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- * Please read the GIFREED.DOC for complete instructions on GIF-REED. *
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- ******************* [ Important..... Please Read........] ******************
- You should ALWAYS delete your GIFV.CFG file before loading
- any New version of GIF-REED in case the formats for the CFG
- file differs from your old one. Once in the program, reset
- all the switches the way you want them. Then use ALT-U to
- save out your NEW configuration. It's NOT that big of a deal
- to do, so just do it to it! Otherwise your system may LOCK-UP
- upon loading GIF-REED!
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-
- GIF-REED History of changes:
-
-
- NEW this 3.2 version 11/30/92:
- Made it so that if an image has TOO large of a width (X resolution)
- then it won't load! This prevents lock ups when loading images that
- are outside the limits of the program!
-
- You can now use *.* for global image searches instead *.GIF etc...
- For example:
- GIFV D:\PICTURES\*.*
- This would load EVERYfile from the PICTURES directory. If you have
- .EXE and .COM files they will be skipped. In fact any file that can
- NOT be determined will be skipped!
-
-
- Made 3 different versions:
- 1. NON-REGISTERED version (Free)
- 256 files
- 350K Required to run!
- 2. REGISTERED version ($25)
- * No annoying screens
- * Partial(limited) script language
- * Print images to HP compatible printer.
- * Saving current default settings to a configuration file.
- * XMS can be used as the Picture Buffer for faster operations.
- * Personalized Slide shows via limited script language!
- * Allows more than 40 entries in the File Description DataBase
- * DOS/BOSS key to temporarally shell to DOS at ANY TIME!
- * You can MIRROR, FLIP or ROTATE the images on your screen.
- * Up to 512 files!
- * Up to 2048 dot(pixel)width on files
- * Up to 1024 dot(pixel)width for SCREEN resolution
- * Up to 6 Directory Paths!
- * Requires 320K memory to run at full capacity!
- 3. PRO version ($49.95)
- * Pixel Editing (Image editing!)
- * Full Script language (extra commands)
- 1. System
- 2. GOSUB
- 3. ECHO
- 4. FILE-COPY
- 5. FILE-MOVE
- 6. FILE-RENAME
- 7. FILE-DELETE
- 8. SORT-COLORS
- 9. EGA-MODE
- 10. VGA-MODE
- 11. EGA-COLOR-ADJUST
- 12. KEEP-SCREEN-SIZE
- 13. WRITE
- 14. PRINT
- * Box & Lines
- * Fill BLOCKs out of the image with a selected color
- * Up to 2048 files!
- * Up to 8192 width on files
- * Up to 2048 dot(pixel)width for SCREEN resolution
- * Up to 20 Directory Paths!
- * Requires 490K memory to run at full capacity!
-
- Added script commands:
- EGA-MODE
- VGA-MODE
- EGA-COLOR-ADJUST
- KEEP-SCREEN-SIZE
-
- Added system variables
- IMAGE_COLORS
- FILE_NAME
- V_#
-
- Improved script commands:
- SET
- ECHO
-
- If you try to run a script file with a command in it that your are
- NOT registered to use, then the program will pop up a message.
-
- Renamed CREDITS.DOC to MONEY.DOC
-
- Added GIFV.SLT and GIFV.SLU to package!
-
- Added # of color on the file status line in the file list menu next to
- the files X & Y resolution!
-
- Allow mouse clicking on the "VGA:" or "EGA:" title on the resolution
- modes line.
-
- If you ran out of TEMP space on your TEMP drive then instead of getting
- an error message "Error saving picture" and then EXITING the picture,
- NOW the program issues the error message and CONTINUES with the
- viewing of the program. The error NOW indicates that you CAN'T restore
- to the PREVIOUS picture if the change you make to the picture (trim)
- is NOT to your liking!
-
- Screen display is now faster when moving pictures around on the screen!
-
- Fixed temp space full bug. If you ran out of temp space, the temp file
- created wouldn't be erased. It is now erased because the file wasn't
- complete anyhow!
-
- Fixed EMS bug where if you RAN out of EMS memory or EMS handles the
- program would(could) do strange things(lock up!).
-
- Fixed bug in GIF files that didn't have a global color map(rare case!)!
- It now works properly.
-
- EMS memory support is now better. Instead of allocating multiple 64K
- blocks to load a picture, we now adjust the size of the current EMS
- block. This way you won't run out of EMS handles on large images!
-
- NEW this 3.1 version 11/15/92:
-
- Added EGA support of 320x200 16 colors, 640x200 16 colors, 640x350
- 16 colors and 640x480 16 colors. The EGA support is NOT as fast as
- the 256 color (VGA) support. It's just here so that if all you have
- is EGA you can still make use of the program to do things with your
- image files (even if it's just using the script language to process
- you files.)
-
- Fixed tiny bug where if you were adding text to a picture it was possi-
- ble that once you started to move the text where you wanted it the text
- would just dissappear as though you had pressed ESCAPE to abort the
- text placement!
-
- Fixed tiny bug in BOX making routine where if the picture was located
- so the left edge of the picture was near the middle of the screen and
- as you were drawing the box made the left edge of the BOX cross over
- the left edge of the picture the BOX would leave REMNENTS behind on
- the picture (nothing was hurt though).
-
- Added ability to abort loading BMP Files as well as GIF files by
- pressing the left or right mouse button or pressing PgUp or PgDn or
- ESCape!
-
- Added PCX file format for Reading and Writing(Very FAST)!
-
- The "WRITE P" script command is now activated to write PCX files!
-
- ALT-G now searches your drives for PCX files TOO!
-
- Added BOX making capability! Just mark a box (like you would do to
- do a trim) then press "B". Then pick a color, then pick a thickness
- then wala, the box is now in the image!
-
- Added LINE drawing capability. Just mark a very narrow box(1 dot tall)
- and then finish like the BOX procedure above and then poof a line!
-
- Added the ability to see if a color in the color map isn't currently
- being used in the picture. It shows the color BOX with a little black
- box inside of it with a white dot in the very middle of it.
-
- You can now sort the color map WITHOUT adjusting the image itself!
-
- You can now order the colors in the color map to your own liking! (Just
- go into edit mode {E while viewing} and move the mouse on top of a
- color in the color map that you want to move. Press DELete. Now move
- the mouse on top a the color where you want to old color to appear and
- press INSert!)
-
- Fixed little stuff!
-
- Updated DOCS.
-
- NEW this 3.0 version 11/13/92:
- Made program faster in general (when operating in graphics mode!)
-
- Added SORT-COLORS to the script language so that you may re-write
- all of your images with a sorted color map with the most used colors
- at the front of the color map. This is great for images begin displayed
- in Windows because Windows GRABS the TOP 4-16 colors in every images
- color map for display purposes. This produces FUNNY looking pictures
- if the picture used a lot of a particular color that Windows took and
- changed to its own liking!
-
- You can press "S" while viewing a picture to sort the color-map!
-
- Full blown pixel editing and color editing.
-
- You can now mark a block and fill it in with ANY color available in
- the color map of the image!
-
- Fixed tiny bug where if your box that you are marking started on the
- TOP line or the LEFT edge of the screen you wouldn't see the entire
- box being drawn on the screen!
- Made some routines faster!
-
- Fixed tiny bug where it was possible the files would not appear in
- sorted order(rare!)
- Updated DOCS!
- NEW this 2.9 version 11/10/92:
- Added pixel rudiments of editing capability!
- NEW this 2.8B version 11/05/92:
- Updated DOCS with new script commands!
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- S H A R E W A R E - C O N C E P T
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-
- GIF-REED is copyrighted software. However, you are encouraged to copy and
- share the NON-REGISTERED version with anybody with the following in mind:
-
- The NON-REGISTEREED version of GIF-REED may be copied freely and
- given to others, as long as NO charge or renumeration of ANY sort
- is required. If must be copied in its entirety with NO alterations
- to the programs or DOC files. It may be distributed by modem, as
- long as all files in the package are ZIPPED(or some equivalent)
- into one file.
- GIF-REED is NOT "FREE" software. If you use it past 30 days, you are required
- to pay for it by registering it. Of course you can register it earlier.
-
-
- ********** Reasons To Register Today **********
-
- When you received this copy of GIF-REED, no monies were paid to us. In order
- for us to keep working on this product to make it better with more features,
- we request that you register the program by paying for it. The registration
- charge is very nominal $25 (The cost of ONE evenings entertainment!). If you
- wish to order PRO GIF-REED the cost is $49.95 (The cost of ONE deluxe evenings
- entertainment!).
-
- Of course the REGISTERED version has some enhancements. The following
- is a list of the advanced features you can do with the REGISTERED GIF-REED:
-
- 1. Print images to HP compatible printer.
- 2. Saving current default settings to a configuration file.
- 3. XMS can be used as the Picture Buffer for faster operations.
- 4. Personalized Slide shows through slide show script language!
- 5. Allows more than 40 entries in the File Description DataBase
- 6. DOS/BOSS key to temporarally shell to DOS at ANY TIME!
- 7. You can MIRROR, FLIP or ROTATE the images on your screen.
- 8. You can have up to 512 files in the files list to choose from
- 9. No annoying entry & exits screens such as this one.
-
- Of course the PRO version has some other enhancements on top of the REGISTERED
- version of GIF-REED. The following is a list of the advanced features you
- have with PRO GIF-REED:
-
- 1. Image editor. You can change each DOT's color.
- 2. Full script language
- 3. Draw boxes & lines onto image
- 4. Fill in boxes with any color onto image
- 5. You can have up to 2048 files in the file list to choose from
- instead of 512 files.
- 6. You can load & display images with a width up to 8192 dots wide
- instead of 2048
- 7. You can have screen resolutions up to 2048 dots wide supported
- instead of 1024. If your VGA card supports it!)
- 8. You can have up to 20 input directory paths instead of 6
- 9. No annoying entry & exits screens such as this one.
-
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- GIFREED Version x.x
-
- (C)opyright 1992, Software Matters INC.
-
- (317) 253-8088
- Contact: Davie Lee Reed
- Software Matters INC.
- 6352 N. Guilford Ave.
- Indpls, IN 46220
-
-
- Any question or comments please call me at 1-800-25-FLASH and ask for:
- Davie Lee Reed.
-
- P.S. Thanks you trying this new program out and possibly helping me improve it.
-
- P.P.S I have decided to leave in debug code which makes the program about 60K
- bigger than it normally would be and it also makes it run SLOWER.
- I have done this to ease in debugging the program. If an error occurs in
- the program the debug code will spit out some important information such
- as the program location and what type of error. If a RUNTIME error occurs
- please report it to me A.S.A.P. along with the location and error code!
-
- Gif REED is a GIF viewer for up to 256K colors only.
-
- Currently the only automatically supported super vga boards supported are:
-
- Orchid Pro Designer IIS board
- Paradise VGA
- ATI XL
- Trident
- Trident-New
- Cardinal
- Orchid Farhenheit 1280
- ATI/Wonder
- Video7
- Video7B
- VESA
-
- There are a bunch more that are supported through direct hardware control,
- but you have to set the GIFREED environment variable to indicate what board
- you have. If the GIFREED variable is set to a board that is not hardware
- directly supported by this program then the BIOS mode will be used for that
- board. The BIOS mode is MUCH slower that hardware direct.
-
- GifREED automatically looks for a VESA driver. This driver makes VGA graphics
- handling a lot more compatible. If a VESA driver is found, it will be used,
- even if your hardware is directly supported from the list above! If you find
- that your VESA driver is BUGGY or doesn't seem to work, then try setting:
-
- GIFREED=NOVESA
-
- This forces GifREED to NOT look at the VESA driver. Also if you want to
- force support for one of the following, you can set GIFREED to one of
- the following:
-
- TRI-OLD
- TRIDENT
- STB
- STB4000
- EVEREX
- EVEREX678
- AHEAD
- ATI/WONDER
- ATI/PRISM
- CHIPTECH
- DEFINICON
- GENOA-A
- GENOA-B
- HEADLAND
- ZYMOS
- IMTEC
- LOGIX
- MAXXON
- NORTHGATGE
- OAK
- ORCHF1280
- ORCH-1
- S3
- TS3000
- TS4000
- TS4000HI
- VIDEO7FAST
- VIDEO7VRAM
- VIDEO7
- WD90C
-
- Some of the above allow for direct hardware control with his program. The
- others of course will default to using the BIOS, which is slow!
-
- NOTE: TRIDENT Users;
- If resolutions of 800x600 or higher seem to give you a checkered or
- plaid type of display, try using the SET GIFREED command and pick
- SET GIFREED=TRI-OLD and then SET GIFREED=TRIDENT and see which setting
- gives you the desired results!
-
-
- If you have a VESA driver for your VGA board, then GIF REED should work
- perfectly fine with it. If your board is NOT listed above and you do NOT
- have a VESA driver for it, call the VGA manufacturer and request the VESA
- driver for it. MOST Manufacturers provide a VESA driver nowadays. By support-
- ing VESA a very broad base of VGA boards may now use this program.
-
- If order to run GIF REED, just type the following:
-
- C>GIFV path1 path2 path3 path4 path5
-
- For example:
- C>GIFV F:\GIFS\GOOD\*.GIF F:\GIFS\BAD\*.GIF
- C>GIFV F:\GIFS\GOOD\*.*
-
- Once in the program you can press F1 for help on using the program. Once you
- are actually viewing a picture, you can press F1 to see help on how to
- manipulate the picture.
-
-
-