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- VMI TRUE VIEW
-
- (Revsion 1.0)
-
- Image File Viewing Utility for Windows 3.0
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- Please read "README.TXT" if you haven't already done so.
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-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- The VMI True View utility allows Windows 3.0 users with Vermont Microsystems
- X/Series 256, Cobra Elite Spectrum, or Design Master VGA graphics controllers
- to view high quality, photrealistic images. VMI's proprietary RenderReady
- technology allows for this display of vibrant, true color images by
- compressing image file formats for display on the family of 8-bit/pixel
- controllers.
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- Unlike methods applied in other viewing utilities, with VMI True View the
- color palette is not changed for each image. This allows users to view
- multiple images and renderings simultaneously without sacrificing image
- quality.
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- INSTALLING VMI TRUE VIEW
-
- After installing your Vermont Microsystems X/Series 256, Cobra Elite Spectrum,
- or Design Master VGA graphics controller and Microsoft Windows 3.0, you are
- ready to install True View.
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- 1. Insert the True View diskette contained within your Vermont
- Microsystems graphics controller's Hardware Installation manual in
- your A drive. (If you use your B drive, substitute drive B for drive
- A in the following instructions.)
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- 2. Copy the file TRUEVIEW.EXE to your WINDOWS sub-directory.
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- Ex: copy A:\TRUEVIEW.EXE C:\WINDOWS
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- 3. Unarchive the sample images provided with True View and place them
- in a directory. This is accomplished by executing the following steps:
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- a. Create a directory. ex: md IMAGES
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- b. Change to new directory. ex: cd IMAGES
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- c. Unarchive the files on the diskette by typing: A:\IMAGES
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- The sample images will occupy approximately two megabytes of
- space on your hard disk.
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- 4. Inform the Windows 3.0 Program Manager where True View is located
- with the following sequence of steps:
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- a. Enter Windows 3.0. ex: win
-
- b. Choose FILE from the Program Manager Menu
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- c. Choose NEW
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- d. Choose Program Item
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- e. In the Command Line Field type: c:\WINDOWS\TRUEVIEW.EXE
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- f. Choose OK
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- True View is now installed under Windows 3.0 in your system.
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- USING VMI TRUE VIEW
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- Once VMI True View has been installed, the following tutorial illustrates how
- to invoke the utility, and how to use it to view images.
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- 1. Start TrueView by double-clicking on the "VMI" icon. A dialog box
- will appear containing revision information.
-
- 2. Choose OK to close the Dialog Box. Another Dialog Box will
- appear. Use this to select a file for viewing.
-
- 3. Select the drive and directory that the images were copied to
- during True View installation. Be sure to follow the directory with a
- backslash.
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- ex: C:\IMAGES\
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- 4. Choose a file to view, for example blyfish.tga. The file will be
- loaded. A 'progress-bar' will indicate how the load is progressing.
- When loading is complete, the image will be displayed.
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- 5. Select the Information option from the Image menu for a
- description of the size of the image, the format of the file, and
- memory requirements.
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- 6. Choose Done to close the Information box and restore the image.
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- 7. To view another image, select the Open option from the File menu.
- Then choose the desired file, as in step 4 above. To view multiple
- images, open another True View window by double-clicking on the "VMI"
- icon again.
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- 8. To leave the program, select Exit from the File menu, or double
- click on the "-" symbol at the upper left of the window.
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- Currently with release 1.0, the ".TGA" and ".BMP" file formats are supported.
- Future revisions will expand the set of allowable file formats, allow copying
- to the clipboard, and convert color images to shades of grey. A source of
- ".TGA" files is the Truevision bulletin board:
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- TRUELINK BBS 317-577-8783
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