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- SiCKVieW v0.1b
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- Another Ansi viewing proggy
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- Copyright (C) 1995 Dark Fiber [NuKE]
- DOS32 v3.2 (C) 1994 Adam Seychell
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- entropy@shell.break.com.au
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- -≈ Contents ≈-
- Requirements
- Intro
- Standard Disclaimer
- Hrmm-Hey-I-Didnt-Know-It-Could-Do-That
- Stuphs
- Limitations
- Pffft Thingies
- Peeking Stuphs
- Ansi Stuphs
- Sauce Stuphs
- Windows Stuphs
- Shit That Goes Wrong
- Whats Gonna be in the Next Version?
- Revisions
- Minimalistic Greets
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- -≈ Requirements ≈-
- * 80386+
- * A MINIMUM of 1mb free memory
- * An idea of exactly why you are loading up this program
- * A high enough IQ level to figure out why pressing ESC doesnt quit
- the program back to dos, but ALT-X does?
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- -≈ Intro ≈-
- Well, I didnt set out to replace AcidView or IceView, my aim was to
- give an aspiring Australian artgroup there own viewer, and why not?
- every other group has one, for good or for bad ;), each in its own
- level of coding.
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- Having a viewer also makes the packs more 'complete' as it means no
- external programs are required to get the most out of it. um,
- yeah. just run the damn thing, but, dont forget to configure the
- sucker anata hentai gaijin onna! ;)
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- Hmmmm. okey.
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- Its taken me two weeks of coding to get this done, the type of
- coding where you code for two hours, then dont touch it for a
- couple of days, etc, and as for bug testing, well..... It works on
- the stuff I threw at it, but no doubt you will find some.
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- Trying to unpack the program wont get you far, unless you have a
- registered version of WWPack v3.03 to unpack the DOS Extender, you
- still wont be able to do shit coz the actual code is totally, 100
- percently in the overlay, and that can only be decompressed by the
- DOS Extender ;), you also cant debug and trace! heheheh, the power
- of the DOS Extender!
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- I just saw IV/2 or something in some cia pack, and it has sauce
- editing too, oh well ;), pity its smooth scrolling is fucked too.
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- -≈ Standard [NuKE] Disclaimer ≈-
- Well, this program is not a dropper, nor is it a hack, blah or
- [splurg], it will not purposley trash your hard disk, erase files
- or generally fuck around and misbehave. huh? wot? a [NuKE]
- program thats not a virus? sheesh.
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- Beleive the disclaimer or not, I know I didnt code a trojan.
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- -≈ HrmmHeeeeyIDidntKnowItCouldDoThaaaat! ≈-
- SiCKVieW drive\path\wildcard_filespec
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- any command_line_parm you pass to it becomes its search string.
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- eg: SiCKVieW e:\temp\ansi\*.bin
- eg: SiCKVieW c:
- eg: SiCKVieW ..\*.a?s
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- -≈ Stuphs ≈-
- 100% Protected Mode Assembler
- 100% Fiber (its *ALL* my own work)
- 100% Australian Made
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- DOS32 v3.11 Protected Mode interface by Adam Seychell. bloody
- kicks trans pmode to hell and back! (Fix the damn exec bug adam!)
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- All source info i got from the sauce.txt that came with AcidDraw
- v1.2 (Shareware)
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- -≈ Limitations ≈-
- 512 Files, max amount of files it can hold in its internal
- directory. It will not crash when it gets to 512, it just stops
- looking for more files.
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- -≈ Pfffft Thingies ≈-
- * There is NO BOUNCING! wohooo, yes, back in the dark ages, every
- single screen had to be fadded in and out, thankfully that demonic
- ritual has left us somewhat, but a new demon has emerged, smooth
- pel-panning. pffft, i hate this shit, if i want to see the end of
- an ansi, i dont want to wait 5 minutes for the damn thing to stop
- bouncing! Thus, a no bouncing rule was put into play. ;)
-
- * The reason this program is not an all in one multimedia program
- is because there are lots of other programs that can better
- handle display graphic images (like QPV\QPEG) and sound players
- (like CubicPlayer, Inertia) than what I could do, so why bother
- coding in a secondclass .gif viewer or a standard 4 channel .MOD
- player that supports the GravisUltraSound only? This is the reason
- that I've made them be handled by external programs.
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- * There is no RIP support because I dont know how to do RIP in
- assembler.
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- * Its intelligent enough to know the drive & directory it was started
- up in, and will return you to that drive and directory opon exit
- (unlike ALOT of other viewers :)
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- -≈ Peeking Stuphs ≈-
- * Sauce Autodetection
- * Sauce Editor
- * Color, Grey Scale & Text Modes
- * Black on Black, so you can read all the subliminal messages n
- stuff;)
- * 80x25 & 80x50 Run through\Smooth Scroll\Read mode, max 65535 lines
- (memory limited)
- * .BIN viewing up to 65535x65535x65535 lines (memory limited) in
- 25 & 50 line mode, with or without smoothscroll, etc.
- * 20 different SVGA cards & Vesa is supported, just not used as
- yet.
- * Online Help! (whoa! F1 man, heaveeee)
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- -≈ Ansi Stuphs ≈-
- Supported commands are A, B, C, D, H, F, 2J, K, m, s, u
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- Yes! ansi music is NOT supported! We *need* our hearing ≡:)
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- Hmm, what I thought was a bug turned out not to be one..... Seems
- The Draw fucked up when I saved an 'ansimation' and what resulted
- was its fault not mine ;) so the ansi commands should work fine.
-
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- -≈ Sauce Stuphs ≈-
- Well, the Sauce editor is nearly complete there is only um, about
- 2 things that I have not implemented yet but more on that later.
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- Currently the Sauce editor behaves thusly;
- * A file with no PREVIOUS sauce attached will have 2 eof markers
- attached, then the Sauce information.
- * Inserts the CURRENT file's date into the Sauce_Date field.
- * All files saved as Ascii\Ansi\Ansimation\Avatar have their
- widths set to 80 columns.
- * Files saved as RIP have the fields set to 640x350x16.
- * File size is saved in the appropriate field.
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- Currently the Sauce editor does not support the following;
- * At present the number of lines IS NOT SET... As yet....
- * Does not handle Comments.
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- -≈ Windows Stuphs ≈-
- Because this is a protected mode program, it can run in either RAW
- DOS mode, XMS mode, VCPI or DPMI mode, what all this means is that
- it will work flawlessly under windows, unlike real mode programs
- that write directly to the screen, this works purrrrfectly in
- windows 3.11, i dont have Win95 to test it under that,
- so............ but ;) (always a but!) if you run it in a window
- (you know, alt-enter or something) then windows is VERY strict in
- what you can and cant do to the hardware, thus, some colors will
- come out fucked, ice color (non-blink) is FORCED to ALWAYS be on,
- the scrolling comes out fucked to [DF.. are you sure it works
- under windows??? ;)], so only run it in full screen mode (which is
- basically like not running in windows, but hey, for the lamers, you
- can run it from filemanager)
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- -≈ Shit That Goes Wrong ≈-
- * You try to view a .BINary, and it comes in in 'ANSI' display
- mode, well, all I can say here is to turn 'Use Sauce' off,
- display the picture and turn it back on. It happens cause Sauce
- describes it as an ANSI type file rather than binary. (This
- happened on 1 .BIN file i had) (Or you can change its Sauce info
- with the handy built in editor ≡:)
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- * I get damn Sauce data appearing on the end of my ansi\bin when i
- view it... Well, I've found this too, and the reason being is
- that some knobs put two lots of bloody sauce on the end of their
- file. ;(
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- -≈ Whats Gonna be in the Next Version ≈-
- * Hopefully, a fully working Sauce editor.
- * Hopefully, the ability to view ansi in vga, xga and svga modes.
- * Less bugs (when I know WHAT the bugs are)
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- -≈ Revisions ≈-
- v0.1b
- Beta test version
- + Comment block is now handled in Ansi + Binary viewing.
- + EXEC function has now been fixied :) with a new version of Dos32.
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- v0.1a
- Alpha test version
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- -≈ Minimalistic Greets to ≈-
- IcePick - I never did use that panning code ;)
- Qark - U want dat article for VLAD #6? mebbe i do one, mebbe not.
- Minmei - Die Macek fan, die! there is no such thing as Robotech.
- BiTBYTER - *burp* hey, whaddya doing up so late on irc for? hmmmm
- Australian Parasite - No more! no, nooo, please stop!
- Digital Vampyr(ex AIH buddy, not ApocVisions guy) - _YOU_ can ring me
- Galaxian - huh? Hoard of Hentai? Gaijin Hentai Otaku? HentaiRUs:)
- Angel - Heh! No I aint gonna shave my bloody goatee off, lemme alone.
- All the [NuKE] members up in Canada, North America, South Africa,
- Oz, and where ever else your bloody hiding, Lets get the Info
- Journal #9 going...........
- The VLAD guys, well I mean Qark, but I already greeted you ;) and
- of coz Absolute Overlord the mr d00dleb0y of #virus :)
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- Later guys, gals, hentai, inu, and of course, Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon
- fans.
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- <not now Ayukawa-chan, i'm coding!>
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- Dark Fiber [NuKE]
- 7th October 1995
- Victoria, Australia
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