TICO History ------------ Ver. Date Comments 1.0 14.2.94 First shareware release. --- 1.01 21.2.94 New host files added supporting Mode X undocumented VGA display modes. They support the following :- STUBMX1.HST ... 320 x 400 x 256 STUBMX2.HST ... 360 x 200 x 256 STUBMX3.HST ... 360 x 400 x 256 STUBMX4.HST ... 320 x 240 x 256 STUBMX5.HST ... 320 x 480 x 256 STUBMX6.HST ... 360 x 240 x 256 STUBMX7.HST ... 360 x 480 x 256 This extends the range supported previously, and the EXE files produced are slightly smaller ( 250 bytes after compression ) and twice as fast. Unfortunately, they will not work with 8086 processors, so the old files ( STUB06.HST and STUB07.HST ) have been retained, and support has been added to separate host files on the basis of target processor. Altered code so that files loaded by "File", "Open" always appear at the bottom of the loaded file list. Altered code so that when selecting a file type in the "Save As" dialog box, the file name is also updated. --- 1.02 25.2.94 Added import filter for uncompressed ColoRix SCx files. I wonder if it works ? Added code permitting the use of wildcards in an import filter file specification, i.e. "SC* = RIX2PCX". Fixed bug importing 16 colour BMP files. Added support for use of Handmade Softwares "Image Alchemy" utility, a great command-line shareware utility that can add formats like EPS, GIF write, IFF, LBM, JPG, PCL etc. to TICO. Support is transparent, i.e. when it's set up correctly, you can load and save files in these formats from within TICO, just like the internally supported formats. --- 1.03 1.3.94 Optimized FILTERS.EXE to run a little bit faster, especially on 24-bit files. Re-wrote DCX2PCX to be simpler, faster and smaller ( 6K instead of 27K ! ) Used stub files to make TICO.EXE 10k smaller, and freed up approximately 7K of RAM. Fixed bug in XFORMPCX that trashed the palette of 16 colour files, when you scaled them. Adapted TIFMAN to accept TIFF previews in EPS files, & handle Packbits compression. Made reading files more reliable by setting the correct TIFF defaults. Altered the code in the "Open" and "Save As" dialog to correct a problem when selecting "File Type". Fixed bug in MAKEPCX.EXE that stopped it working at all. Oh dear - I wonder how long that was there ? Fixed bug where RGB/ CMY colour adjusts were treated as a percentage rather than an "add-on" figure - so adjustments over 100 did not work at all ! Fixed nasty bug which could crash your system if using "Flip" on a 16 colour file.