                        Katana
                            
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          software!
          
               This program was created by The Grenadier with the help of
          Master. If you like it please send us money so we can put out newer
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          of Katana. You can send us comments about Katana by e-mailing
          us at jhamby@iglou.com or by snail mail at 309 Knobloch,
          Jeffersonville IN (This is where you can send us money too :).
          Special thanks to Silicon Toad for helping us distribute this
          software.
           
                                             The Grenadier
          
               Katana 1.0 is a tone generator for Dos. It is a bit primitive
          (purely command line) but hopefully takes up less disk space than
          most of it's competitors. Since it is purely command line you are
          free to create a user shell for it if you wish. The use of Katana is
          simple and uses the following syntax at the command line: 
          
                       katana tone1 duration tone2 duration2
          
               This works for up to twenty tones. To give you some examples:
          "katana 2600 1" produces a 2600 hertz sound for one second and
          then loops back to continue the tone. "katana 2600 1 0 1 3000 2"
          produces a 2600 hertz sound for one second, no sound for one
          second, a 3000 hertz sound for two seconds and then loops back to
          continue the sequence (lets hope that the programs timer is accurate
          enough, you may have to tune the durtations by ear). 
          
                  Katana can any produce sounds in the 37 to 32,767 hertz
          range (any tone below 37 is regarded as 0). Also be sure to put only
          one space between each of the command line arguments. You can
          stop execution by pressing any key. 
          
          Side note: At the school I attend admitting a 2600 hertz wave
          makes the lab assistants think that an alarm is going off.
          
               Good Luck,
                    The Grenadier 
