DegasFix (c)1993 David Ashcroft



                  Documentation written at 16:50:10 on
               26 May 1993 - The day after my last exam !

                           Amended 2 June 1993


Do you pay separately for  your  conditioner  and fabric softener?  If so
you should buy the new all-in-one DegasFix   !    No, I can't use that, I
would probably get sued from a rather large company!

DegasFix allows you to convert  Degas   files  (PI1) to Degas Elite files
(also PI1).  You may  be  wondering   why   you   would  want to do this!
Well, you see the problem  is   that   when   Degas was first released it
laid down a file format, but when   Degas   Elite (Degas 2 to all intents
and purposes) came along - they  changed  them.   Degas Elite was now the
standard but a great many  art   packages  (Public Domain and Commercial)
etc would still save the  first   degas  file  format!   This  means that
new art packages like Deluxe Paint are unable to load them properly.

Basically, DegasFix converts old  Degas   pictures   into the newer Degas
Elite file format.  Allowing you  to   load   in more pictures into great
new art packages.

To use Degasfix, simply load  the   program  and when prompted, flick the
write protect tab so that it  covers   the  hole and then insert any disk
which contains  the  offending  Degas   files.    When  the file selector
appears for the first time,  please  select the appropriate degas file to
fix and then Degasfix  will   automatically   load  the  file  - make the
necessary changes  and  then  save   the   file   back  to  disk  under a
specified filename (which  you  choose   when   the file selector appears
again.

DegasFix is SHAREWARE, I have  spent   a   great deal of time researching
the intricacies of the Degas  file   formats.   Please support myself and
SHAREWARE authors in general by  sending   a   registration fee of a mere
œ1.50.  For this you will  be  offered  new SHAREWARE software written by
myself before it  is   released   into   the  public  domain distribution
channels.  However, don't worry  -  Seeing   as   you  are readers of the
ICTARI user magazine, you don't  have  to   pay   a  penny  - just send a
letter and you can register for nowt.

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The address to send your  registration letters and program suggestions is
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                        David Ashcroft
                        28 Camps Rigg
                        Livingston
                        West Lothian
                        EH54 8PD