Short:    JFIF viewer for AGA AmigOS
Author:   imax@valley.ru (Maxim Ilyin)
Uploader: zoomix@aio.co.uk (Srdan Kvrgic)
Version:  1.52
Type:     gfx/show
Requires: AGA+020

sJFIF is a JFIF viewer for the Amigas with AGA, 020+ and at least 1M
fast memory

The main and only purpose of this nifty little thing is to show pictures
in color and gray modes. Fast. It uses the fastest engine available to
render a picture in 24bit. But what sJFIF gains in speed, it looses in 
quality. BUT. By simply adding the argument HQ to the CLI syntax it
can achive high quality and still beat other viewers by a mile. Oh and
as if that wasn't enough, you can show the pics in grey mode at fantastic
speeds.

This proggy is NOT finished yet, and the author is still working and will
go on working on it. And one more thing. The author is not to be held
responsible if sJFIF causes any damage to your computer, if the weather
turns bad or if your dog needs a new dog-house.

Since the latest update sJFIF also takes a CLI syntax. These commands
are available:
HQ   - Hi quality HAM8
Gray - Even higher quality, but gray.
FDCT - Works faster with 020 and 030. Needs more memory though...
SM   - (Screenmode) Change the screenmode (pal, dblntsc, euro72, vga...)


Example: (In DOpus)

sJFIF fdtc hq sm=ntsc {F}


Future:

Work with other formats through datatypes.
Support for native modes of other graphic types


This Program is a giftware. If you are interested in the source code,
write to the author. The addresses in the order of importance:

2:5027/12.83 FIDONET
Maxim_Ilyn@p83.f12.n5027.z2.fidonet.org
2:5027/16.25 FIDONET
Maxim_Ilyn@p25.f16.n5027.z2.fidonet.org
2:5027/5.15 FIDONET
Maxim_Ilyn@p15.f5.n5027.z2.fidonet.org
imax@valley.ru - only if you don't recieve any reply from the addresses
above.

The author of the program (not the author of c2p engine) is Maxim Ilyn, 
a student of OryelSTU. His address is:

Country: Russia
City: Oryol
Address: Pogarnaja st., 27-84 
Zipcode: 302040
Tel: (086)41-57-82 

As a gift i can take :   M68030UM/AD, M68040UM/AD, M68060UM/AD,
MPC603EUM/AD, MPC604EUM/AD, M68881UM/AD, Guru book or 2$ ;)

Huge "Thank You":s goes to:

The auther of c2p engine, unfortunately his name is unknown, in his variant
the engine started this way:

; Chunky2Planar algorithm. [writes pipelined a little]
; 	Cpu only solution
;	Optimised for 020+fastram
;	Aim for less than 90ms for 320x200x256 on 14MHz 020

Alexandr Goltsov (rattus) - for a month of arguing that a matrix DCT is
working in a right way. :)

Dmitry Shishkin - for the source code of work with reqtools;

Denis Sotchenko - for the source code of work with the system and for
the menace of straightening my hands for my work directly with hardware.

Andrey Romanov - for some fast algorithm of quality HAM8 mode.

To all betatesters, and specially to Alex Belousov - for a little piece
of criticism (he has paid a lot for a BIG piece :)

Eugene 'hand' Dzega - for the help of english translation.

And all people who create with AMIGA.

I need technical literature about audio-video MPEG, Radius Cinapak (QT mov).

Short history :

 before v.085á ( Aug 1998...Oct 1998) - test versions.

 v0.85c&0.6g (29-Oct-1998) - first versions for public domain from Aminet.

 v1.0 (24-Nov-1998) - color and gray progs is combaine, add support
 filelist from CLI.

 v1.1 (14-Jan-1999) - fixed bug who, switch to gray mode, some correct a
 structure of prog.

 v1.2 (07-Mar-1999) - write messages to standard output.

 v1.3 (08-Mar-1999) - add support some JFIF type pictures, some correct
 a structure of prog.

 v1.4 (09-Mar-1999) - fixed bug who suspend system at lot chipmem.

 v1.5 (11-Mar-1999) - add support some JFIF type pictures, some correct
 a structure of prog.

 v1.52 (22-Mar-1999) - fixed bug of no memory to decode.