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PCXSLIDE
v1.1
(c) Kevin Solway, 1994
PO Box 207
St Lucia 4067
Australia
This program can join over 400kb of .PCX (PC Paintbrush format)
graphics files together into a single executable slide-show
program that can be further compressed with LZEXE (included).
The .PCX images must be a 2 or 4 color CGA, 2 or 16 color EGA or
VGA, or a 256 color MCGA (320 x 200) picture.
Usage:
pcxslide searchpattern [alternate exe compressor]
for example, pcxslide (on its own for help)
or pcxslide *.pcx (join all .pcx files in
current directory)
or pcxlife *.pcx pklite.exe (use pklite to
compress .exe file
instead of lzexe)
Notes on operation:
1. The name of the .EXE file created by PCXSLIDE is always
called SHOW.EXE. SHOW.EXE will always use about 440kb of
memory to run, regardless of how many images it contains, or
how much the executable file is compressed.
2. The maximum size of the .PCX file cannot be more than 64,000
bytes. You can link-in up to 100 .PCX files if they are
small enough.
3. VGA images (2 or 16 color) will be fade-displayed on VGA
systems for smoother presentation. The fade speed can be
changed while viewing images by pressing 0..9, 0 being the
fastest and 9 the slowest.
4. The programs created by PCXSLIDE check to see if the
appropriate hardware is available before trying to display
the image.
5. Images smaller than the screen will be centred.
6. .PCX files are processed in alphabetic order, so you can
specify the order in which images are presented by naming or
renaming them appropriately (eg, A.PCX, B.PCX, C.PCX . . .
etc).
7. Usage of an executable file compressor program, such as the
public domain (free) program LZEXE, is highly recommended.
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This program is Shareware and costs $20 (send to me at the above
address).
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This program includes portions of SHOW_PCX. Used by permission
of ZSoft Corporation.
There is no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including
without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or
fitness for a particular purpose. I shall not be liable for any
damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential
arising from the use of, or inability to use this program or the
programs generated from it.