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- README.TXT - Beta Test Version - July 1996
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- This package should contain approximately 65 files:
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- EZSSTV.EXE An easy to use SSTV program.
- EZSSTV.CFG Configuration file.
- VGAINFO.EXE Test program for VGA display.
- *.F0N 6 Fonts for adding text.
- *.ICO 18 Icons for user interface.
- *.TXT about 36 documentation files.
- The key ones are:
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- README.TXT This file.
- HARDWARE.TXT Interface between computer and radio.
- POWER.TXT Using existing SSTV/WEFAX interfaces.
- XMITRECV.TXT How to transmit and receive.
- CONFIG.TXT Config file (EZSSTV.CFG) description.
- QA.TXT General Questions & Answers about SSTV.
- VGAINFO.TXT Description of VGAINFO.EXE.
- TROUBLE.TXT Troubleshooting guide.
- BETATEST.WRI
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- Most .TXT files can be read from the Help menu.
-
-
- How to get started
- ------------------
-
- This is an MS-DOS program that requires complete control of the
- machine for precise timing. You must completely exit out of
- Microsoft Windows before running it. It will not transmit or
- receive properly if run from an MS-DOS Prompt window.
-
- Create a new directory and copy all the files to the directory.
- For example, if your floppy disk drive is A,
-
- CD \
- MKDIR SSTV
- CD SSTV
- XCOPY A:*.*
-
- If you already have an SSTV/WEFAX interface connected, run
- EZSSTV then press the Enter key or click on the Recv button.
-
- If you don't have an interface yet, or run into problems
- receiving, read HARDWARE.TXT and POWER.TXT.
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
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- * Trident 8900 lies about capabilities.
-
- Description:
-
- It seems that there are different variations of the Trident TVGA
- 8900. Most are capable of 32K simultaneous colors and work fine
- with the Pasokon TV software. There have been a couple reports
- that colors are quite strange.
-
- We found that the VESA-standard method of determining the display
- modes available produced incorrect information. Specifically,
- when running the included VGAINFO program, the VGA card claimed
- to have 32k color (mode 110H) capability when it did not. Another
- Trident-specific program revealed that the hardware was capable
- of only 256 colors.
-
- Work-around:
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- Put this line in the PKTV.CFG file:
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- GMODE 101
-
- This will force 256 color mode instead of trying to use a
- capability which really isn't there.
-
- Again, I repeat, most Trident TVGA 8900 display adapters work fine
- at 640 x 480 with 32K colors. Perhaps it is just a few older ones
- that lie about their capabilities.
-
- There was ONE report (second hand from a friend of the owner of
- the machine) that a TVGA 8900 would operate only in graphics mode
- 13H (320 x 200 resolution) with Pasokon TV. Solution: contact
- Trident and demand a VESA driver that will make their hardware
- work with well established industry standards.
-
-
- * Canon Bubble Jet Print Driver
-
- This still might not be right.
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- FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT SSTV
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- A new SSTV Handbook is now available on the World Wide Web.
- The URL is
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- http://www.ultranet.com/~sstv
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