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- PRISM, V1.10, copyright (c) 1990, by David Gerrold
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- The amazing VGA palette editor!
- You can choose from 262,144 different colors for your text mode screens!
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- WHAT IS PRISM?
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- Prism is a shareware utility that will allow you to reset
- the color attributes on your VGA screen. Instead of having
- to use DOS's 16 garish colors, you can create more pleasing
- palettes of colors for use with ANY non-graphics program.
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- HOW DO YOU USE PRISM?
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- Create a subdirectory on your hard disk called PRISM.
- Copy the files on this disk into the PRISM subdirectory.
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- Add the PRISM subdirectory to the PATH command in your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file...
-
- or
-
- ...simply copy the P.BAT file to a subdirectory on the DOS path.
- (P.BAT will allow you to access PRISM from any directory,
- even if the PRISM subdirectory is not on the path.)
- If you have a subdirectory where you store all your
- utility programs or your batch files, this is the perfect
- place to install P.BAT.
-
-
- TO LOAD PRISM
-
- 1) Just enter:
-
- PRISM
-
- or
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- P { if you have installed P.BAT }
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- You will enter the PRISM editor. PRISM's online help system
- will show you how to use the program. It's easy and fun. You
- can edit any of the 16 color attributes, mix them up, or restore
- them to their original values. You can save a palette file to
- disk or load a previously edited palette file.
-
- PRISM does not blink onto your screen like other programs. It
- dissolves in. If you want to change the rate of the dissolve,
- you can use the Options/Dissolve Rate command from PRISM's main
- menu.
-
- If you want to disable the dissolve altogether, add a '/d' to
- the command line when you enter the name of the program:
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- PRISM /d
-
- or
-
- P /d
-
-
- 2) Or, you can enter:
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- PRISM <palette file name>
-
- or
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- P <palette file name>
-
- and PRISM will load that palette file as the active palette,
- without entering the editor.
-
-
- 3) Or, you can enter:
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- PRISM <palette file name> <program name>
-
- or
-
- P <palette file name> <program name>
-
- and PRISM will load the palette file as the active palette,
- and then chain to the program. When the program concludes
- PRISM will restore the previously active palette.
-
-
- 4) Or, you can enter:
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- PRISM <palette/program name>
-
- or
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- P <palette/program name>
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- If a palette has the same name as a program, PRISM will
- load the palette first, and then chain to the program.
- When the program concludes PRISM will restore the previously
- active palette.
-
- If you want to load a palette that has the same name as
- a program, but you do not want to load the program, just
- enter:
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- PRISM <palette/program name> /n
-
- or
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- P <palette/program name> /n
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- The '/n' command tells PRISM not to load the program.
-
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- IS THIS ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THERE IS?
-
- Of course not.
-
- PRISM contains nearly 60K of help screens. Enter the PRISM
- editor and press <F1><F1> to get to the Help Index.
- PRISM's help screens will teach everything you need to know
- to use the program effectively. You will be creating bright
- new colors for your VGA system within minutes.
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- PRISM IS SHAREWARE!
-
- You are free to give copies of PRISM to friends and associates. You are
- invited to post it on BBS systems and distribute it to users' groups. You
- must distribute the entire source file, PRISM110.EXE.
-
- PRISM110.EXE is a self-extracting archive. It contains the following files:
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- README -- this file.
- PRISM .EXE -- the amazing VGA palette editor.
- P .BAT -- a batch file for using PRISM from any subdirectory.
- PDEMO .EXE -- a self-running demonstration which will display all
- palette files in the same subdirectory.
- * .PAL -- a variety of palette files demonstrating some of
- the palettes you can create with PRISM.
-
-
- If you find PRISM useful, you are requested to send $25 to:
-
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- David Gerrold, The Brass Cannon Corporation
- 9420 Reseda Blvd. #804, Northridge, CA 91324-2932.
-
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- PRISM was written in Turbo Pascal 6.0, from Borland International.
- PRISM also makes use of the Object Professional library from TurboPower Inc.
- Source code for PRISM is available for $50. ($25 of every source code
- purchase will be donated to the AIDS PROJECT LOS ANGELES. Thank you.)
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- ATTENTION MANUFACTURERS!
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- WHY NOT BUNDLE PRISM WITH YOUR VGA SYSTEMS?
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- Let your users experience ALL the power of their VGA cards!
- Contact The Brass Cannon Corporation for licensing information.
- 9420 Reseda Blvd. #804, Northridge, CA 91324-2932
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- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
-
- David Gerrold is a contributing editor and columnist for PC-Techniques
- Magazine. He has been using and writing about computers since 1969.
-
- In his other life, he also writes science fiction novels and scripts for
- television. He is the author of WHEN HARLIE WAS ONE, THE MAN WHO FOLDED
- HIMSELF, and A RAGE FOR REVENGE. He has written scripts for THE TWILIGHT
- ZONE, LAND OF THE LOST, and STAR TREK ("The Trouble With Tribbles").
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