Unpack the '.zip' into the VGBA directory! Please be sure that the Roms have
to be in the same directory than the Emulator itself! If there are no Roms in
the same directory than the frontend & the emulator, the 'choose List' will
not appear!

If you have a look on this Frontend you'll notice 'how to use' it very fast ;)
It has a very simple 'Interface' which is Keyboard-Driven! For the File
Selection use Cursor up/down and Page up/down!

Since Version 0.6 there is Multilanguage-Support! Actually following languages
are supported:

* English (Default)
* German (Translation by Kojote ;)
* Spanish (Translation by Debugger)
* Netherlands (Translation by Dark Fader)
* Italian (Translation by Zydio)
* Swedish (Translation by SimonB)
* Polish (Translation by K!DMAN)
* French (Translation by Amina)

A very big 'THANK YOU' goes out to the people which did the translations!
Additional 'THANK YOU' goes out to Dox and Azazello!

Never forget:
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* I'm happy about every serious Feedback! Just mail to 'kojote1980@yahoo.com'!

Usefull Links:
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http://www.pdroms.com - Big Archive of Freeware (PD) Roms
http://www.emukult.de - German Emulation News
http://www.emuunlim.com - English Emulation News
http://www.gbadev.org - Gameboy Advance Development Site
http://www.gbaemu.com - Gameboy Advance Emulation News

Greetings:
==========

Everyone who knows me ;) HINT: A small 'Greeting'-List will be displayed if
you press 'F9' in the Menue!

Known Bugs:
===========

* If you save a Configuration and after that you are going to load it, it will
  give you a message that the Config-File is invalid because of the Update!
  After that the Config-File will be deleted!
  (This Bug is very rare)

History:
========

Version 0.05 - 27th April 2001
* First Public Release!

Version 0.20 - 28th April 2001 @ around 4:00 am .at time ;)
* Fixed short Filename problem
* Startscreen
* Less Screenrefreshes (now just if it's really needed)
* Various internal fixes which are more or less important
* If QBVGBA-FE does not find any Rom File it displays a message now!

Version 0.40 - 28th April 2001 @ around 7:00 pm .at time ;)
* Option 'VSYNC' could be now turned off!
* You can select your own Frequency which should be used with the VSYNC Option
* Fixed Bug in the Titlescreen - Scroller ;)
* Interrupt Selection works (Standart / 1 Time)
* Drawed Box around the Rom-Selection Field!
* If a Option is enabled it's green! If not then it's red!
* Various internal fixes

Version 0.41 - 29th April 2001
* If you used this Frontend in REAL-DOS Mode it didn't displayed any File-
  names! This Problem should be fixed now! (Damn I'm stupid, how this could
  happen ;)

Version 0.42 - 30th April 2001
* Number of Interrupts per Screen could be now between 1 and 10 instead of
  1 Time only!
* In some cases People were not able to see the Romfilelist, even if VGBA,
  the Roms and the Frontend are in the same Directory! Actually I haven't
  found a way to solve this Problem, but a Errormessage will be displayed!
  If this happens to you, please sent me the 'DIR.TMP' File which is in the
  Frontend-Directory during the execution of the Program!

Version 0.45 - 2nd May 2001
* Added a Message on the Start of the Program saying 'Reading Directory', in
  case that you have a slow machine you'll see the message!
* Added 'Write Protection' Error! Before it displayed an unknown one...
  In this case just remove the Write-Protection and everything should work
  fine...
* Added Function to Save/Load a Configuration!
  This Option may not work perfect, because I got less time to test it!
  (Bugreports are welcome ;)

Version 0.46 - 3rd May 2001
* Added 'Page up / Page Down' - Keys! Now you can move 4 Files up or down!
* The 'dir.tmp' File will be deleted automaticly after 'Exit'!

Version 0.47 - 4th May 2001
* Sound was always 'ON' even if you selected 'OFF'!
  This should be fixed now!
* Checkroutine if VGBA8 and VGBA16 have the correct Size!
  If F1 and F2 Keys are green > correct Size
  If F1 and F2 Keys are red   > wrong Size (Files could be packed, ...)
* Added Arrows up/down for File-Selection!

Version 0.471 - 9th May 2001
* Cosmetic Operation @ the 'Execution Done' Message
* Added 'Hidden Special Greetigs'
* Added 'Hidden Greetings'

Version 0.48 - 28th May 2001
* Under some situations it could be happen that the 'dir.tmp' File was not
  removed! This should be fixed now!
* If vgba8.exe or vgba16.exe was not in the same directory as the Frontend
  it leaved 2 Files called 'vgba8.exe' and 'vgba16.exe' with a size of zero
  Bytes! They should be removed automaticly now!
* If vgba8.exe and vgba16.exe are not avaliable a short message will be
  displayed!
* Rom list increased from 650 to 1000 Entries everything after 1000 Files
  will be cutted off! Because if you reached the limit of 650 Roms in the
  previous Version it aborted with an Error!
* Updated Contact-Informations

Version 0.50 - 30th May 2001
* Cosmetic Layout-Fix
* Added a few Options! (Warning: Old Savefile is not compatible)
* Re-Wrote Load / Save Option (should work much better now)
* Added 'qbfe.exe' File-Size Selfcheck Routine!

Version 0.51 - 31st May 2001 @ 2:00 pm .at time ;)
* 'qbfe.sav' Bugfix (Zero Byte)
* Load Config-File on Start is activated now!
* CRC/CMP Check Option fixed!

Version 0.511 - 31st May 2001 @ 6:00 pm .at time :)
* Number of Roms will be displayed now! (Yeah, really important! I know ;)
* 'Arrow' Bugfix when no Roms were in the Directory!

Version 0.512 - 1st June 2001
* You can select the Background-Colour of the Menue now ;)

Version 0.6 - 10th June 2001
* Build-In Multi-Language Support! QB VBGA FE now in
  - German
  - English
  - Spanish (Translation by Debugger)
  - Netherlands (Translation by Dark Fader)
  more to come... ;) Interested in doing a Translation? Let me know...
* Re-Coded a 'Hidden Part'
* Commando-Interface has changed!
* Some other changes I forgot to notice... (but see by yourself ;)

Version 0.601 - 20th June 2001
* Added Italian Language-Support! (Translation by Zydio / www.emuitalia.com)
* Latest Source Code was lost ;( I hope everything is now exactly like in the
  original V 0.6!!! If not please let me know!
* Happy Birthday to me... ;))))))) YAYA I'M 21 TODAY!!!
  & REGINA I LOVE YOU !!!!!!!! :-x

Version 0.609 - 23th June 2001
* Fixed a harmless Bug when just one Rom was in the Directory!
* Fixed tiny mistakes in some Language-Files!
* Added Swedish-Language Support! (Translation by SimonB / www.gbadev.org)
* Added 'Registration' (Read more in qbfe.txt) or press F5
  Without Registration you'll be able to display 1000 Roms (as before),
  with Registration you'll be able to display 2000 Roms! (new)

Version 0.6091 - 28th June 2001
* Fixed tiny mistakes in Swedish-Language Support!
* Recoded Language-Code-Routines! (Code is smaller now ;)
* Fixed Problems with Registration-Key

Version 0.6092 - 2nd July 2001
* Added Polish-Language Support! (Translation by K!DMAN)
* More fixes in Language-Files!
* If you are registered User you'll see a (R) in the corner when executing
  the Program

Version 0.61 - 7th July 2001
* Displaylist can be expanded by pressing F6 (Registered Users only)
* Re-Coded Directory-Read Routine! It's now smaller but a bit slower than
  before!
* Other Tiny Code-Improvements (Size)
* Registered Users can display up to 2500 Roms!!! (Before 2000 Roms)
  Unregistered Users still have 1000 Roms (maximum) in the Display-List!
* If you have a Demokey, then an annoying Message will be displayed on every
  start ;) This should motivate you to get a real Key!
* Corrected some writing mistakes in the German-Language-File!
* Backgroundcolor is Black now instead of Blue (as default)
* QBFE.EXE compressed with UPX 1.20!

Version 0.611 - 27th July 2001
* Added French-Language Support! (Translation by Amina)
* Small correction in Swedish Language Support 

Version 0.615 - 2nd August 2001
* Cosmetic-Bug fixed which appears sometimes in the Option Menue!
* By pressing '7' in the Option Menue you can display the 'qbfe.txt' File!
  (Use Cursor up/down or Page up/down to scroll)
* Internal Error-Messages enabled again (disabled by mistake in 0.611)
* Corrections in French Language Support (still one small Bug left)
* Registered Users can display up to 2600 Roms now!!! (Before 2500)
  Unregistered Users still have 1000 (maximum) in the Display-List!

Version 0.62 - 9th September 2001
* QBVGBA-FE turned from Cardware into Freeware since noone was sending a card
  That means you can display up to 2600 Roms instead of 1000, and you also can
  use the extended Romlist feature now ;)
* Fixed bug in the French Scrolltext!
* QBVGBA-FE moved to http://www.pdroms.com
* Updated Contact-Informations

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 QB VGBA Frontend is written in 100% QBASIC V 1.1 ;) .............. Have fun!
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