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C U R V E D I G I T I Z E R V E R S I O N 4.0
UPGRADES TO CURVE DIGITIZER SINCE VERSION 3.0
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS
* THE DIGITIZER CALIBRATION PHASE HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED.
* A FASTER COMPILER AND PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS NOW YIELD A 55%
INCREASE IN REFRESH SPEED.
* SEVERAL COSMETIC ERRORS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.
* ADVANCED FEATURES, E.G., SCALING & ROTATION ADDED TO THE SYMBOL
COMMAND.
* A USER-DEFINED PLOTTER DRIVER ROUTINE IS AVAILABLE.
* HERCULES VIDEO (DMA) RESPONSE TIME IMPROVED. PREVENTS CERTAIN
SCREEN ANOMALIES EVIDENT WITH CERTAIN HERCULES CLONE CARDS.
* EXTENDED THE [ESC] KEY USAGE TO INTERRUPT SCREEN REFRESHING AND
PRINTER OR PLOTTER OUTPUT EVEN DURING `LAYERS' MODE.
* ARC COMMAND FEATURES READOUT OF START & END ANGLES AND RADIUS.
* LAYER COMMAND FEATURES SINGLE-KEY SELECTION OF UP TO 10 PATH
DIRECTORIES.
* A BYPASS OPTION WHICH PRECLUDES RESAVING THE INITIAL LAYER FILE.
* FORMATTED DISKETTES NO LONGER NEED A FILE ON DISK TO BE USED AS A
DATA DISK.
* FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS WITHOUT HARD DRIVES AND HAVING, AT LEAST, 2
FLOPPY DRIVES, A DRIVESPEC CAN BE ENTERED FOR THE AUTODIMENSIONING
DISK. THIS SAVES CONSIDERABLE DISKETTE SWAPPING.
* THE LAYERS MODE SAVES FILE(S) ONLY IF CHANGES ARE MADE.
* DIRECT HI-RESOLUTION PRINTER OUTPUT WITH CONTROLLABLE WIDTH,
LENGTH, RESOLUTION AND AN OPTION FOR REVERSE FIELD-PRINTING.
* A WIDE-PRINTER OUTPUT OPTION FOR PRINTERS WITH CARRIAGES UP TO 16".
* AUDIO EFFECTS NOW HAVE 3 LEVEL SETTINGS: OFF/MIN/MAX WHICH ARE
TOGGLED WITH A NEW [!] KEY.
* THE [ESC] KEY ALLOWS INSTANT EXITING FROM HELP MENUS. THE HELP
PACKAGE NOW INCLUDES BI-DIRECTIONAL PAGING THROUGH ALL SCREENS.
* A VERSATILE LINE THICKNESS CONTROLLER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SELECT
COMMAND. THIS ALLOWS FOR DOUBLE LINES, POLY LINES OR FILLED LINES
WITH A SELECTABLE DENSITY.
* READOUTS FOR DISTANCE AND ANGLE OR DELTA X & Y READOUTS AVAILABLE
USING THE [^] KEY.
INCREASED HARDWARE PERIPHERAL SUPPORT
PLOTTERS ADDED:
SWEET P-100
APPLE COLOR PLOTTER
DIGITIZERS ADDED:
SUMMAGRAPHICS
BIT PAD
SUMMASKETCH
NUMONICS
GTCO
CALCOMP
HITACHI
CALCOMP
GRAPHICS MODES ADDED:
EGA MONOCHROME 640 X 350
NEW UTILITIES AVAILABLE:
A). [PDRIVER] - HI-RES PRINTER DRIVER.
B). [APPEND] - COMBINE SEVERAL "PLOTFILES" TOGETHER.
C). [DXFCON] - COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER CAD/CAM PROGRAMS
WHICH SUPPORT DXF FILE FORMATS.
D). [LASERPLT] - LASER PRINTER OUTPUT UTILITY.
NOTE: UTILITIES (C) AND (D) ARE AVAILABLE ONLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL
VERSION ($149). EACH UTILITY MAY BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY, IF DESIRED,
AT THE PRICES SHOWN BELOW:
DXFCON ----- $25.00
LASERPLT --- $35.00
LT --- $35