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4.5.8: NextStep port

There is a known problem: You can't skip patterns forward or backward in quick succession. It will restart the same pattern. This is because of the buffering we have to do, while keeping syncronized with display output. I'll fix it, when I find the time.

There used to be a problem with big endians/little endians machines. It should be solved these days. Look around in `Arch/NeXT/audio.c' for SNDSwapSoundToHost.

Please double-check that your machine does support audio output, as this is not the case with all NextStep machines.

In case you have a problem that is specific to the NextStep port, you might ask Rolf Grossmann (see Credits).

The NextStep port of tracker was originally done on m68k hardware, but other people have tried it on the other NextStep platforms as well (and submitted patches when necessary).

These are the main changes Rolf had to make, in case someone is interested: