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- Dear User,
-
- See VPIC.DOC revision history for what's new. VPIC must be configured
- for your VGA board to utilize all the extended modes the board is
- capable of doing. To help you to configure VPIC properly, the WHICHVGA
- and CONFIG programs were created.
-
- The WHICHVGA program will try to identify your VGA chip and the amount
- of display memory you have. It isn't foolproof, but works most of the
- time. Please let me know if it doesn't work for your VGA board, and
- what VGA chip you have, and I'll try to fix it.
-
- The CONFIG program allows you to configure VPIC from a menu. Just make
- sure VPIC.EXE, CVPIC.EXE, CONFIG.EXE, and all the configuration files
- (.cfg extension) are in the current directory. Then enter CONFIG and
- you will get a menu (similar to the VPIC menu) of all the
- configuration files. The menu also lists the contents of the currently
- highlighted file. You can move thru the list of files using the cursor
- keys, or by pressing a letter key jump to the next filename starting
- with that letter (or number). Just look for a file which matches the
- parameters for your board (from your display board manual), and press
- ENTER to configure VPIC using that configuration file. ESCape ends the
- CONFIG program without configuring VPIC. If none of the supplied files
- match your board, copy the closest one to a new filename (with
- extension .cfg) and use a text editor to modify it to your boards
- requirements. See CONFIG.DOC for a list of supported VGA chips and a
- typical board on which it is used.
-
- See CONFIG.DOC for a comprehensive explanation of the configuration
- process and .cfg file format. See VPIC.DOC for all the other features
- of VPIC.
-
- Mouse support was just added for the menu, so there may be a few bugs
- which crept in. I try to test all the features of vpic before
- releasing it, but I may have missed a few things. If you find any
- bugs, please drop me a note to let me know about them; this is how
- they get corrected, and keep VPIC working smoothly.
-
- The WAIT program is meant for batch file use with VPIC /r, and waits a
- specified number of seconds or until a key is pressed between images.
- For example, a batch file might be:
-
- vpic /r file1
- wait 10
- vpic /r file2
- etc.
-
- Enjoy,
- Bob Montgomery
-