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- CONDOR the graphical ANSI.SYS replacment, REAL pixel graphics
- online, human readable script graphics CGA/EGA/VGA modes supported
- AT or Later BIOS required. Condor v6.0 has FONTs and custom Assembler
- routines to speed up many graphics functions, plus Joystick commands,
- BITBLIT for animation, and constants are now filtered.
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- YOU MUST HAVE CONDOR.SYS installed for CPAINT to work!
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- DELETE the line in your CONFIG.SYS that looks like :
- device = ANSI.SYS
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- ADD a line in your CONFIG.SYS like:
- device = CONDOR.SYS
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- OR RUN INSTALL.EXE
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- ALSO: read and edit the ACCESS.BAT NOW!
- then REBOOT. CONDOR.SYS will load high:
- Load Condor with UMB_DRV.SYS and DOS 5.0 and it takes NO DOS memory.
- MEMMAKER and DOS 6.0 will load condor high also.
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- AFTER you install CONDOR.SYS and REBOOT try typing
- DEMO in the directory you unzipped CONDOR in!
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- CMOS:
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- You should have your VIDEO SHADOW RAM SET to "ENABLED" in
- your CMOS. This will make CONDOR graphics 2 to 3x faster,
- even the sound effects will be better.
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- TERMINALs:
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- BIG, COM-AND, PIBTERM, INVISABLE LINK, RCOMM
- terminals can be configured to display CONDOR graphics online,
- read on for more....
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- QWK READERs
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- SPEED130.ZIP Speed Read v1.30 will display CONDOR.SYS graphics
- with it's 'A' command! Be sure to put a TAGLINE on the end of
- the CONDOR graphic to make sure the last line doesn't get
- chopped off! Available on The UNKNOWN SYSTEM BBS 205-534-8532 and
- GEnie BBS RT page 610
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- I am releasing Condor Paint to promote the use of
- CONDOR.SYS the graphical ANSI.SYS replacement.
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- This is the current full working version of CPAINT as of 3/94
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- CONDOR and CPAINT are DONATION-WARE, send $15 or what ever you can
- afford to encourage CONDOR and CPAINT updates to:
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- Larry Mears
- 11027 Crestfield Dr.
- Huntsville, AL 35803
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- NOTE:
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- Also look for BIG103.ZIP if you want a terminal that will display
- CONDOR.SYS graphics online. This terminal requires BNU.SYS or X00.SYS.
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- Terminals that can fly with CONDOR.SYS
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- Another terminal that can support CONDOR is COM-AND (set screen writes
- to DOS and terminal type to TTY). uh, COM-AND adds linefeeds, can really
- mangle graphics sometimes.
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- PIBTERM402 will also support CONDOR by setting DOS console writes and
- terminal type to dumb. See PIBTERM.TXT and COM-AND.TXT for details.
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- INVISABLE LINK ( IL.ARC on GEnie IBM PC RT only 20K !)
- IL is a TSR terminal that does bacground XMODEM crc file transfers
- and supports CONDOR.SYS no configuration just uses it automatically.
- IL has problems with CONDOR's musical notes command (don't know why).
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- RCOMM-V2.ARC ( on Genie IBM PC RT around 50K )
- RCOMM is also a TSR terminal and supports CONDOR.SYS well. It has
- background transfers also and has no problems with CONDOR that I can find
- so far. RCOMM has XMODEM and YMODEM batch.
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- "You may be able to POP UP IL or RCOMM inside QMODEM/TELIX or PROCOMM
- but I would bet that most likely the serial port routines will clash.
- Try to reset which COM port to use when you pop back in Telix, Qmodem
- or Procomm and they may recover."
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- The mighty QMODEM/TELIX will not support CONDOR but someday I hope they
- will. CONDOR isn't going away. I will fight the good fight.
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- CONDOR is a very affordable high res online graphics alternative.
- Since Condor doesn't have to complied in and can be loaded high to free
- up DOS memory it may be a the best choice. CONDOR will work
- offline with DOS by just going C:\TYPE filename.ext and even BAT files can
- have CONDOR graphics embedded too! Condor becomes a part of DOS. Condor 4.0+
- and CPaint 1.3+ can make ICONS to run BAT files or be a BBS menu. If you have
- a LOGICTECH mouse you can emulate the ARROW keys and ENTER and get
- POINT & CLICK operation of DOS and BBSs with your mouse. CONDOR 6 supports
- the joystick(s) for GUI use.
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- There are a bunch of FILES in this zip with the extender .CFX they are FONT
- files. After you install CONDOR.SYS just go C:\TYPE filename.CFX to see
- what they look like. 32 FONTs!!!!!!!!
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- Download these files from
- The UNKNOWN SYSTEM BBS 205-534-8532 14400 v.32 bis
- Look in file area 1
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- BIG103.ZIP and BNU170.ZIP(BNU not needed if you have X00.SYS) over 200K combined
- PIBTERM402
- IL.ZIP only 20K !
- RCOMM-V2.ARC about 50K
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- BIG is a graphics terminal and has great graphics online beyond even Condor
- graphics, although BIG graphics are not seen on the SYSOP side, they are based
- on BORLAND's BGI. BIG has MOUSE ZONE for online POINT and
- CLICK opperation of BBSs, if the BBS has them set up, and BIG script is
- human readable base 10. The BIG Painter is free. Although BIG is shareware
- I will give you a key for version BIG 1.03 that enables it's full capabilities,
- bitblit animation, all sound effects, all 64 colors. BIG supports 3 modes
- 640x200x16 640x350x16 and 640x480x16 You can MIX BIG and CONDOR commands
- if you are using the BIG term with CONDOR and use standard ANSI too!
- CONDOR does support a 256 color mode, BIG doesn't.
- See BIG_KEY.TXT for the BIG key.
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- BIG related files (not needed for CONDOR.SYS online displays):
- BF102.ZIP offline BIG term graphics viewer
- BPAINT05.ZIP a Mouse Painter for BIG term graphics creation
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- Also MEGAHOST bbs supports BIG terminal graphics and soon CONDOR.SYS graphics
- too! MEGAHOST bbs software is available from:
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- ASCII Computer Enterprises 231 Market Place #353 San Ramon, CA 94583
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- A local sysop tells me that he can see the CONDOR.SYS graphics on the
- sysop side using VBBS although VBBS doesn't support alternate menus,
- beyond ASCII, ANSI, you can upload CONDOR graphics into the message base.
- Alternate graphics menus can be displayed using Remote Access bbs and OPUS with
- the LANGUAGE feature of the bbs software. I haven't seen CONDOR.SYS graphics
- using OPUS and RA software but if they support ANSI.SYS the CONDOR.SYS
- will work in it's place. I have used both OPUS and RA but it's been some time,
- I did get them to do the alternate menus for the BIG term graphics.
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