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- INT5fh Vr.1.0: HP200LX Graphics driver for PAL applications
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- - What is INT5f?
- ----------------
-
- It's a small TSR (resident program) that enables most
- PAL written applications for the HP100/200LX palmtops
- to be used on your desktop. It does that by emulating
- the graphics of the HP palmtop.
-
- INT5F can run on any IBM compatible computer, using any
- cpu (8088->Pentium), and a CGA or VGA display. 486
- (or pentium) is recommended for faster screen output,
- since all the graphics are emulated by software.
-
- HV, the famous HTML viewer for the HP100/200LX palmtops
- (written by Andreas Garzotto) is one of the many PAL
- applications that can now be used on the desktop. PalEdit,
- and DBView have also been successfully tested on the
- desktop using INT5F.
-
- When used in VGA mode, future PAL applications will take
- advantage of this mode and display more information
- (vertically) on the screen.
-
-
- - How do I use it?
- ------------------
-
- The easiest way is to simply run INT5f /c and then
- your PAL application (e.g: HV.EXE). When you
- quit your application, run INT5f /u so it unloads
- itself from the memory. The best thing to do is to
- create a small batch file that does this automatically:
-
- int5f /c
- hv.exe
- int5f /u
-
- There are a few command-line parameters available with
- INT5f to launch it in different video modes. Type INT5F
- with no arguments to see the following help screen:
-
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- HP200LX INT5fh CGA Graphics driver for PAL applications.
- Vr.1.0 (09/96). Freeware by Harry Konstas.
-
- USAGE: int5f [switches] ex: int5f /c
-
- Command line switches:
- /v = Install in VGA mode.
- /c = Install in CGA mode (default).
- /r = Install in reverse VGA mode.
- /i = Install in inverse CGA mode.
- /u = Uninstall INT5F driver from memory.
-
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-
- INT5f /v launces INT5f in VGA mode. Some PAL applications now
- auto-detect this mode and use the display accordingly. The
- /r and /i switches are used to invert the display output
- (black on white background instead of white on black).
-
- Future releases of INT5F will have the ability to load
- external FCL fonts (using Gilles kohl's famous font loader
- for the HP palmtops) or .HFN font files.
-
- A word of CAUTION: There maybe some PAL applications which
- are using special 'hardware' calls on the palmtop. Such
- applications may lock-up your system. Typical PAL applications
- such as HV, DBView & PalEdit are using only the palmtop's
- graphics calls, and are safe to use with INT5f on your
- desktop.
-
-
-
- ACCESSING PAL APPLICATION MENUS:
- --------------------------------
-
- This really depends on the author of the PAL application.
- Currently, most PAL applications use CTRL-M, or ALT-F10 to
- activate the menus from the desktop.
-
-
-
- Programmer's corner:
- --------------------
-
- INT5F is a TSR emulating the INT5fh services of the palmtop,
- on the desktop. In this version, it takes up about 20k of
- RAM. Most of the memory is used by the 3 font bitmaps.
-
- All INT5f calls are supported except video mode 0x20
- (HP95LX). See GRAPH.DOC in the HP Developer's package
- for more information.
-
- * The 3 HFN fonts that are included in this archive are
- not the original HP200LX fonts - I have created a new
- set by modifying the original fonts.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- -----------
-
- I release INT5f as freeware. You may give away copies
- or bundle the INT5F.COM file with a commercial, shareware
- or freeware package. You are not obligated to include
- this readme file - the program is pretty much self-explanatory.
-
- This product is freeware, so if you're experiencing problems,
- simply stop using it. :-) I cannot be held responsible for any
- data-loss resulting from its use. If you have questions or
- comments or bug reports, please contact me at:
-
- email:
-
- 72540.620@compuserve.com
-
- on the web:
-
- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/harry
-
- Harry Konstas
- September 7, 1996.
-
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