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- Turbo View
- Copyright © 1988, 89, 90
- by James K. Miles
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
-
- • Written,
- • directed,
- • produced by
- • James K. Miles
-
- • Special thanks to:
- • Allen Wessels
- • Michael R. Shannon
- • Dave Jagger
-
- • Gizmo's GIF decoder Copyright © 1987 by Steven A. Bennett.
-
- • Written in MPW C and Assembly language.
- _________________________________________________
- If you have any problems or questions, we can be reached on
- the following on-line services:
-
- • CompuServe: [71121,3421]
- • GEnie: jmiles
- • AppleLink: Mi.Concepts
- • America Online: MiConcepts or visit our Direct Link area in
- the Graphics and CAD forum! (keyword: MGR)
- _________________________________________________
-
- Modification history:
-
- 10/28/88 Released version 1.00
- 11/01/88 Released version 1.01
- • Fixed a problem with Suitcase II which was released about the same time.
- 02/28/89 Released version 1.02
- • Fixed a sometimes fatal bug when decoding GIF pictures on certain setups.
- • Removed window positioning routine that would sometimes hide the window.
- • Removed some of the keyware restraints.
- • Fixed problems with RLE conversion and Mac II StartupScreens.
- • Improved performance of most dithering routines
- 04/89 -
- 1/90 • Sent 1.03 to those who had problems with Turbo View and their SCSI drives.
- This rare bug caused Turbo View to bomb when attempting to open a picture.
- • 1.03 is never officially released.
- 06/02/90 Released version 1.04
- • Converted to MPW C 3.0
- • General release to fix SCSI driver bug.
- • Fixes problem when opening MacPaint pictures on a Mac XL.
- • Application version now available.
- • MacPaint pictures are now "flash loaded" if memory is available.
- (Pictures use to be spooled off the disk.)
- • Tweaked RLE and clipboard routines
- • New help windows.
- • New obscure method when locked.
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- 07/10/90 Released version 1.05
- • Fixes a bug when unlocking Turbo View DA when installed with the
- Font/DA Mover which caused TV to issue an error instead of
- saving the key code to disk.
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- 09/22/90 Released version 1.06
- • Supports "Background" color from GIF87a specifications.
- • Supports the following GIF89a features:
- ° Graphics Control Extension
- ∆ Transparancy
- ∆ User input flag
- ∆ Time delay
- ∆ Restore to previous
- ∆ Restore to background
- ° Plain Text Extension (formatted text with color or transparency)
- ° Comment Extension (Use the GIF Comments [Cmd-Option-G]
- feature to view. Only available if the picture has a comment and
- when the picture has finished being completely decoded.)
- ° Does not support Aspect Ratio.
- • GIF "decoding" performance has been improved by up to 10%.
- • Key system revised to prevent occasional crash when unlocking.
- • Now centers all "dialog" windows except the GIF Conversion window.
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