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│ NHView 0.0d │
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Freeware. Copyright (C) 1995 Jonny R. Eriksen
What is it?
NHView is a simple to use viewer for use in OS/2 Fullscreen sessions.
It does 256 and 16 million colours. But 16 million colour format
pictures will not display on 8bit graphics cards. This will likely be
fixed in a newer release, since I myself can only view 8bit pictures
like it is now. If anyone got a Mach64 and makes it work, let me know.
Works with JPG, RLE, IRIS, PBM, BMP, PCX and most GIF-files.
It is not perfect, doesn't support all GIF files, does not support any
other formats, and is not too fast. On the bright side, what we got here
is a nice companion to any of the Norton Commander clones currently
available for OS/2, like File Commander, Nemo and so on.....
What do you need to run it?
Well, a release of OS/2 2.x or 3.x should be ok. But you do need a
SVGA driver correctly installed. You should have a SVGADATA.PMI file
in your OS2 directory that identifies your SVGA graphics card and
supported resolutions. I have also tested the program with newer drivers
that do not use the SVGADATA.PMI card, and that also worked ok...
Problems?
Doesn't it run? Well first of all, any 8514/a graphics card is not
supported. And some ATI Mach64 owners have experienced problems
running it... Make sure you do not run your ATI card in 8514/a mode!!!
I have successfully run it on both Mach32 and Mach64 graphics cards
myself. If you got a mach64 and get it working, send me your
SVGADATA.PMI file! (It is in the OS2 directory on your bootdrive.)
Mail adress: jonny@hsr.no
Do you want to contribute to this viewer?
Mail me at jonny@hsr.no with decoding source in C/C++ for other
graphics formats or working code for all GIF formats. If you got a
Mach64 card lying around collecting dust, and want to give it to me,
drop me a mail, It seems to be the only card this software doesn't run
on. It would be nice to get it working, and of course the infamous
8514/a.......
If you find any bugs, mail me at jonny@hsr.no
Please test it on more than one GIF-file, because it does not correctly
identify 8bit GIF's by itself....
Future plans?
Find a girl, make my first million $ and live happily ever after.
This one is really needed!!
WARRANTY:
THE AUTHOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS
SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR SIMILAR DAMAGES DUE TO LOSS
OF DATA OR ANY OTHER REASON, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR OR AN AGENT OF THE
AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR'S LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES EVER EXCEED THE
PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE
FORM OF THE CLAIM. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS
TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.