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Title: A Media Jukebox Quest
Post by: KingSparta on January 09, 2007, 07:00:43 pm
I Have Been Looking For Images, Reviews And Or Original Installs Of MJ5 And Earlier?

Anyone Have Any?

Below Maybe A Image Of MJ4

(http://www.spartasoftware.com/MediaJukebox/MJ04/MJ4.jpg)
Title: Re: A Media Jukebox Quest
Post by: marko on January 10, 2007, 01:49:13 am
can't help with the quest I'm afraid, but, for me, it is truly fascinating to see how far the program has evolved over the years.

I was messing around with MC versions 9.0 and 9.1 a few weeks ago, which was... interesting :)

JRiver's Nikolay posted this image of MJ v1.0.352 a few years ago...
(http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/temp/MJ_10352.jpg)

suggesting that there may well be a complete set of install programs deep in the JRiver archives...

and I found this screenie of v5.0.601 (601!!! man, that must have been one helluva beta cycle!!)

(http://mp3decoders.mp3-tech.org/pics/dec/mjb1.gif) (http://mp3decoders.mp3-tech.org/decoders_mjb.html)
(click on the image to view the originating page, which also has a screenie of the 'about' dialogue)

-marko.
Title: Re: A Media Jukebox Quest
Post by: KingSparta on January 10, 2007, 05:16:17 am
I should have been searching long ago to add to a history archive.

I Have Some Reviews That State That The Program Was Made by Media Exchange, And Not J River. I Was Wondering Was JRiver Not There First Company Name.
Title: Re: A Media Jukebox Quest
Post by: Uwe on January 10, 2007, 05:31:19 am
I should have been searching long ago to add to a history archive.

I Have Some Reviews That State That The Program Was Made by Media Exchange, And Not J River. I Was Wondering Was JRiver Not There First Company Name.

We know how and where they made the hawsers for the best ships, that crossed the seas a few hundred or thousand years ago, but we do not know the name of the company which starts to make the best Multimedia-Player Software a few years ago . Strange, eh?

Uwe
Title: Re: A Media Jukebox Quest
Post by: John Gateley on January 10, 2007, 07:05:53 am
This is more Jim's area, but: JRiver used to be James River Group. We changed our name (right about the time I joined the company) because of the James River Paper company, who changed theirs at about the same time.

I don't remember Media Exchange, but the project used to be under the umbrella of Music Exchange (www.musicex.com). Music Exchange was a direct descendent of Software Exchange, a project that did not make it to the public eye.

Jim wrote a small book covering the 25 years of our history, a fascinating read, especially the parts I wasn't there for. Very cool...

j
Title: Re: A Media Jukebox Quest
Post by: KingSparta on January 10, 2007, 09:52:29 am
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Jim wrote a small book covering the 25 years of our history, a fascinating read, especially the parts I wasn't there for. Very cool...

Where can one get the book or a copy of the book?