PicView Topics 1. History. 2. Usage. 3. Copyright. 4. Distribution. 5. BUG reports. 6. Donations. 1. History. This program has been developed, using 'plop' as a base, to enable me to display the HAM Overscan pictures I created with 'DigiView'. This program will display most resolutions, both NTSC and PAL. At the moment however the HiRes Overscan resolution is not supported. Version History : V 0.89L, March 1989. Lattice C, Some problems with the screen (Flash) ported source from Aztec to Lattice. Needed some polishing to satisfy the worlds pickiest Compiler. V 0.90L, April 1989. Lattice C, Solved screen flashing. Conformed the source to the ANSI C standard!. (more or less anyway). Exchanged the printf statements for a function Schrijf(), which conserves memory and is just as fast anyway. V 0.91, May 1989 Lattice C, Found problems with Overscan and 1.3. Overscan wasn't recognized. Solved by using RemakeDisplay() after setting correct overscan values. V 1.0, August 1989 Lattice C, Some problems that crept up have been solved, as well as enhancements made. - Interlace problem solved. - Extra-HalfBrite support added. Needs a CAMG chunk in the file though. If no CAMG chunk then HAM mode is set. ( See the IFF specs on 'Fish 185'. ) There should be A CAMG chunk in all ILBM's. - HiRes OverScan problem not solved. Seems to be Systems bug. 2. Usage Usage : PicView [] ..... How to use this program? Well it is fairly simple. You may specify the duration the picture is on the screen in seconds. If you don't specify the duration, the program defaults to a 5 second duration. For every picture specify it's filename. If the picture is not in the current directory you must also specify it's complete path. To clarify this I will give some examples. Display pictures pic_a pic_b pic_c pic_d and pic_e in the current directory for 10 seconds each. Command line : PicView 10 pic_a pic_b pic_c pic_d pic_e Display pictures pic_a pic_b and Pic_c on drive df1: for 5 seconds each. (Remember : 5 seconds is the program's default displaytime). Command line : PicView df1:pic_a df1:pic_b df1:pic_c Display pictures pic_a on drive df1:Pictures and pic_b in df2:show for 20 seconds each. Command line : PicView 20 df1:Pictures/pic_a df2:show/pic_b Requirements: - A standard Amiga with 512KByte of memory will suffice. Make sure though, that there is enough free memory or the program aborts. The program should support all regular Amiga devices. I tested it with DF0: to DF3:, VD0:, VDK:, RAM:, CARD: and DH0: to DH2:. It is compatible with both WorkBench 1.2 and 1.3. I haven not tested it with 1.1 though. It also works on Amiga 2000 with 1 MB of ChipMem. (Rev 6 and higher.) NOTICE: This software is supplied as is, and neither the author nor the distributor is liable or responsible for any damage to either the computer or any pheripherals or media this software is used on. 3. Copyright. This program is considered FreeWare. It may be copied freely. When doing so please adhere to the following rules. - The program may not be used or bundled by any software retailing over US$ 10.00 (British £ 3.00), or it's equivalent in any other currency, without prior written permission from the author. - This document must always accompany the program. - This document may not be altered. - The author retains the right to remove this program from the Public Domain at any time, without prior notification. 4. Distribution. Distribution rights are hereby, of course, granted to Fred Fish, and any other non-profit organisation. Persons wanting to include this program andd / or it's source on any disk retailing over US$ 10.00 ( British £3.00 ), or it's equivalent in any other currency, must first obtain written permission for this from the author. 5. BUG-Reports. Known Bugs: - PAL HiRes Overscan is not fully supported. The 'PAL' section of the screen stays black. (On an Amiga 1000, as well as the 2000) Irritating. This should not happen. Seems to be a systems bug. Send Report To: Accidents will happen and I'm only human. If you find a bug or you think you might have found a bug, please print out the following form on you printer, fill in the neccessary details, and sent it to the address mentioned on it. Thanks! ------------------- Cut Here Please ------------------------------ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | BUG Report | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Program : PicView Version : 1.0 | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bug : | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Additional information | | Error code : | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sent to: P. Kolenbrander | | | | Turfveldenstraat 37 | | NL-5632 XH EINDHOVEN | | The NETHERLANDS | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------- Cut Here Please ------------------------------ 6. Donations. This program is considered Freeware. Meaning that if you find this program useful, you are kindly requested to make this noted to the author. Preferably by means of a (cash!) donation or other useful token of appreciation. This is not mandatory as is with Shareware programs however. If you have any cash to spare, it is always welcome. Unfortunately I have my expenses also. Donations in other form, like disks, (PD) software, Sonix Scores!, home-built programs / hardware etc, are of course also welcome. Remember: 'It is better to give than to receive!' (I've given you this program, so now it's you turn, isn't it?) Enjoy the program! My address is: P. Kolenbrander Turfveldenstraat 37 NL-5632 XH EINDHOVEN HOLLAND No phone, not since some guy woke me at 04:00 AM ( My local time, not his!). So, if you feel it is that urgent to call me you won't mind taking the trouble of finding out my phonenumber. But PLEASE! check the time-differences. I can get pretty uncooperative when called out of bed in the middle of the night!