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- PICEM.EXE DOCUMENTAION
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- PICEM is a general purpose picture view program which also allows you to
- adjust the brightness and contrast in your pictures and save them back out.
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- PICEM is not shareware, it is freeware, meaning that you can copy and
- distribute PICEM on a non-profit basis (you cannot sell it).
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- .PIC images are PC Paint and PICTOR images. PC Paint is published by MSC
- tech, (previously named "Mouse Systems"). PICTOR is the Paint program
- which is part of the GRASP package published by Paul Mace Software.
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- .PCX images are PC Paintbrush format images. PC Paintbrush is published
- by Z-Soft.
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- .GIF images are Graphics Interchange Format, a generalized picture format
- supported by Compuserve, The PICS Forum on Compuserve is one of the
- best places to obtain an assortment of image files including some
- stunning hiresolution 256 color images (ideal for VGA and SuperVGA
- cards).
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- For any bug reports I can be contacted on CIS (Compuserve) ID:73307,606 in
- the PICS Forum, To enter the PICS forum on Compuserve just type "GO PICS"
- from any prompt.
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- Help information provided by PICEM when run with no parameters:
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- PICEM - Picture view utility
- Version 1.9b - November 22, 1988
- Written by John Bridges, Copyright(C) 1987,1988
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- To use this utility, execute the following command:
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- PICEM {/d:x,y /k /l /w:t /v:vmode{,xsize,ysize,vnum}} fname ...
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- The parameters are as follows:
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- /d:x,y - set lower left hand coordinates to display picture
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- /k - do not wait for a keypress between pictures
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- /l - display pictures in continous loop
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- /w:t - Wait t 1/100ths of a second after each picture
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- /v:vnum
- vnum - BIOS video mode number to set (vmode defaults to 'L')
- this is the short order version of the full /v: option
- it is intended for SuperVGA modes.
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- /v:vmode{,xsize,ysize,vnum}
- vmode - video mode most similar to the mode you are choosing:
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- 0 = 40x25 16 color text 2 = 80x25 B&W text
- 1 = 80x25 16 color text 3 = EGA 80x43, VGA 80x50 16 color text
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- A = CGA 4 color L = VGA/MCGA 320x200 256 color
- B = PCjr/Tandy 16 color M = VGA 640x480 16 color
- C = CGA 640x200 2 color N = Hercules InColor 720x348 16 color
- D = EGA 640x200 16 color O = VGA/MCGA 640x480 2 color
- E = EGA 640x350 2 color P = EGA/VGA 800x600 2 color
- F = EGA 640x350 4 color Q = EGA/VGA 800x600 16 color
- G = EGA 640x350 16 color R = S-VGA 640x400 256 color
- H = Hercules 720x348 2 color S = S-VGA 640x480 256 color
- I = Plantronics 16 color T = S-VGA 800x600 256 color
- J = EGA 320x200 16 color U = S-VGA 1024x768 2 color
- K = AT&T/Toshiba 640x400 2 color V = S-VGA 1024x768 16 color
- W = VGA 360x480 256 color
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- xsize - optional width of the video mode you have chosen in pixels
- ysize - optional height of the video mode you have chosen in pixels
- vnum - the BIOS video mode number for the mode you have chosen
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- fname - the name of the first picture to view, formats supported are:
- .GIF (Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format)
- .PIC (PC Paint, PC Paint Plus, PICTOR, GRASP)
- .PCX (PC Paintbrush, Publishers PC Paintbrush)
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- PICEM accepts wildcard filenames, so you could:
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- PICEM \PICS\*.GIF
- or
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- PICEM /V:M,800,600,0x29 \CIS\*.GIF
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- or
- PICEM /K /D:20,30 /V:L FRAME??.PIC
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- or
- PICEM /V:0x66 TIME?.GIF
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- Examples for most of the SuperVGA type cards:
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- ORCHID/GENOA 640x350x256 PICEM /V:0x2d
- ORCHID/GENOA 640x480x256 PICEM /V:0x2e
- GENOA 720x512x256 PICEM /V:0x2f
- ORCHID/GENOA 800x600x256 PICEM /V:0x30
- ORCHID/GENOA 1024x768x16 PICEM /V:M,1024,768,0x37
- AST/PARADISE 640x400x256 PICEM /V:0x5e
- AST/PARADISE 640x480x256 PICEM /V:0x5f
- VIDEO 7 640x400x256 PICEM /V:0x66
- VIDEO 7 640x480x256 PICEM /V:0x67
- VIDEO 7 720x540x256 PICEM /V:0x68
- VIDEO 7 800x600x256 PICEM /V:0x69
- VIDEO 7 1024x768x16 PICEM /V:M,1024,768,0x65
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- Some cards may require the long hand video mode description, for example:
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- PICEM /V:0x2e WETT WETT2 ZOE2
- could be written as PICEM /V:L,640,480,0x2e WETT WETT2 ZOE2
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- Keys available while viewing are:
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- Arrows - scroll around picture
- * - reset to original contrast and brightness
- + - increase contrast
- - - decrease contrast
- Ins - increase brightness
- Del - decrease brightness
- 0..9 - set delta for +,-,Ins,Del
- SPACE - skp to next picture without saving
- RETURN - same as SPACE
- TAB - Scale image to exactly screen size
- W - write picture with new palette to disk (overwriting original)
- BACKSPACE - display test pattern (in 256 color modes only)
- ESC - abort program
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