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- Changes by Version,
- Last Minute Changes
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- Summary of Changes in CompuShow Version 8.40:
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- - Greatly extended mouse support! You can do almost everything without ever
- touching the keyboard; log to a different drive, select a display mode, set
- directory and program options, and more.
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- - Dithering of all 2, 4, and 16 color display modes. Best ever display
- quality on Hercules, CGA, and EGA adapters!
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- - "Full time rescaling" automatically displays all graphics to fit or fill
- the screen.
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- - New pop-up boxes, including an option box to turn on/off sounds, auto-
- rescaling, and dithering.
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- - Support of XMS (Extended) memory as well as EMS (Expanded) memory.
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- - TIFF class B, G, P, R, and F graphics with PackBits, LZW, CCITT group 3 & 4
- and no compression.
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- - GEM/Ventura IMG graphics.
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- - "OS/2 style" BMP graphics.
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- - [F1] displays file information while viewing the graphic.
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- - GREATLY improved printing quality on all printers with the enhanced
- (registered) program! (The people who've been testing the new version have
- described the new print quality as "terrific", "spectacular", "incredible"
- and "really super"!)
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- Version 8.41:
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- - Use the Tab key to display file information while viewing the graphic,
- rather than [F1], which is used to adjust the colors.
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- - Correct full-time rescaling problem on CGA, EGA, etc.
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- [WHATSNEW.DOC] Page 1
- What's OLD (and possibly dangerous)!
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- Since December 1989, we've seen a number of programs claiming to be version
- "8.01", "8.31", "8.51", etc. appear on electronic bulletin boards. Generally
- these counterfeits have been "hacked" from version 7.0 or 7.2, with the
- documentation and on-screen version number changed:
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- - This supposedly "new" version usually has 1989 file dates.
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- - The documentation (README.DOC) describes changes in version 7 and the
- bogus version (8.xx).
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- - A hack of version 7 will not have support for:
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- - GIF version 89a, PC Paint (PIC), PC Paintbrush (PCX), Dr. Halo (PIC and
- CUT), Deluxe Paint (LBM), ColoRix and EGA Paint, Targa, BMP, etc.
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- - Spacebar display from the file directory or graphics information box,
- with the best mode character shown at the cursor on the graphics
- information box.
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- - Pop-up [F5] box to sort directory, Alt-R palette rotation, [F7] to tag
- files and [F8] to show tagged files, command line display of one or
- more files.
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- - EMS/XMS and mouse support, rescale to fit/fill screen, pop up option
- box and dithering.
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- Our best guess is that these counterfeit programs are a direct result of
- BBSes that limit downloads based on "credit" for uploads. Evidentally, some
- people are so desperate to get credit that they'll "hack together" a
- counterfeit program when they don't have anything legitimate to upload.
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- Apparently the only malicious intent is to disappoint anyone who's looking
- for the latest version. However, there have been some (unconfirmed) reports
- of VIRUSES attached to some counterfeit programs, so it's best to play it
- safe! If you find a program that fits the above description, by all means
- ERASE IT IMMEDIATELY and inform the SysOp that it's a counterfeit program,
- and others should be notified that it may be destructive.
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- You can always find the latest legitimate version of CompuShow on CompuServe
- (GO PICS, LIBrary 3, CSHOWA.EXE), on GEnie (the IBMPC roundtable, library
- 14, CSHOWA.ZIP), and on the One-Stop Bit BBS (602-282-9035).
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