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GR-01: Graphics Displays, Pictures
The following MegaDisk sets ($6.99 for each multi-disk set) contain primarily
640x480x256 color GIF files, arranged by category. "Glamour" disks are
R-rated (very tasteful). To view the files, you will need a GIF file viewer,
such as CompuShow (#1704). The same files in BMP format (for use with Windows
3) are available in the Windows section of PsL.
#27309/2749[4] Misc. GIF
#27315/2755[3] Space GIF
#27316/2756[4] Animals GIF
#27317/2757[4] Nature GIF
#27318/2758[4] Glamour #1
#27319/2759[4] Glamour #2
#27325/2776[4] Glamour #3
#27326/2777[4] Glamour #4
#27327/2778[4] Glamour #5
#27328/2779[4] Glamour #6
#27567/3780[4] Glamour #27
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#27038/0508 EGA Demos #1 Small Programs Disk
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All programs on this disk require EGA video.
Anagly
Schreiber Instruments
$0
is a 3D graphics display program. It requires EGA-compatible video and common
3D viewing glasses (left eye red, right eye blue. Glasses are available from
Schreiber for a low cost.) The 3D image files are simple text files
containing x-y-z triplets which you can generate in addition to the demo
files.
Art
is an EGA demo
BugFry
G. McPhail
$0
is the best Computer Full-Employment program we've seen since EGA-Aquarium.
For those who find fish-watching too tame, you should love this computer
simulation of an electronic bug zapper. It's just the thing to put on your
computer when your backyard barbecue gets rained out.
Cos-Eye
is an EGA demo that requires BASICA 3.2.
KC-DEMO
draws world map, nude, Captain Kirk, boxes.
Mona
is an outstanding full-color version of the Mona Lisa.
Victor V286 Power Demo (POWER)
Knee Toe Productions
$0
is a graphics display demo for 286 machines with EGA-compatible video. It has
motion, color and sound.
Rolex
is the ultimate PC-as-a-clock program. On an EGA monitor (sorry, doesn't
work with others), it displays a beautiful picture of a Rolex(tm) watch
displaying the current time. A second hand sweeps across the face of the watch
and the watch's date display tells you the date.
Roses
is an EGA demo.
SGlass
Schafts, Debbie and Schafts, George
$0
produces a stained glass-like effect on the screen. EGA required. MS QuickC
source is included.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0508
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#27038/0765 EGA Demos #2 Small Programs Disk
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Boxes
draws boxes.
EGADemo
is a demo of EGA graphics.
EGAKal
McClendon, Judson D.
$0
is a kalediscope display for the EGA.
EGAMagic
Raxsoft Development
$0
is a demo for EGA monitors that demonstrates the use of dithering to get even
more colors and interesting patterns.
GodsEye
Campbell, George
$0
draws a colorful pattern similar to the "god's eye" fabric weaving pattern
popular with the 60's hippies as well as with old Latin America.
Instant Paradise (INSTPAR)
Salgado, J. Raphael B.
$10
puts you on the beach of a beautiful tropical island. As you sit at your desk,
staring at the computer screen, do you ever daydream about being in a remote
tropical paradise? Fire up Instant Paradise and watch the waves come in, the
fish jump out of the water, a sailboat maneuvering with a seagull overhead while
clouds drift lazily by. As the sun sets and the moon comes out colors change to
twilight, nighttime, dawn, and back to daylight. EGA is required. Other nifty
demos already in the PsL by the same (16 year old) author are AQUARIUM for the
CGA, and AQUAEGA - two great fish tank simulators.
Kaledis 3.1
McClendon, Judson D.
$0
is an EGA/VGA Kaleidoscope program. `C' source included.
LCDclock 1.1 (LCDCLOK)
Hartz, George
$5
is a beautifully done digital alarm clock for EGA systems. The clock looks just
like the one sitting on your night stand. Although the main attraction of the
program is its accurate rendition of a real clock, you can load it into a
DESQview window on a 386 (graphics programs cannot run in the background in DV
on a 286) and use its alarm to wake you up at 5 pm to go home.
Mind
is the ultimate EGA mindless pattern-drawing demo.
Polygon 1.0
Dukarich, Gary
$0
will display a triangle, quadrangle, pentagon, and hexagon in 3-D motion. For
EGA and VGA only.
Rax
Raxsoft Development
$?
is a demo of dithering and 3-D rotation for an EGA. Most impressive on a very
fast CPU machine.
Splat
is a cute little EGA demo that gives the appearance of different color
paint drops falling onto and running down the monitor. Clever and colorful.
TeaPot
Berkes, Otto
$?
is a 3-D image rotation demo for the EGA. Although a teapot seems like an odd
image to use (most people use cubes or such), it does make the demo more
interesting than the usual run of the mill.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0765
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#27038/1512 EGA/VGA Graphics Small Programs disk
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FishBee
VGA Graphics
$0
is a great animated graphics display. We don't want to say too much that would
spoil the suprises, but the main characters are a goldfish and a bee and
anyone with a color VGA monitor is going to love this. Incidentally, the
little music file that comes with it has the best music sounds we have ever
heard on a PC's speaker.
Grafix
Bill Voss
$0
is a graphics demo for VGA/MCGA only. This is among the best VGA demos ever.
If you have a VGA, you will want to see this.
O-My-God!
is an outstanding kaleidoscope program for VGA systems - one of the top 2.
Plasma
Mulvey, Bret
$0
is a VGA graphics demo. Pascal source code included.
Pyro 2.03
Shields, K. G
$0
produces a wide variety of impressive fireworks displays. The program also has
sound effects. CGA, mono-graphics and even text-only displays are supported,
in addition to EGA/VGA. C source code is included.
VGAart (VGA-ART)
Saucier, Matt
$0
is a VGA graphics display demo.
VGA Interludes (VGAI)
Pop Software
$12
is an interesting graphic display for VGA monitors unlike the usual kaleidoscope
type displays. There are four different patterns to choose from.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1512
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#27038/2766 EGA/VGA Graphics #2 Small Programs Disk
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Action Graphics (ACTION)
Clark, Stephen P.
$0
displays an animated waterfall or two spinning balls. `C' source code is
included. EGA/VGA required.
America
Wilson, Thomas R.
$0
is a fireworks display.
Firework 2.0 (FIRWRKS)
will display a realistic looking fireworks show on an EGA monitor.
KAMSave 1.0
Marshall, Keith A.
$10
is a a colorful screen display for VGA. You can start it up before leaving your
PC to use it as a screen-saver.
Nature 1.0
Micro Madness Software
$10
is an animated display of a nature scene. It features a waterfall and
stream with randomly flying birds and butterflies, jumping frogs, and
fish jumping. VGA is required. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18006.)
Ooze
Bulvey, Bret & Clough, Jeff
$0
is a hypnotic, pulsing graphic display. Ooze is a rewrite (C source code
included) and enhancement of a program called Plasma. Requires VGA. (Not
on this disk. Ask for disk #18057.)
Rainbow-Land 4.01 (RAINBO) [10/93 CD]
Latimer, Joey
$15
is a 16-color, 320x200 EGA/VGA graphics program for creating interactive
animated art. Features include built-in help screens, user defined colors and
shapes, and more.
VGA Lines (VLINES)
Dolan, Bob
$0
is an interesting VGA demo. Instead of just a single line bouncing around the
screen, like you've seen many times before, this one lets you set up to 10
different lines in motion.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2766
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#1949 Graphic Displays Small Programs Disk
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Dali
DGT Consulting, Inc.
$0
is a computerized version of Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory, but with
clocks that actually work. Nice concept - but you have to sit through an
annoying start-up screen. Requires EGA/VGA.
Garfy
Griggs, Bob
$0
is the old EGA Rolex watch face (in very nice, hi-res color), but this time
with Garfield the Cat on it asking "Where's the Lasagna?"
GR3
$0
displays a colorful, animated 3-D object (electric fan, egg beaters, clocks)
and rotates it at random angles and speeds. Makes a good (non-automatic)
screen blanker or computer show display.
Spirals
displays a colorful variety of spirals and shapes for EGA/CGA monitors.
Star Program (STARS) (09-93 CD)
Data Management
$10
is a graphic display program similar to Windows' star field screen
saver. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18125.)
StarFlag (STARFLG)
De Palma, John Richard
$0
displays the American flag and plays the Star Spangled Banner. QB source code is
included. If you have DOS 5, you can load the source code in QBasic and see how
the program works.
Wator
is a sort of like the "Game of Life" taken to the ocean. Fish (the prey)
and sharks (the predators) swim, hunt for food, and breed. It is based on an
idea published in Scientific American (Computer Recreations, A.K. Dewdney,
Sept. 1983). The user sets the parameters such as life and breeding years and
the program carries out the simulation.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1949
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#3402 EGA/VGA Graphics #3 Small Programs Disk
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Cycle
Balash, Marty
$0
is an unusual, very interesting graphics display. Here's an oddity: the program
runs much faster on a 286 than it does on a 386. Requires EGA/VGA.
Halloween Skull (HALSKUL)
$0
is an animated Halloween skull with scary music. VGA required.
Inkblot
Johnson, Mark S.
$5
is an unusual VGA graphics display. It mirrors random lines in four sectors,
creating a colorful and almost fractal-like inkblot display.
Snow 2.0
Hill, Allan W.
$0
displays an animated scene of an iceskater gliding around a frozen pond out in
the country. You can control the amount of snowfall and toggle on/off the
Christmas lights on the house in the background. VGA is required. (Not on this
disk. Ask for disk #8799.)
SweetDos (SWETDOS)
LeVitt, Dick
$0
displays an old-fashioned wall clock with swinging pendulum. Framed
needlepoint next to the clock proclaims "DOS sweet DOS". The system time is
displayed on the clock. VGA and 286/386 required.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3402
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#2847 Graphic Displays Small Programs Disk
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Ansi Shoppe (ANSISHP)
Third Stage Software Development Corp.
$3-$8
of 24 colorful "graphics" screens done with ASCII characters. Requires ANSI.SYS
in your CONFIG.SYS file (see your DOS manual). Color graphics are not required,
but will add a lot to the drawings.
AnsiTrek (ANS-TRK)
Gamboa, Noel
$0
is a collection of color ANSI graphics drawings of Star Trek related subjects.
Considering the limitations of ASCII graphics, this set is very well done.
Chaos3
Grandine, Joseph D.
$0
will create a pattern from a series of randomly selected points, as described
on NOVA last August 1. Requires VGA, but the QB source code is included and
can be modified for other video types.
Demon 2.0
Katzung, Bert
$0
is a cellular automaton, similar to Life. It displays a graphic grid of cells
that change state with each "life cycle". As described in the August issue of
Scientific American, the automaton starts out in a completely random state and
gradually takes on a greater and greater degree of organization. Requires EGA
or VGA. C source code is included.
Demon 1.1A (DEMONJM)
McCranie, Judson ASP
$5
is a graphics display that simulates a cellular, crystal-like growth.
Earth
Sokol, John L.
$0
displays a globe spinning and moving around the screen. Because the image keeps
moving, you could leave this running on a computer when you are gone to prevent
burn-in.
Flag
$0
displays an American flag on the screen. (What the heck, it's only 850 bytes,
and you can wave your computer during parades.)
Starz 1.0
Dolan, Bob
$0
displays a head-on view of oncoming stars in the classic Star Trek tradition.
Sometimes the spacecraft will go into a spin or dart from one side to the other.
Sometimes the speed will change, and other times colorful stars will appear.
Nice for use as a screen blanker while away from your desk.
VGA Art (VGAART) (08-93 CD)
Moraffware International
$0
is an incredible graphics demonstration. It supports virtually any kind of
video from monochrome to 256-color Super Hi-Res VGA. Many of these displays
defy description and simply must be seen.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2847
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#1911 Fractal Graphics Small Programs Disk
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3D-Brot
Schore, Michael
$0
is a set of GIF files picturing 3-D mandelbrot sets. These can be viewed with
any GIF file viewer, such as VPIC. It is, of course, more spectacular in full
color on an EGA or VGA.
Dragon
Mulvey, Bret
$0
calculates and displays a class of mathematical curves known as Julia sets,
named after Gaston Julia. Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou studied the
properties of these curves in depth during the first world war, but without
modern computer graphics it was almost impossible to imagine what the curves
actually look like. The details of a Julia curve are infinitely small and no
computer can give an exact representation of one, but DRAGON will display a
Julia curve to the best of its abilities. CGA, EGA, VGA, Herc are supported.
Fly-MW
Moraffware
$0
is a scrolling fractal landscape that provides the illusion of looking down at
the earth through an aircraft window. A version with a jet flying through the
air is provided. VGA is required.
Fractal Master (FRACMAS)
Carlson, Paul W.
$15-$20
is a menu-driven program that allows you to create, save, and modify several
different types of fractals. It includes the Mandelbrot Set, Julia Sets,
Dragonland, and self-squared dragons. Both integer and floating point
calculations can be used. Maps can be saved to disk and colors edited. It also
includes animation and mirror images. EGA required.
Fractal Kaleidoscope 2N (FRACTKL)
Thomas, Arthur L.
$15
will help you design and display slowly-changing pictures on your computer
screen using Fractal Graphics. Requires an EGA card and monitor. An 80*87
version is included.
Frak
Graham, Keith P.
$0
Fraktal experiments with interesting bugs. Fast.
MandelBrot Picture Generator (MANDVGA)
Rodriguez, Jose L.
$0
draws 256-color fractal graphics on a VGA/MCGA. Source code in C and Fortran
is included. The math coprocessor is supported, but not required.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1911
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#2994 Fractal Graphics #2 Small Programs Disk
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3dfrac 3.0
Contorer, Aaron
$?
This is a different kind of fractal-graphics program. It uses three-dimensional
fractal geometry to generate simulated landscapes from a perspective you would
see from an airplane. EGA/VGA required. C source code is included.
Biomorph 1.01 (BIOMRPH)
Seidel, David A.
$0
generates fractal biomorphs by reiterating the function f(Z) = Z^3 + C, where
Z and C are both complex numbers. Requires EGA compatible video. C source
code is included.
Frac
Ratcliff, John
$0
is a fractal rendering program. The FRAC program uses a unique algorithm to
speed up the mandelbrot computation.
Fractal Landscapes 2.0 (FRACLND)
Chao, Dennis
$10
creates beautiful random fractal landscapes in 3D. You can change color
palettes, the viewing angle, and more. EGA/VGA is required. The program
sometimes aborted with an error message while drawing in our testing, but ran
all right most of the time.
FractalWeave 2.0 (FWEAVE)
Price, James H.
$15
generates a unique variety of colorful and detailed screen images with Fractal
graphics. Unlike most fractal generating programs, it combines fairly rapid
image generation with an animated display. It also has the capability to save
full screen images in standard PCX format. EGA/VGA is required.
IFS Trees (IFSTREE)
MorganSoft
$0
draws trees of different sizes on screen using fractal graphics. VGA required.
Kaotix 2.3
BSX International
$5
is a Chaotic fractal generator. You simply pick up to 15 points on the screen,
and a beautiful undulating picture is created. EGA and a mouse are required.
LandForm 1.0 (LANDFRM)
Smith, Glenn K.
$0
is a fractal program for VGA that generates two views of a piece of land. It
starts with a top view then rotates the map to a side view that shows depth
and height of the landscape, plus moving waters and a dark sky with stars.
Also included are two self-running demos that display the images with motion
in the water.
Mand88/Mand386 2.3 (MAND)
Christman, John
$15
is a Mandelbrot microscope. The "microscope" means that you can magnify
selected parts of the screen. Since fractals are, by definition,
extremely irregular lines made up of an infinite number of similarly
irregular lines, you can "zoom in" forever. Requires CGA, EGA or VGA
compatible video and at least 512k of RAM. The 386 version is extremely
fast, even without a math coprocessor. A mouse is supported for moving
the pointer and an HPLJ is supported for printouts.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2994
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#0110 Drawing Programs Small Programs Disk
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4-Dplus
Daniels, Brad
$?
is available in 2 versions: 4-dplus.com and 4-d87.com. 4-d87.com is a version
of 4-dplus which has 8087 coprocessor support. Allows you to draw object at
different angles and if you have a 640K machine you can animate images.
House.BAS
Ford, Nelson ASP
$0
is a simple program for drawing floor plans which are then printed via a
graphics screen dump. It lets you measure distances on screen, draw and erase
lines. BASIC source code can be easily modified. Required are BASIC, a
CGA-compatible video card, and a printer with graphics screen dump software
(such as DOS's GRAPHICS.COM).
PDraw
Morrill, David
$?
is an excellent program to demonstrate the color graphics capability of the
IBM PC. It was written entirely in the IBM DOS Advanced BASIC (BASICA) and
uses the 320 by 200 pixel color graphics mode. Provides an easy way to set
colors, draw or sketch points, lines, boxes, and circles, paint figures, and
load or save screen pictures.
Scenic Artist 1.0 (SCNART)
Gulick, Charles
$10
lets you create beautiful landscapes. You start with a barren expanse of
sky and ground. You can add lakes, mountain ranges, trees, moon reflections on
water, clouds, and so on. There are lots of options available, and even the most
un-artistic person can create a breath-taking panorama with ease. Created by the
author of Flight Simulator.
#0110 ASCII Graphics
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Doodle
Reiser, Steve
$?
lets you doodle on the screen in ASCII graphics. The result can be saved
either in straight ASCII or in Word Perfect format for printing by that
popular word processing program. (PD)
July4.ANS
is a clever display done completely with ASCII characters. (You must have
ANSI.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file.) All you have to do is TYPE the file and
watch the color and action. That is, at the DOS prompt, enter TYPE JULY4.ANS
and press Enter.
Pin-Art
is a text file that contain drawings done solely with ASCII characters
whose ASCII values are 32 or above. The drawings were designed for use
primarily by bbs's, and only ASCII values of 32+ can be reliable transmitted
over the phone and reproduced on the receiving computer's monitor. Even
non-sysops might find the drawings useful and the accompanying text,
entertaining.
Sketch
Boyarko, Brian
$0
is a drawing program that uses the text mode and all ASCII characters. The
author wrote the program for displaying process systems, such as sewage
treatment. Different colors can be used to indicate changes in temperature
during the process, etc.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0110
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#0866 Graphics Demos Small Programs Disk
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1Soft
is presented for old times sake. It was winner of the now defunt Softalk
magazine's "One-Liner" BASIC programming contest. Load BASICA and run it.
3D-Maze
Dean, James L.
$0
will create and display a 3D maze on the screen. The maze could be printed
with a graphics screen dump and solved, but it seems to be intended more as an
interesting graphics display. Pascal source code is included.
3DWave 1.1
Contorer, Aaron
$0
displays a moving 3D waveform. An interesting effect.
CasIoz
Noeldner, Paul
$?
is a clever variation of those wonderful programs that turn your multi-
thousand dollar computer system into a $9.95 watch. Visually, there is no
comparison between this one and the stunning ROLEX.COM for EGA monitors (on
1-GR-765). It has the ability to display the "watch" in mirror image and will
also display the time in Hexadecimal or Roman numerals and will let you set an
alarm or play a tune.
Clock (CLOCKWW)
Wild West Software
$0
displays a large clock on the screen (complete with second hand) and the times
for Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo and London.
Fantasy 2.0 (FANT-NS)
Natural Software ASP
$20
creates flowing graphic images on your display as you move your mouse. You
can record the patterns you generate and store them in a disk file for later
playback. Two demo files are included and they are very fascinating. We
could not exit the demo on an AST with a VGA, but it worked all right on an
Epson Equity II with CGA. The demo should be run from a hard disk or RAM disk
as the frequent disk accessing spoils the demo when run from a slow floppy.
Globe is a simple demo in BASIC. It shows a planet spinning in a field of
stars.
Maxhead2
is about as good an attempt as you are going to get on a PC to recreate Max
Headroom, complete with stammering speech. If your machine is faster than a
stock 8088 PC, you will need to slow it down to have any chance of
understanding the speaking.
Piston
is a graphic display of how a piston engine works. It looks jerky at first
(while the component images are being drawn) but runs smoothly after it has
been running a while, just like a real car.
Shuttle
is a graphics demo that uses the PRESENT program (on the disk) to display a
3-D image of the space shuttle rotating in space.
Sine 2.0
Synergy Development and Stewart, David Thomas
$10-$15
is an excellent graphics pattern demo program. A whirling, puslating, quickly
changing pattern of dots. Just the thing for insomniacs.
Slinky
Jarvis, John
$?
creates a graphics show by drawing closed Bezier curves in sequence. The
controlling hull points are moved around using various randomizing strategies.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0866
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#1998 Graphics Demos #2 Small Programs Disk
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3DHouse
Carr, Charles
$0
is a 3D model of the inside and outside of a house which you can move around and
through as if actually there. Smoothly scrolling graphics with create a virtual
reality that is fun to play with.
3DimRot
allows you to rotate three dimensional figures on X,Y or Z axes. Call or
edit figures from disk or create new figures by entering point coordinates and
connections. Save figure data or screen on disk.
3Danimat (3DANIMA)
Loomis, Jack M. and Eby, David W.
$6
is a high-speed 3-D animation program. Like other similar programs, you have
to wait while the 3-D animation frames are drawn, but it only takes a minute
or two and then the display is impressive. CGA compatibility required.
BFly
Rush, William A.
$5
draws a full-screen, multi-color butterfly (slowly). No two are ever the
same. Optionally prints in color on an Epson EX-800/1000 printer with a color
option.
Coffee
gives your computer a coffee break when you take one. A smiling pot of
coffee and two smiling cups give off steam and change expressions while the
`percolator' tune plays. Then with your bloodstream revitalized, the program
gets you charging with a rousing rendition of the William Tell Overture.
BASICA and graphics required.
EinsTime (EINSTIM)
draws a picture of Einstein, adds a clever saying, and displays the time of
day.
Eye
Siegel, Bob
$?
puts a big eye on the screen. The eye moves slowly back and forth.
Saturn.BAS
displays the planet Saturn. BASICA required.
Tripled
Smedstad, Gus
$?
is a graphics demo program which displays five objects: a cylinder, a
hemisphere, a pyramid, a house, and a plane. You can move and rotate any of
them, or the viewpoint, and remove the hidden edges at any time or move them
closer or farther away.
WorldMap (WORLDMA)
draws a map of the world.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1998
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#2680 Graphics Utilities Small Programs Disk
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ANS2COM 3.0
Rexxcom
$15
converts ANSI graphics to self-displaying COM files.
CGAPCX 1.0
Visionary Software Technology, Inc.
$10
allows you to view up to 256-color PCX files on computers equipped with a CGA
adapter. (The authors can no longer be reached at the address provided in the
documentation.)
CGIF 1.0
Pop Software
$0
is a fast, simple utility for viewing GIF files. Pictures are displayed in the
VGA 320x200x256 mode. For pictures with resolution higher than 320x200, you can
scroll the display. Source code is available from the author.
ChkPic
Graham, Keith P.
is a PC graphics file identifier which is capable of determining 11 different
types of graphics files. This can be very helpful if you have gotten a
graphics file from somewhere and don't know what kind it is.
EZ-Show 1.2b
RSE, Inc.
$40
lets you create video presentations and slide shows without scripts. It works
with anything your screen can display, including text screens and super-VGA
graphics.
A screen capture program, presentation creation program, and show program are
included. Features include fades, delays, user flow control, branching,
background processing, EGA palette editor and more. Mouse support is included.
Requires CGA, EGA, VGA, or MCGA.
FMAC
Graham, Keith P.
$0
is a CGA MACPAINT file viewer. Better than READMAC.
GIF2PCX 1.3
Voit, Robert
$10
converts GIF files to PCX files. It can handle large, complex pictures and has a
menu system for getting file names. Works with Windows 3.0. Supports VGA only.
GIFPrt 4.1
Hamrick, Edward B.
$35
will display and print GIF files. It uses color dithering for displaying GIF
files on displays and printers that do not support 256 colors; however, as with
all other graphics utilities, dithered photographs don't turn out very well. A
slide show feature is included. Supports most printers and graphic adapters.
Requires 512K.
GR_EXT
Graham, Keith P.
$0
is a text file of many of the known DOS extensions of graphics files.
PopPCX 1.0
Panda Studio Inc.
$25-$35
is a pop-up PCX file viewer. It takes a rather hefty 86k of RAM. When you pop it
up, it lists all the files in the directory rather than just PCX files, making
it a little more of a nuisance to use. Other than these two complaints, it does
what it is supposed to do.
TIFF 1.4
Thomas, Markham
$?
is a TIFF file viewer that uses either EGA or VGA graphics for screen display.
If a VGA is present you can specify a gray-scaled display.
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#2167 Miscellaneous/Other Small Programs Disk
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AutoPlot 1.0 (AUTOPLT)
Gupta, Kris
$0
is a command line driven program that plots data stored in ASCII files on an EGA
or VGA. It can produce scatter plots, line plots, bar graphs, produce linear,
semi-log, and log-log graphs. You can create the data files with any text editor
or by exporting data from other programs.
ElecSym
is fifty-two electronics and logic symbols for use with Generic CADD to
create schematic diagrams. They will fit nicely on a .1 inch grid. Also
included is a sample drawing showing all of the symbols in this file.
MAC2Prn
Weeks, Gregory D.
$5
prints MacPaint pictures at 72 dpi on Epson or Star printers.
MicroCAD 2.0 (MICROCA)
Allaway, David R.
$35
is a sophisticated, but easy to use drawing program. It is completely icon
driven (no menus). Each icon's function is displayed at the top of the screen
as the cursor passes over it.
Microcad has fast object drawing speeds, with real-time pan, zoom, and 3D
object rotations. It also includes perspective, orthographic, simultaneous
views, pattern fills, text, colors and more. Other features include automatic
export in DXF format, both 3-D and 2-D exports, up to 1500 objects per
diagram, auto-dimensioning, OS/2 support, landscape mode printer options, and
much more. VGA and mouse required.
ORGChart (ORGCHRT)
Lee, Jerming
$20
creates an organization chart with boxes and lines from a file containing the
organization, saves it to a file, and optionally prints it. The input file is
very easy to create with any editor or word processor that can save in
straight text. The levels of the organization are indicated by the number of
spaces indented. The following is an example:
Vice President, Manufacturing, & Development, X. Y. Smith
Director,Manufacturing,E. F. Brown
Manager,Tools,A. B. Hamilton
Manager,Parts,J. K. Maxwell
Director,Development,L. M. Riley
Manager,Research,M. N. Green
Manager,Education,Y. Z. Yates
Commas are used to split long lines into multiple lines in order to
minimize the width of the boxes. Nevertheless, it doesn't take long for the
width of the chart to get "very" wide. A chart of the categories in the library
was over 5,000 characters wide. Fortunately, the program solves the problem by
automatically splitting the chart into pages which can be taped together. Being
able to split long lines with commas was one smart option for holding down the
width, another is the ability to list the final level of names vertically
instead of having to spread them out horizontally.
We only noted one problem: if your input file has an error, the program will
abort with a "Return without Gosub in Line 2768" message, but at the bottom of
the screen will also be a message specifying what the incorrect line is.
OKShow 1.0
Graham, Keith P.
$0
is a BSAVE/BLOAD file database interface.
TouchUp 1.2
Glockner, Joseph A.
$15
allows you to touchup Turbo Pascal v4.0, GetImage generated graphics files. A
mouse and EGA are required.
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#3137 Miscellaneous/Other #2 Small Programs Disk
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AquaEGA
Salgado, Ralphael & Kahill
$10
is a terrific aquarium simulation in beautiful colors for systems with
EGA-compatible video card and monitor.
Graph Master 1.5 (GRAPHTM)
Mitchell, Tim
$16
lets you graph monthly data. You can keep a five-year history in 20 different
categories. It can be used to show Profit, Mileage, Bills, and more.
MugShot 1.1
San Mateo, Carlo
$0
is a simple version of the IdentiKit type program used by police departments to
put together pictures of suspects based on witnesses descriptions. This program
is pretty limited in capabilities, but is still fun to play with.
Title-Lite 3.0 (TITLITE)
Castle Computers
$25
creates attractive VGA 640x480 title screens using a large, high-res font on a
dramatic blended color background.
VBEFLI .4
Trilobyte
$20
is a superVGA FLI file player. It will play animation in up to 640x480x256 mode.
No animation files are included.
World Maps (WRLDMAP)
TDM Software
$0
reads an ASCII format file containing longitude and latitude data and converts
it to an AutoCAD script file format. Once the data is converted to a script
file, AutoCAD is used to automatically draw a cylindrical equal distant
projection map. The program is designed to use the digitized map data
available on many public domain BB systems. Users may create their own data
file as long as it is in the same format required by the program.
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#0127 Pictures Small Programs Disk
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Note: several of the following pictures are drawn by BASIC programs. BASICA
or GWBASIC is required. Pixel graphics require a CGA or compatible card.
ASCII graphics will work on any video or printer.
Barbie
is a picture of a female done with ASCII graphics.
Darth
draws the head of Darth Vadar on screen with pixel graphics.
Ferrari.BAS
draws a picture of the sports car on screen with pixel graphics.
G-Bust
displays the Ghost Busters logo on screen with pixel graphics.
Hawaii
is a map of the Hawaiian islands in pixel graphics. You can zoom in on any
part of the map for more detail.
JFK
is a digitized picture of JFK in .PCX format. It can be viewed with PICEM,
OPTIKS, etc, or loaded into PC-Paintbrush compatible graphics programs.
Mad
printes a portrait of the the leader of Mad Magazine on a printer.
Mona (MONA2)
prints a picture of the Mona Lisa to a printer.
Nude1
prints a nude on a printer.
Santa
prints Santa on a printer.
Smurf
draws a picture of two Smurfs.
Snoopy1
draws a picture and calendar of Snoopy on a printer.
SNOOPY2
picture of Snoopy.
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#0558 ReadMAC Small Programs Disk
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This disk offers a viewer and several picture files from the Macintosh.
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Animotion Graphics 3-D Sampler
$0
#27562/3740 [3 disks]
is a fantastic VGA graphics demonstration. The dazzling 3-D displays include
dancing musical notes, spinning diamonds, a mechanical hand flipping a coin, and
more. This is a very impressive package which requires over 1.5 meg of hard disk
space.
Autodesk Animator Graphics
$0
#3015
is a set of seven different graphical movies created with Autodesk Animator:
Boss, Jabber, Bball, Glass, MRNUMO, Hands, and TigerCat. The latter two are
particularly impressive, although we wish all of them could be longer. VGA is
required.
3-D Mandelbrot
Shin, D.H.
$10
#3644
lets you generate and animate complex, 256 color 3-dimensional mandelbrot or
Julia images. The images can be infinitely complex, and the program supports
more than 65000 iterations. Other features include previews of new drawings,
potential calculating, integer math options, estimated finish time calculation,
sectional view, and much more. VGA and 572K of free conventional memory are
required.
Aflix
Autodesk, Inc.
$0
#27187/1254 [2 disks]
is a collection of 2D and solid 3D AutoCAD images with motion that are really
impressive. Among the `movies' are two jets doing loops, a house being built
and furnished, Star Trek's Enterprise zipping up to you and then off into the
unknown. Other displays include a full-screen kiss from Marilyn Monroe, Atari's
Bouncing Ball, a bowling pin production line and more. Requires an EGA
compatible video card and 640k. Files are ARC'ed onto two disks.
Battle-Pieces
Wilton T. Thornburg II
$25
#27086/2584 [2 disks]
presents the poetry of Herman Melville with animated graphics using images by
Leonardo Da Vinci. Requires VGA, 640K, and one meg of disk space.
Chaos
McCranie, Judson ASP
$10
#2231
is a set of several programs to graph "chaos" demonstrations. Included are
Butterfly, Triangle, Logistic, 3-Body (a simplified orbit of a planet around
two stars, and A Henon diagram drawing program.
Chaplinesque
Thornburg, Wilton T. II
$25
#2530
contains a multimedia animation of Hart Crane's poem "Chaplinesque". Requires a
hard disk, VGA, and 640K.
Cybart: The Cybernated Artist
Flying Turtle Software
$15
#4560
creates unique abstractions. They are presented on screen as framed
works of art.
Dazzle 5.0j
MicroTronics ASP
$15
#3927
is an incredible screen blanking/kaleidoscope program. The beautiful use of
colors is enhanced even further by the use of fading in and out. It uses
split-screen and panning as part of the fade process. Screens can be frozen
for shooting photographs or image capturing. EGA/VGA required.
Eye-Gard
Focus Research
$22
#3928
is for leaving messages on and securing your computer while you are away. It
will display a selected PCX file. If someone presses a key, the picture and
message change and an alarm is sounded. Different pictures, messages, and alarms
can be pre-set for different times of the day. Instead of alarms, other programs
or batch files can be set to run when a key is pressed.
F16 Animation Player Demo
Rainbow Technology Group of America
$?
#20152
plays 32,768/65,535 color animations in real time. This demo includes two
examples created in 3D Studio. Requires a video card with a VESA driver, and a
minimum 16 MB RAM. (Available on 3.5" 1.44MB MegaDisk only.)
Fractal Aggregation Techniques
Fractal Recreations
$29
#3237
generates fractal shapes from probability distributions and random walks.
Beautiful shapes can be created which resemble coral, bushes, trees, sand dunes
and mountains. An unusual features is an option to drop pixels like snowflakes
which cling to the pixels below. You can import a PCX file or draw an image for
this mode as well.
Another option allows pixels to move in from ever-widening circles in search of
pixels in the center. There are many special effects available. These creations
are fascinating to watch, and this is a very well done package. Requires more
than 360k disk space.
Fractal Editor 1.3 [FRED]
David Canright
$0
#12544 (10-93 CD)
allows you to design your own fractals. You can choose between properties
(scaling, rotation, fixed point), add color and generate an endless variety
of new fractals. You can save your fractal images as PCX files. <FRED.PCX>
Fractal Grafics
Cedar Software
$44
#2814
allows you to draw spectacular pictures using fractals. The program uses a new,
powerful drawing tool called a "fractal template", to create complex shapes with
rich detail, and assemble these shapes into colorful images. You'll also learn
through hands-on exploration about fractal geometry and "chaos" theory. PCX
format images from other programs may be imported.
It provides SuperVGA support up to 800x600 resolution, and DXF file output for
compatibility with CAD and vector drawing programs. EMS and virtual memory
support is included for fast high-resolution screen updates. This is a
fascinating program exhibiting a unique marriage of art and mathematics, but
requires no knowledge of either. It is intuitive and very easy to operate.
Fractint 18.0
Tyler, Bert and Wegner, Tim
$0
#27039 (08-93 CD)
generates Mandelbrot and Julia set fractal images with code written
specifically for 386's. (It will also work on a 8088 or 268 machine.) With
superVGA's, Fractint can rotate the colors in the palette and randomly add
colors giving a kind of pseudo animation that has to be seen to be believed.
Features include on-line help with over 350 available screens, a demo mode,
support for PaintJet printers, support for XGA video adapter, and support for
Targa+ video adapter. This is one of the premier factal graphics programs and
has a huge array of options, features, and support for various video boards
and resolutions. Anyone interested in fractals should definitely get this
disk. Requires 1meg+ disk space. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk ONLY!
Mandelbrot Magic
Left Coast Software
$15
#27039/1780
generates color displays of the Mandelbrot Set and Julia Sets, a famous group of
mathematical structures known as fractals.
Mandelbrot Microscope
#27039/772
is a graphics program for mathematicians. Frankly, we mere mortals have found
this graphic display of mathematical formulae to be something of a yawner, but
it seems to be highly popular with the pocket calculator crowd. So just to show
that we are an equal opportunity library, here it is. ... You know, when you
run the demo that zooms in with a greater and greater magnification, it IS kinda
interesting how... Nah, what am I saying? Give me back my pinball game.
Recursive Realm
Jones, Scott ASP
$20
#2284
is a fractal generation system. Features include expanded memory support,
virtual screens, escape sequence tracking, expanded help system, two Julia set
functions, four Newton's method functions, direct graphics mode selection from
data-entry menu, key changes, speed improvements, Julia set zooming, warped
mandelbrots, and the ability to save in PCX EGA/VGA. A math coprocessor is
supported.
Other features include 3-D projection; sphere projection; convolution to finds
edges and lines in an image by recoloring each picture with a color that is a
function of the color of the pixel's neighbors; jigsaw puzzles; rapid
expansion; variable escape radius; mouse support; and a new Newton's method
function and one new magnetism function to show the universality of Mandelbrot
set. Requires a hard disk.
GrandTour
Callahan, John D.
$12
#2841
simulates space as seen from the Voyager and Giotto spacecraft. It also
generates scenes from arbitrary points in space or the Earth, with the
spacecraft visible to the observer. The planet, moons, and rings of interest (or
comet, nucleus, and tail), stars, the sun, and the spacecraft are all accurately
drawn with wireframe representations. Hidden line removal is done for the body
surfaces. For color EGA devices, stars are color coded according to spectral
type. Requires 512K and CGA, EGA, or Hercules graphics.
Gulf
Data Assist, Inc.
$0
#3101
is a tribute to our troops in the Persian Gulf. It supports Ad Lib and Sound
Blaster, if present, and requires VGA or MCGA for the full-color photos that
are displayed.
Hallucinations
Polymath Systems
$10
#1431
is a graphics display that allows you to choose nine speed settings, palette or
foreground color, and background color can be selected for each routine from the
Options menu.
JKFaces 1.5
King, Jerry
$0
#3449
is a non-TSR screen saver. It displays photo-quality color pictures of
pretty faces with various special effects. Requires EGA/VGA.
Kaled
Lively, Lynn
$?
#686
is one of the most interesting pattern-drawing, kaleidoscope program we've
seen. The program will allow you to create, edit, run and save your drawings.
Morphing MegaDisk
#20189
Morphing is a hot graphics technique in movies, commercials, and music
videos. Now you can try it on your computer.
With true morphing, one entity appears to physically transform into
another, as opposed to one image fading in while the other fades out.
However, the morphing programs in this set do, in fact, work by fading
one image out while the other fades in, so the quality of the morph
depends on your choice of beginning and ending images.
RMORF (Richard Goedeken, $25) and DMORF (David K. Mason, $35) are two
morphing programs that support different graphics formats, but which
work about the same. The PC does not support fading in one image while
another fades out, so these morphing programs create intermediate
graphics files which gradually merge the second picture into the first
until all you see is the second picture.
You can specify the number of intermediate files to be created. The
higher the number, the smoother and more gradual is the resulting morph.
DMORF and RMORF do not display the resulting graphics files, which both
programs save in TGA format. The only way we found to view them was to
use a program by the name of DTA to convert them to an Autodesk Animator
.FLI format and use an FLI viewing utility. (Both DTA and SHOW-FLI are
included.)
DMORF requires a math chip and a fast CPU. If you have a 486, both
requirements are automatically met. You also need VGA and several megs
of hard disk space for the resulting files.
Mset
Hayden, David M.
$15
#2283
creates, stores, and displays images of the Mandelbrot Set. Features include
80x87 support, CGA, EGA, Hercules, VGA, AT&T 400, PC 3270, and IBM 8451
graphics support, image compression, zooming, fast sketching, color and black
& white images, control of the color palette, menus, and on-line help. Other
features include integer math, Mouse support, Julia set fractals, color
guessing, on screen menus, menu hot keys, 256 color SVGA support, and a trails
effect. One of the program's most interesting features is it's ability to
quickly sketch an image. Sketches show the basic features of an image and help
you decide whether to create a detailed rendering.
PCX2EXE 1.44 [PCX2EXE14]
Williams, Mike
$25
#12605 (12-93 CD)
converts PCX files into self-displaying EXE files. A TSR screen grabber
is included that saves in PCX format and has no limit on the size of the
graphic file that can be created.
RTag 2.1 [RTAG21]
Phillip H. Sherrod ASP
$20
#12546 (10-93 CD)
facilitates the generation ray tracing animation. It compiles an animation
control language and creates files to cause ray tracing programs like
POV-Ray or Polyray to produce a sequence of frames for an animation. The
language offers full arithmetic expressions, looping control and spline
path generation. You can create animations with accelerations and/or object
interactions.
SuperShow III
PC West
$95
#3017
(formerly PCX-Show) lets you create graphics presentations with PCX and
GIF files. It features multiple screen fades and segues, kaleidoscope
screen effects, text display using customized and computer fonts, border
and screen clearing effects, sound, pop-up windows, and full palette
control. Other features include a menu-driven automatic script
generator/editor, Sound Blaster support, custom screen fonts, animated
logo effects, and much more. Requires 348K and a EGA, VGA or SVGA
graphics card.
PixArt Animated Greetings [PIXART1, PIXART2, PIXART3]
Woodruff, David
$5 each
#20188 [2 MegaDisks] (08-93 CD)
is a set of three animated Birthday messages. It includes dancing girls,
special delivery of a gift-wrapped message, and a marble maze with
greetings at the end. Because the files use full-color, hi-res
animation, they are available on two 3.5" 1.44MB disks only.
Saturday Matinee
Val
$0
#27549/3647 [4 disks]
provides a realistic animation of a crowded movie house. Your view is from the
balcony, and the curtains open, the lights dim, and the show begins. The
animated VGA graphics are very impressive. The unarchived files of this set
require almost 2 meg of hard disk space.
Show Partner Lite
Brightbill-Roberts & Company ASP
$79
#27577/3825 [2 disks]
lets you develop lively, animated screen show presentations and demonstrations.
Modules include a presentation script editor, a slide show editor, screen
capture programs for both DOS and Windows, a graphics editor and a royalty-free
runtime module. Requires 320K.
Show-Talk
Creative Software Sounds Inc.
$15
#3826
is intended to attract people to the computer. It draws fancy collages and about
every 30 seconds it says a catch phrase in human speech. It can be used at your
show booth, retail store or to play jokes on friends. When the person presses a
key, it will say a joke, sing a song or play name that tune. Requires 512K.
SnappyScreen
Limbo Graphics
$11-26
#3238
is a series of VGA graphics displays that can be used as a screen blanker while
you are away from your machine. You can select specific graphics such as "Out To
Lunch" or "In a Meeting" or allow the program to randomly change the display.
VGA required. Files unarchive to over 500k, so an appropriately sized disk is
required.
Sierra On-Line Xmas Card
Sierra
$0
#2056
This is the 1989 version of the annual Sierra On-Line Christmas sound and
graphics demo. The graphics are just incredible - better than last year, and
they were excellent then. Scenes from previous years have been improved and new
screens added. The music can be played on your PC's speaker, but it is so plain
sounding that you will get bored just sitting there waiting for it to end and go
on to the next scene. On the Adlib card, the music becomes as entertaining as
the graphics, so the wait for each scene to change isn't as bad. (This demo is
probably aimed more at store displays than at someone sitting at their computer
and staring at the screen.) The program also supports the IBM Music Feature
Card, the PCjr and Tandy 1000 built-in sound systems, and the Roland MT-32 Sound
Module. (Run INSTALL if you have one of these.) Requires 340K.
Take Five
Gross, David ASP
$20
#4491
displays selected PCX graphics (three are included) while you are away from your
desk. Text can be added to the screen, and others may leave messages. Messages
can be displayed, printed or filed. Password protection is optional. The
position of the display, delay facture, and type of fade can be changed.
Requires EGA or VGA.
TRANS4 1.1 [TRANS4]
Ratcliff, Lyn
$0
#12455 (09-93 CD)
is an interactive graphics demonstration program which displays a number
of different colorful, animated 4-dimensional wireframe objects. It can
be used as a screen blanker or as a graphics show. You can modify
existing figures or create your own.
Valentine Card
Kopchak, Randall
$0
#4095
is an electronic Valentine card that you can customize. This arrived too late
for this year, but it is so unique that you will want to save it for next year.
One interesting feature is that if you have a CD-ROM drive connected to your PC,
it will play a specified track of a music CD (of your choice) while it displays
the graphics show.
Visual Note
Magic Software +
$20-$29
#3929
displays VGA pictures with a note while you are away and lets people enter
messages. Several pictures are included. You can leave a picture of Arnold if
you'll "be back" or an extreme close-up of a burger if you're "Out to Lunch"
caption. There is also a calendar up to year 9999, clock blanker mode with
slide shows of VGA pictures, a phone number list, and an appointment reminder.
VGA is required.
VGA CALendar
Magic Software +
$0
#3371
toggles between a full-color VGA picture and a time-calendar display. You can
get it to redisplay the same picture each time, or to randomly select one of the
six pictures of cars, girls, and scenery that are included. The graphics are
almost interesting enough to make you forget that June doesn't really have 31
days, as shown. Requires hard drive & VGA.
Vpic
Montgomery, Bob
$15
#1437
is a graphics file viewer and converter for EGA, MCGA, VGA and SuperVGA. It
will display graphics files in the following formats: GIF, PCX, SCx, PIC, TGA,
CIT, LBM and MAC files. VPic will save any picture to any of the other formats
except MAC. It will also display files in a slide-show mode. Other features
include support for uncompressed coloRIX SCO files, Deluxe Paint II viewing
and save capability, and the ability to view GIF89a and FRA fractal files.
Support is included for Everex 678, Ahead (B chip), Zymos VGA, Tseng 4000, and
Genoa 6400; SCY conversion for ColoRIX; and eight VGA/EGA modes.
Other features include support for BIF Binary Image File from B&W image
capture boards; 64 shade gray conversion for VGA images; auto-centering for
pictures smaller than the screen; GIF89a features including transparent color,
variable size plain text, user input, variable delay, and display of comments;
Microsoft Windows 3.0 Bitmap BMP file viewing/saving in compressed or
uncompressed format; mouse support for the menu screen; Viewpoint picture
viewing (PIC files); and moure.
VuImage
Offe Enterprises
$40
#3057
is a GIF/TIFF/PCX file viewer. Features include zooming in and out, panning,
auto-detect display, auto/manual select video mode, auto-scale pictures to fit
on screen, slide show mode, and printing. It can dither images in two-color
display modes and will dither print output.
Other features include the ability to sort directory alphabetically, by date
or by file size; list directory in short, medium or long format; cycle through
dithers when dithering in 2-color modes; re-draw the image on screen; get
quick picture information while image is on screen; freeze image on screen;
edit responses to queries; conversion of interlaced files to non-interlaced
files; the ability to view text files; fine panning keys; user-programmable
zoom; on-line help; the ability to pre-load images into extended or
conventional memory; and much more.
Welcome Mat Demo
Street Smart Software
$?
#20071
is a stunning 3-D animated Christmas scene. It displays a snowman in a
snow storm. You can add a personalized message to the scene. You have
full contol over background/text/shadow colors, animation window
placement, animation speed, and more. Twenty minutes of Sound
Blaster-compatible holiday music is also provided. Requires Super VGA.
(Available on 3.5" 1.44MB MegaDisk ONLY!)
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