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- From: sthiagar@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (sivasailam thiagarajan)
- Subject: *FAST* GIF viewer for OS/2 PM available on Hobbes
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- Organization: Indiana University
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:40:11 GMT
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- This is to announce the availability of PMView BETA version 0.71a, a
- program for displaying BMPs and GIFs under OS/2 2.0 PM. The final
- version of PMView will be shareware with a $20 registration fee, but
- the BETA versions are freeware. PMView requires OS/2 2.0 since it was
- written from the ground up as a 32-bit app. A 256-color screen driver
- that supports Palette Manager calls is *strongly* recommended;
- examples of such are the XGA and ET4000 SuperVGA drivers from the
- recent SPP (CSD level 6055), and the latest 32-bit Trident SVGA
- drivers.
-
- I didn't write PMView, so I have no qualms about calling it the
- fastest GIF viewer I've ever seen. Since the author, Peter Nielsen,
- says he spent "literally hundreds of hours" fine-tuning the GIF
- decoding routines in 80486 assembly, I wouldn't be surprised if it's
- the fastest GIF viewer on the planet.
-
- PMView BETA version 0.71a is available as pmview.zip on Hobbes in the
- pub/uploads directory. I've requested that it eventually be moved to
- pub/os2/2.0/graphics.
-
- If you have any questions or comments, you can e-mail me or Peter; the
- addresses are in PMVIEW.DOC. However, please be aware that Peter's on
- vacation right now, and I'm leaving from Dec 24 - Jan 4.
-
- Happy holidays!
-
- Raja Thiagarajan
- (sthiagar@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu)
-