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- PICEM is a general purpose picture view program which also allows you to
- adjust the brightness and contrast in your pictures and save them back out.
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- PICEM is not shareware, it is freeware, meaning that you can copy and
- distribute PICEM on a non-profit basis (you cannot sell it).
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- .PIC images are PC Paint and PICTOR images. PC Paint is published by MSC
- tech, (previously named "Mouse Systems"). PICTOR is the Paint program
- which is part of the GRASP package published by Paul Mace Software.
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- .PCX images are PC Paintbrush format images. PC Paintbrush is published
- by Z-Soft.
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- .GIF images are Graphics Interchange Format, a generalized picture format
- supported by Compuserve, The PICS Trilogy of Forums on Compuserve
- is one of the best places to obtain an assortment of image files
- including some stunning hiresolution 256 color images (ideal
- for VGA and SuperVGA cards).
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- Keys available in PICEM when in the picture select list screen:
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- Arrow keys - scroll around picture list to select picture filenames
- SPACE - mark/unmark image names for display
- RETURN - display the current selected picture and any others selected
- with SPACE
- ESC - exit program
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- Keys available in PICEM while viewing images:
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- Arrow keys - scroll around picture (if image is larger than screen)
- * - reset to original contrast and brightness
- + - increase contrast, (bring out colors in a flat image)
- - - decrease contrast, (reduce washed-out dark colors in pale image)
- Ins - increase brightness, (bring up details hidden in darkness)
- Del - decrease brightness, (reduce the overexposed effect of a high
- contrast setting)
- 1,2...8,9,0 - set speed for +,-,Ins and Del, (how fast contrast and brightness
- controls function with 1 slowest and 0 fastest
- SPACE - skip to the next picture selected
- RETURN - exactly the same as SPACE
- TAB - Scale image to exactly screen size (great for large images
- that don't fit on screen, favorite of users of standard
- VGAs that use mode W for viewing 640x480 images)
- W - write picture to disk as BAS PIC GIF PCX or IMG
- BACKSPACE - display test pattern (in 256 color modes only)
- ESC - exit program
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- Command line Parameters for PICEM
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- /d:x,y - set lower left hand coordinates to display picture
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- /k - do not wait for a keypress between pictures
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- /l - display pictures in continous loop
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- /s - scale all images to screen size (like TAB key)
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- /w:t - Wait t number of 1/100ths of a second after each picture
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- /n - Don't sort list of filenames
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- /e - Don't clear screen on exit (leave image on screen)
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- /v:vnum
- vnum - BIOS video mode number to set (vmode defaults to 'L')
- this is the short order version of the full /v: option
- it is intended for SuperVGA modes.
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- /v:vmode{,xsize,ysize,vnum}
- vmode - video mode most similar to the mode you are choosing:
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- A = CGA 4 color M = VGA 640x480 16 color
- B = PCjr/Tandy 16 color N = Hercules InColor 720x348 16 color
- C = CGA 640x200 2 color O = VGA/MCGA 640x480 2 color
- D = EGA 640x200 16 color P = EGA/VGA 800x600 2 color
- E = EGA 640x350 2 color Q = EGA/VGA 800x600 16 color
- F = EGA 640x350 4 color R = S-VGA 640x400 256 color
- G = EGA 640x350 16 color S = S-VGA 640x480 256 color
- H = Hercules 720x348 2 color T = S-VGA 800x600 256 color
- I = VGA 640x350 16 color U = S-VGA 1024x768 2 color
- J = EGA 320x200 16 color V = S-VGA 1024x768 16 color
- K = AT&T/Toshiba 640x400 2 color W = VGA 360x480 256 color
- L = VGA/MCGA 320x200 256 color X = S-VGA 1024x768 256 color
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- xsize - optional width of the video mode you have chosen in pixels
- ysize - optional height of the video mode you have chosen in pixels
- vnum - the BIOS video mode number for the mode you have chosen
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- PICEM supports a wide variety of Video boards, with a primary emphasis on
- VGA/SuperVGA boards. On VGA boards PICEM defaults to /V:W which is
- 360x480 256 colors (a non-standard mode, but it's the best 256 color mode
- available on a standard VGA). On SuperVGA boards PICEM defaults to /V:R
- which is 640x350/640x400 256 colors on boards with only 256k, and /V:S
- which is 640x480 256 colors on boards that have 512k or more.
- Some boards such as the ATI and Orchid may be capable of 800x600 256
- colors, but since many monitors will not handle this mode, I don't
- default to it, you can manually select it with /V:T.
- Also if your board has a odd resolution 256 color mode that you would like
- to take advantage of (such as the Everex 512x480 mode, or the Genoa 720x512
- mode) you can manually override the BIOS mode used. For instance to set
- 512x480 on a Everex board we would do PICEM /V:0x15 (the 0x means hexidecimal,
- the way most bios mode numbers are written in manuals, the same number in
- decimal would be PICEM /V:21).
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- here is a list of VGA Chipset producers and their BIOS mode numbers:
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- AHEAD
- -----
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x6A 800 600 16 Q
- 0x71 800 600 16 Q
- 0x74 1024 768 16 V
- 0x60 640 400 256 R
- 0x61 640 480 256 S
- 0x62 800 600 256 T
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- ATI
- ---
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x54 800 600 16 Q
- 0x65 1024 768 16 V
- 0x61 640 400 256 R
- 0x62 640 480 256 S
- 0x63 800 600 256 T
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- CHIPS & TECH
- ------------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x70 800 600 16 Q
- 0x72 1024 768 16 V
- 0x78 640 400 256 R
- 0x79 640 480 256 S
- 0x7b 800 600 256 T
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- EVEREX
- ------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x01 752 410 16
- 0x02 800 600 16 Q
- 0x11 1280 350 4
- 0x12 1280 600 4
- 0x13 640 350 256
- 0x14 640 400 256 R
- 0x15 512 480 256
- 0x20 1024 768 16 V
- 0x30 640 480 256 S
- 0x31 800 600 256 T
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- AX=0x70 BL=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- OAK TECH
- --------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x52 800 600 16 Q
- 0x53 640 480 256 S
- 0x54 800 600 256 T
- 0x56 1024 768 16 V
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- GENOA GVGA
- ----------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x7c 512 512 16
- 0x59 720 512 16
- 0x79 or 0x6a 800 600 16 Q
- 0x7d 512 512 256
- 0x5b 640 350 256
- 0x7e 640 400 256 R
- 0x5c 640 480 256 S
- 0x5d 720 512 256
- 0x5e or 0x6c 800 600 256 T
- 0x7f 1024 768 4
- 0x5f 1024 768 16 V
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- PARADISE
- --------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x59 800 600 2 P
- 0x58 800 600 16 Q
- 0x5e 640 400 256 R
- 0x5f 640 480 256 S
- 0x5d 1024 768 16 V
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- TRIDENT
- -------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x5b 800 600 16 Q
- 0x5f 1024 768 16 V
- 0x5c 640 400 256 R
- 0x5d 640 480 256 S
- 0x5e 800 600 256 T
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- TSENG (Genoa, Orchid, Willow)
- -----
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x29 800 600 16 Q
- 0x37 1024 768 16 V
- 0x2d 640 350 256 R
- 0x2e 640 480 256 S
- 0x2f 720 512 256
- 0x30 800 600 256 T
- 0x38 1024 768 256 X
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- TSENG 4000
- ----------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x29 800 600 16 Q
- 0x37 1024 768 16 V
- 0x2d 640 350 256
- 0x2f 640 400 256 R
- 0x2e 640 480 256 S
- 0x30 800 600 256 T
- 0x38 1024 768 256 X
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- AX=MODE
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- ===============================================================================
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- VIDEO7
- ------
- width height colors Direct Mode
- ----- ------ ------ -----------
- 0x60 752 410 16
- 0x61 720 540 16
- 0x62 800 600 16 Q
- 0x63 1024 768 2 U
- 0x64 1024 768 4
- 0x65 1024 768 16 V
- 0x66 640 400 256 R
- 0x67 640 480 256 S
- 0x68 720 540 256
- 0x69 800 600 256 T
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- AX=0x6f05 BL=MODE
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- For any bug reports I can be contacted on CIS (Compuserve) ID:73307,606 in
- the PICS Forum, To enter the PICS forum on Compuserve just type "GO PICS"
- from any prompt.
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- John Bridges 4/24/1990
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