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- VERSION 3.97 (May 1994)
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- GRPCX.EXE ............ Released as part of the shareware package for the
- first time. Captures all VGA text or graphics images
- directly to .PCX files, with cropping options, etc.
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- GRABBER.EXE .......... Fixed bug affecting Hercules-compatible monochrome
- graphics systems. Improved handling of "non-Chain4"
- 256-color VGA graphics for better results with most
- arcade-style animated games. Fixed bug affecting
- VESA-compatible Super-VGA systems with flakey
- underlying BIOSes. Fixed bug affecting captures from
- 3/9/92 revision of WordPerfect 5.1. Fixed bug
- affecting Super-VGA captures on Diamond Viper and
- Stealth adapters. Fixed bug causing occasional
- incorrect palette renderings on EGA/VGA systems.
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- GRABBER.EXE,
- GR4AI.EXE
- and GRTXT.EXE ........ Improved memory management when EMS or upper memory
- blocks are available; these now require only about
- 4Kb to 5Kb conventional memory. Improved automatic
- file-naming conventions. Added optional redirection
- of hardware interrupts to get around programs that
- monopolize the keyboard and timer hardware (MOUSE
- option just wasn't cutting it).
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- GRTXT.EXE ............ Added 1FORM through 5FORM options. Added PERMANENT=
- option. Added cropping capability. Fixed bug
- affecting captures from 3/9/92 revision of WordPerfect
- 5.1.
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- GR4AI.EXE ............ Added compatibility with ATI's non-standard 800 x 600
- and 1280 x 1024 Adapter Interface modes. Generally
- cleaned up command-line syntax and interface to match
- that of GRABBER.EXE.
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- All TSR modules ...... Other smaller refinements and minor bug fixes.
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- VERSION 3.96 (February 1993)
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- GRABBER.EXE .......... Several small bug fixes for VESA-compatible systems.
- Fixed bug in V3.95 which prevented captures of EGA
- standard graphics modes on all but VGA systems.
- Added techniques for capturing "non-Chain4" 256-color
- VGA graphics.
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- VERSION 3.95 (November 1992)
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- GR4AI.EXE,
- GRAI2PCX.EXE
- and GRAI2GIF.EXE ..... Released as part of the shareware package for the
- first time.
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- GRABBER.EXE .......... Removed automatic detection of Super-VGA chipsets.
- Added "@chiptype" command-line parameters.
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- GRABBER.EXE .......... Several small bug fixes, including one resulting in
- blinking character-based text offsprings captured from
- applications that use a 16-color background palette
- on VGA systems.
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- Offspring .EXE
- image files .......... Added FADEIN and FADEOUT replay options. Added
- "/?" command-line switch for replay help info. Added
- 8514/A portability for GRABBER.EXE offspring.
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- VERSION 3.94 (February 1992)
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- GREDIT.EXE,
- GR2ASCII.EXE
- and GR2ANSI.EXE ...... Released as part of the shareware package for the
- first time.
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- GRABBER.EXE
- and GRTXT.EXE ........ Changed the command-line syntax from "slash" commands
- (e.g. /M+ and /M-) to English words (e.g. MOUSE and
- NOMOUSE).
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- GRABBER.EXE
- and GRTXT.EXE ........ Revised to permit hotkeys to consist solely of a shift
- key (i.e., Ctrl, Alt, Shift) or a combination thereof.
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- GR2PCX.EXE
- and GR2GIF.EXE ....... Corrected a bug in the October 1991 version which
- caused a system crash when used to convert Super-VGA
- graphics offspring on systems that are not
- VESA-compatible.
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- VERSION 3.93 (December 1991)
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- GRABBER.EXE .......... Addition of /L+ and /L- command-line switches
- [Note: These were changed to VGAREGS and NOVGAREGS,
- respectively, in Version 3.94.]
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- GRABBER.EXE .......... New techniques to improve captures with MicroSoft
- Flight Simulator and similar animated programs.
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