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-
- Release of ANIMATE (version 1.3), a program for IBM PC compatible
- microcomputers which can make movies for display on your computer
- screen provided you have a hard disk and a register level
- compatible EGA or Hercules graphics board. If you want to work
- with the source code provided, you will need version 2 or newer
- of Borland's Turbo C. Details are explained in animate.doc,
- which documents this entire package. All source files contain
- comments.
-
- Because this is the initial release of ANIMATE, you should regard
- it as a "pre-release" or a "beta test version." That is, users
- will likely find some errors in the program or befuddling
- instructions in the documentation, so check back in a month or
- two for updates. Version 1.3 corrects an error in the Tektronix
- 4010 emulator that existed in the initial release (version 1.2).
- Thanks for your help, and please let me know if you have
- problems. Keep in mind that many graphics boards are not perfect
- clones of IBM's EGA graphics system or Hercules' monochrome
- graphics, causing ANIMATE to fail with these boards.
- Unfortunately, the only way to make ANIMATE work in such a case
- is to upgrade your graphics board. I can guarantee that ANIMATE
- works properly with the examples provided, so a failure with the
- examples indicates a shortcoming with the graphics board in your
- computer.
-
- If and when this package is updated with new or corrected code,
- this file will contain information on the affected routines. The
- files which comprise the release on 4 April 1990 are listed
- below. All files are ASCII except for the two executable binary
- files: animate.exe and makemovy.exe. In order to receive all
- files correctly using FTP on Internet, first use MGET *.* to
- transfer all the ASCII files. Then type BINARY, and hit the
- "Enter" key. Now use MGET *.EXE to transfer the two binary files
- to your computer.
-
- File Contents
- readme This file. Overview and file list.
- animate.doc Documentation for the ANIMATE package.
- animate.exe ANIMATE (executable version).
- animate1.c Source code for ANIMATE: first half.
- animate2.c Source code for ANIMATE: second half.
- animate.prj Project file for ANIMATE.
- animate.par Parameter file needed by animate.exe.
- In its present form, it is configured for
- EGA graphics.
- animate.pah Hercules version of animate.par.
- Must be renamed to animate.par if you
- have Hercules graphics. First, rename the
- EGA version of animate.par to animate.pae.
- map.tek Tektronix 4010 plotting instructions
- for a series of world maps which can be made
- into a short demonstration movie using
- ANIMATE.
- map.scr A "script" file which allows the EGA
- version of the demonstration movie
- to be played back using different color
- assignments than are specified in animate.par.
- makemovy.exe Program to demonstrate making a movie
- directly using Turbo C, without needing
- Tektronix 4010 graphics.
- makemovy.c Source code for MAKEMOVY.
- makemovy.prj Project file for MAKEMOVY.
- grafsupp.c Graphics functions which supplement Borland graphics.
- Their big advantage is that they make possible
- graphics programs which are device independent, i.e.
- you do not have to keep track of pixel coordinates.
- grafsupp.c is needed by makemovy.prj to construct
- MAKEMOVY.
- grafsupp.h Header file which accompanies grafsupp.c.
- This file should be placed in your \turboc\include
- directory and #included in any file that uses
- functions from grafsupp.c.
- grafdemo.c Source code for a program that demonstrates the
- routines in grafsupp.c. It runs on any graphics
- mode supported by Turbo C. No movie is made,
- because movies can be made using only the 640 by 350
- pixel mode of EGA/VGA graphics or using Hercules
- monochrome graphics.
- testpic.c Source code for a program to create a simple
- Tektronix plot file which is useful for testing
- ANIMATE.
-
- If you have questions or wish to acquire a free copy of this
- software via the Internet computer network, contact:
- Dr. Jon E. Ahlquist
- Dept. of Meteorology B-161
- Florida State University
- Tallahassee, FL 32306-3034
- Telephone: (904) 644-1558
- Internet address: ahlquist@metsat.met.fsu.edu
- (ahlquist@128.186.5.2)
-