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│ The NOMSSI Viewer Release 1.2 (22.2.94) │
│ A graphics file viewer for SuperVGA │
│ │
│ Copyright (c) 1994 by NOMSSI NZALI Jacques Hubert Christian │
│ All Rights Reserved. │
╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
Welcome to The NOMSSI Viewer!
This program is a graphics file viewer, that reads and displays images
stored within files with different formats. The NOMSSI Viewer works with
raster images, offering support for Windows and OS/2 2.x BMP, GIF, IFF/
LBM/HAM, PCX, TIFF, TGA and JFIF/JPEG files formats.
This file contains the following information:
- Some features
- Hardware requirements
- Licensing agreement
- Files in distribution
- Setting up The NOMSSI Viewer
- Acknowledgement
- Problems
- Function keys
- Disclaimer
- History
SOME FEATURES
The NOMSSI Viewer includes a multi-window filemanager to locate
and select files with mouse support, online help and a search
function that recursively scans directories for image files. The
scan parses all files and selects those who matches the supported
file formats specifications, it doesn't just rely on the file
extension.
The files can be viewed one at a time or selected for a slide show
with full user control. One can easily generate an array of reduced
images. All parameters, e.g. screen resolution, monitor gamma,
image scale etc. may be specified at run-time in a setup dialog.
Once loaded, the images can undergo simple transformations and
color editing, and then be dumped to a palette color file
(TIFF, BMP or TGA).
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
The NOMSSI Viewer Release 1.2 should run under DOS 3.3 or higher on
any IBM PC compatible with 640 Kb memory, 80286 processor and VGA
adapter or better. The JPEG decoding routines will run only with a
80386SX processor or better.
The NOMSSI Viewer detects and uses EMS, XMS or disk space to buffer
images for slideshows or transformations like rotating or scaling.
The SVGA chipsets
Acumos, Ahead, ATI, AL2101, Chips&Tech, Cirrus, Cirrus54,
Cirrus64, Compaq, Everex, Genoa, HMC, MXIC, NCR, Oak, Paradise,
Poach, PRIMUS, Realtek, S3, Trident, ET3000, ET4000, UMC,Video7,
Weitek, Yamaha
and the VESA extensions should be autodetected, 256 color modes
are used.
LICENSING AGREEMENT
"The NOMSSI Viewer" is SHAREWARE. It is requested that all users
comply with the following licensing and registration provisions if
they use The NOMSSI Viewer on a regular basis. Should you find this
program useful, register it. You will get the latest release of
"The NOMSSI Viewer". The user fee for this Software is DM 34,- or
US$25 (see REGISTER.FRM).
You may copy and distribute verbatim UNMODIFIED copies of these
Software, in any medium, as long as it remains in its complete form
with all support files, documentation files, this license agreement
and the disclaimer of warranty.
You may charge a distribution fee for the physical act of
transferring a copy. You may not copy, sublicense, distribute or
transfer The NOMSSI Viewer except as expressly provided under this
License Agreement.
Any attempt otherwise to copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer
The NOMSSI Viewer is void and your rights to use the program under
this License agreement shall be automatically terminated. However,
parties who have received computer software programs from you with
this License Agreement will not have their licenses terminated so
long as such parties remain in full compliance.
FILES IN DISTRIBUTION
The archive file contains:
README.NV ; This file
NV.EXE ; The executable
NV.HLP ; Online help texts
NVGER.HLP ; german help texts. Rename it to NV.HLP
REGISTER.FRM ; register form
REGISTER.GER ; german register form
FILE_ID.DIZ ;
PKUNZIP ver 2.04g or higher is needed to 'uncompress' the archive.
SETTING UP THE NOMSSI VIEWER
Create a target directory on your hard drive in which you want to
install The NOMSSI Viewer. If you want to update from a previous
version, first remove the config and help files (NV.CFG and NV.HLP)
from the target directory.
Set the environment variable TEMP to a list of directories to store
temporary files (i.e. insert SET TEMP=C:\TEMP;C:\ in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot). If this variable doesn't exist, the
current directory is used.
Copy all the files from the archive onto the target directory on
your hard drive. To start The NOMSSI Viewer, type NV.EXE at DOS
prompt, your machine configuration (VGA chipset and video memory)
is automatically detected. You can specify a directory to switch on
as a parameter in the command line, like
NV C:\IMAGES\TIF or
NV . (overwrites your defaults)
The parameter muss be a valid pathname or it will be ignored.
First press F9 to open the setup window. Use the TAB-key and SHIFT+
TAB-key to navigate through the items and set your default options.
Press F1 to get help on the selected field. The file NV.CFG is
written or updated each time you leave the setup window.
Please refer to the help texts for further information, they are
available online trough the F1 key. If you still have trouble using
The NOMSSI Viewer, feel free to send an email to the address below
(including a valid return path and the program version, actually
The NOMSSI Viewer 1.2).
If you need a VESA driver, check The Universal VESA VBE, a stand
alone program Copyright (C) 1993 by Kendall Bennett. It is
available via ftp from SimTel mirrors (i.e. Oak.Oakland.Edu) as
/pub/msdos/graphics/UVESAxx.ZIP
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
This program uses
- The VGADOC package version 3,
Copyright (c) 1994 by Finn Th¢gersen
- The JPEG Unit, Copyright (c) 1993 by TBH-Softworx
- The STREAMS package version 1.5,
Copyright (c) 1993 by D.J. Murdoch.
- The OVRUMB Unit 1.0, by Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
- The HelpFile patch in TVTOYS, by Far Niente Productions
PROBLEMS
- ILBM/HAM files are said to be 64 colors images, they are
nevertheless displayed correctly.
- TGA color maped files are said to be TrueColor files
- Scrolling doesn't work in VGA-mode 320x200 on some chipsets,
so the "mosaic" will not work well.
- The bar gauge will not be updated correctly on some files
- ATI Graphics Ultra Pro, monitor detected as monochrome
FUNCTION KEYS
General
Alt + Key select an active Option. Press left Alt-key
*together* with the lit letter.
(i.e. Alt + S for "SlideShow", Alt + A for
"Scan", Alt + N for "Name").
Alt+F3 Close window
ESC Cancel the current operation.
Enter Confirm a valid input/selection
TAB select (highlight) the next field in a
dialogbox.
Help: F1 Open Helpwindow
F5 Zoom/restore size of the active helpwindow
Ctrl+F5 Change the size and/or position of the active
window
File: F3 Open dialogbox "Load an image file"
Space bar select (tag/reverse tag) file. Needed for
Slideshow or for group copy
Gray + tag all files
Gray - clear all tags
Gray x or * reverse all tags
F10 go to the menubar
F7 copy file(s)
Alt+F7 Scan directory trees
F8 slide show
Options: F9 Open dialogbox "Options"
Tools
Ins Brightness +
Del Brightness -
Home Contrast +
End Contrast -
Gray * or x Cycle colors
Gray ÷ or / Cycle colors backward
F10 restore original palette
F2 Save as TIFF- or BMP-file
Shift+F9 Set EGA Palette
Ctrl+F9 Set TrueColor Quantization Palette
F9 Set Grayscale
Alt+F9 Set Gamma=2,2
F3 scale down (half) (EMS/XMS/disk needed)
F4 scale to fit page (EMS/XMS/disk needed)
F5 flip left/right (mirror)
F6 flip up/down
Shift+F6 rotate
F7 copy image to buffer
F8 restore image from buffer
PgUp/PgDn scroll up/down (slow)
arrow keys scroll up/down/left/right (fast)
Slideshow: F8
Space bar freeze image, stop (Mouse right button)
Enter continue, next image (Mouse left button)
TAB reverse slideshow direction
ESC cancel slide show, end
DISCLAIMER
Except when otherwise stated in writing, NOMSSI NZALI Jacques
Hubert Christian, refered hereafter as "The author" and/or other
parties provide "The NOMSSI Viewer" "as is", without warranty of
any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited
to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and
performance of "The NOMSSI Viewer" is with you.
In no event unless required by applicable law will The author and/
or any other party who may redistribute "The NOMSSI Viewer" as
permited above be liable to you for damages, including any lost
profits, lost monies, or other specials, incidental or
consequential damages arising out of the use or the inability to
use "The NOMSSI Viewer" (including but not limited to loss of data
or losses sustained by third parties or a failure of the program
to operate with any picture or any other programs), even if The
author and/or other party has been advised of the possibility of
such damages, or for any claim by any other party.
Mere aggregation of another unrelated program with this program on
a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the
other program under the scope of these terms.
Please feel free to report any problems, suggestions for
improvements, comments, good or bad, concerning the program or its
licensing agreement to
MAIL NOMSSI NZALI Jacques Hubert Christian
Thueringer Weg 3/435
09126 Chemnitz
Germany
E-MAIL Internet: nomssi@physikus.physik.tu-chemnitz.de
"The Graphics Interchange Format(c) is the Copyright property of
CompuServe Incorporated. GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of
CompuServe Incorporated."
PC, PC/AT are trademarks, and IBM is a registered trademark,
of International Business Machines Corporation.
All other products or services mentioned in this manual, including:
Acumos, Ahead, ATI, Chips&Tech, Cirrus, Compaq, Genoa, NCR, Oak,
Paradise, Poach, PRIMUS, Realtek, S3, VGA, Paradise, Everex,
Trident, Video 7, Tseng Labs, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, PCX, Windows, OS/2,
PC Paintbrush, GIF, Compuserve
are trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, or
registered service marks of their respective companies or
organizations.
We state that we are using the other trademarked names only in an
editorial fashion, with no intention of infringement of the
trademark.
HISTORY
22.2.94 Third public release 1.2
fixed: DEL-Key problem in 1.1l, aspect scale in Slideshow
Directories count (Search for files), Validation errors,
Prefix error, ESC cancel w/o buffering, JFIF GetInfos
error, View as Hex width
updated: help, documetation, license agreement
16.2.94 release 1.1l - beta
fixed severe JFIF problem in 1.1k, Save as TGA,
Slideshow with all open windows
14.2.94 release 1.1k - beta
bugs fixed, i.e. Fit to screen, minor changes in user
interface (options), Directory as parameter to NV.EXE allowed,
Delete a supported graphics resolution with DEL
?.2.94 1.1j
7.2.94 release 1.1i - beta
some 1.1h bugs fixed: VESA support, Flyod-Steinberg.
Setup dialogbox revised, controlbox while loading, Save as BMP
1.2.94 release 1.1h - beta
SuperVGA support extended, better LZW error check,
JPEG display options, Color cycling, some bug fixes,
internal changes (overlay)
18.1.94 release 1.1g - beta
revisited: GIF error checking, PCX 4 colors, TIFF YCbCr,
TrueColor dithering, c&t450, non-modal setup dialog
?6.1.94 release 1.1f - beta Catalog size can be entered
3.1.94 release 1.1e - beta
better scaling (Catalog, Fit page, standard VGA).
JFIF load process can be easily canceled.
23.12.93 release 1.1d - beta some JFIF bugs fixed
15.12.93 release 1.1c, small changes made
(large files, slideshow w/o buffer)
13.12.93 The second public release 1.1
Extended file format support:
- OS/2 Bitmaps (1.3, 2.x Bitmap Arrays)
- IFF/LBM with HAM and IFF/PBM
- TGA file type 3,11
- PCX 1..8 Bit/Pixel
- JFIF support
Slideshow with image array, antialiasing
edit image: scale to fit page, flip, mirror, rotate,
uses EMS/XMS/disk, more file management/options,
some internal changes, speed up
bugs fixed: Auto detect, video switch after 50 lines mode,
TV bugs, GIF, TIFF bugs, VESA support
new bugs
4.8.93 first public release