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BrSMS FRONT
a frontend for BrSMS by Ben Hyland
ben_hyland@hotmail.com
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DESCRIPTION
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BRSMS FRONT is a Windows 9X FontEnd for the DOS based 8-Bit SEGA emulator BrSMS.
BrSMS is available from http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/brsms.htm


INSTALLATION
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Unzip to any directory and Run BrSMSF.EXE. The only thing you have to do before
you get going is to set the path of BrSMS.EXE. Once this is done, simply make any
desired changes to the BrSMS settings, find/select a rom, and click LAUNCH !!!


FEATURES
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- controls for all BrSMS switches/options. (to my knowledge!!)
- remembers BrSMS settings, path to BrSMS.EXE as well as last directory
  and last rom used. All settings are stored in BrSMSF.INI file.
- rom filter for viewing roms: All Roms, SMS, Game Gear, SG, SC and Colecovision.
- an option to exit BrSMS FRONT after launching a rom.
- supports Win95 long filenames/directories.
- menu-less, title-bar-free interface with all controls available on main form.


YET TO BE IMPLEMENTED
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The main feature I am yet to implement, is to provide 'Game Titles' in the file
list rather than simply filenames. This however, isn't much of a problem if
your rom files are appropriately named, because I chop off the file extension
for all rom filter modes except for 'All Roms'.

If you have a large collection, I suggest you use GoodSMS and GoodGG by Cowering
to make the task of naming your roms much less of a chore.


REGISTRATION
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BrSMS FRONT is freeware. Send me an e-mail and tell me one thing you like/dislike
about it, and I'll tell you how to disable the splash screen.
# if you can't be bothered sending an e-mail, check out the the ini file.


CREDITS
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Ricardo Bittencourt,
for making such an excellent emulator. 
                  
Raul Tabajara,
for making the wonderful BrSMS logo.

Front End Central: http://fec.emulationworld.com,
for the sample source code that got me started.