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- PO Box 13408 FAX: (702) 735-4603
- Las Vegas, NV 89112 BBS: (702) 796-7134
- CIS: 72000,1642
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- Fastgraph 4.0
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- Fastgraph is a versatile, high-performance programmer's graphics library for
- DOS-based PC systems. It is powerful enough to satisfy the most demanding
- graphics application, yet it is easy enough for even the novice graphics
- programmer. Fastgraph includes more than 275 hand-optimized routines, from
- pixel display to sophisticated animation tools. This collection of routines
- provides a programmer with proven, powerful tools to take command of the PC
- and PS/2 text and graphics video environment.
-
- Fastgraph's major functional areas include:
-
- * Real mode, 16-bit protected mode, and 32-bit protected mode libraries
- * Support for most popular C/C++, Pascal, BASIC, and FORTRAN compilers
- * Support for 28 video modes, including SuperVGA, standard and extended VGA,
- MCGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy, CGA, and color and monochrome text
- * Direct SVGA chipset support plus VESA in resolutions of 640x400x256,
- 640x480x256, 800x600x256, 1024x768x256, 800x600x16, and 1024x768x16
- * SVGA chipset autodetection
- * Colors, virtual colors, and palettes
- * Graphics fundamentals, including points, solid and dashed lines,
- polygons, circles, ellipses, solid and dithered rectangles, region
- fill, and clipping
- * Viewports and world space coordinate system
- * A scalable stroked character font
- * GIF and PCX display and creation routines
- * Support for Autodesk Animator FLI/FLC files
- * Bitmapped image support, including mode-specific and mode-independent
- images, transparent pixels, clipped and reversed images, scaled and sheared
- images, image retrieval, pixel run maps, and masking maps
- * Fast block transfer routines (BitBlt)
- * Virtual buffers
- * Physical, virtual, and logical video page management
- * Resizeable video pages for smooth, flicker-free panning
- * Split screen support
- * Animation and special effects
- * Keyboard, mouse, and joystick support
- * Low-level keyboard handler, ideal for game development
- * Sound effects and music, both synchronous and asynchronous
- * 750-page tutorial-style user's guide and reference manual
- * No royalties
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- Fastgraph/Light 4.0
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-
- Fastgraph/Light is the shareware version of Fastgraph. The major differences
- between Fastgraph and Fastgraph/Light are:
-
- 1) Fastgraph/Light requires an external TSR video driver (FGDRIVER.EXE) that
- you must load before running programs developed with the product. Fastgraph
- creates stand-alone EXE files that do not use FGDRIVER and only include
- those Fastgraph routines your program actually uses.
-
- 2) Fastgraph/Light supports real mode only. Fastgraph includes libraries for
- real mode, 16-bit protected mode, and 32-bit protected mode. The FGDRIVER
- video driver in Fastgraph/Light precludes protected mode support.
-
- 3) Fastgraph/Light does not include the GIF support and world space functions
- available in Fastgraph. Including these functions in Fastgraph/Light would
- considerably increase the FGDRIVER memory requirements.
-
- 4) Fastgraph comes with a 750-page softcover manual. Fastgraph/Light comes
- with an on-line manual.
-
- 5) Fastgraph provides better performance than Fastgraph/Light because of the
- overhead associated with Fastgraph/Light's TSR video driver. This is
- especially true for routines that do relatively little, such as FG_POINT.
-
- Any programs developed using Fastgraph/Light are 100% source code compatible
- with Fastgraph. If you purchase Fastgraph after trying Fastgraph/Light, all
- you need to do is re-link your programs.
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- Terms of Fastgraph/Light Evaluation
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- This is an EVALUATION VERSION of Fastgraph/Light and is distributed as
- shareware. It is a full-functioned version with all features found in the
- registered version of Fastgraph/Light. However, programs created with the
- evaluation version will display an evaluation notice when run. In addition,
- programs created with the evaluation version may not be sold, given away, or
- distributed in any form.
-
- The Fastgraph/Light evaluation version is provided so you can see firsthand
- what Fastgraph can do in the context of your own applications. You may use the
- evaluation version for 30 days, after which you must purchase Fastgraph or
- Fastgraph/Light, or discontinue using the evaluation version.
-
- The Fastgraph/Light registered version is identical to the evaluation version,
- but programs created with it do not display the evaluation notice. The full
- Fastgraph product of course does not display the notice and offers additional
- features as listed in the preceding section. Programs created with Fastgraph
- or the registered version of Fastgraph/Light may be distributed royalty-free,
- but as mentioned earlier, you may not distribute programs created with the
- evaluation version of Fastgraph/Light.
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- Notice to Shareware and CD-ROM Vendors
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- Shareware and CD-ROM vendors must obtain WRITTEN PERMISSION from Ted Gruber
- Software to distribute the evaluation version of Fastgraph/Light. We do this
- to ensure distribution of the most recent version of Fastgraph/Light.
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- Installing Fastgraph/Light
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-
- The Fastgraph/Light evaluation kit is distributed in two formats -- in ZIP
- files or on the Fastgraph demo disk.
-
- If you received the Fastgraph demo disk from Ted Gruber Software, it's very
- easy to install Fastgraph/Light. Just make A:\FGLIGHT your current directory
- (you can use any available diskette drive besides A:) and type INSTALL. From
- this point, just follow the directions on each screen.
-
- If you obtained Fastgraph/Light from a bulletin board, shareware distributor,
- or other on-line service, it should include two ZIP files named FGL402A.ZIP
- and FGL402B.ZIP or something similar. In addition, there should be one or more
- of the optional ZIP files named FGL402C.ZIP through FGL402F.ZIP; these files
- respectively contain the C, BASIC, Pascal, and FORTRAN versions of the example
- programs in the Fastgraph User's Guide. To install FG/Light from the ZIP
- files, create a directory (preferably called \FGTEMP) and extract the contents
- of the ZIP files into that directory. After doing this, run the INSTALL
- program (included in FGL402A.ZIP) to move the necessary files to their
- required locations. You can delete the files in the temporary directory when
- INSTALL completes.
-
- In either case, the INSTALL program will ask you for the compilers and memory
- models you wish to use. It also will ask for the name of the directories for
- the Fastgraph utilities, include files, and libraries. For the utilities, we
- suggest using the default name \FG. For the include files and libraries, we
- recommend using the directories where the compiler you've chosen normally
- searches for such files. INSTALL will automatically try to determine these
- directories and propose them as defaults.
-
- For more information about the installation process, see Chapter 1 of the
- Fastgraph User's Guide.
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- On-line Manuals
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-
- Fastgraph/Light includes on-line versions of the tutorial-style "Fastgraph
- User's Guide" and the "Fastgraph Reference Manual". These two extensive
- manuals explain Fastgraph and Fastgraph/Light in detail and are the definitive
- references for learning and using the products. While they specifically
- describe Fastgraph, everything in the manuals also applies to Fastgraph/Light
- unless stated otherwise.
-
- The User's Guide is a detailed tutorial about Fastgraph. The companion
- Reference Manual gives descriptions of each Fastgraph routine in alphabetical
- order. We recommend reading Chapter 1 of the User's Guide and the first
- section of the Reference Manual before you try Fastgraph or Fastgraph/Light.
-
- The User's Guide is split into separate files for each chapter, USER01.DOC to
- USER17.DOC. There is also a file USERAPP.DOC containing the appendices and
- index. The file REF.DOC contains the Reference Manual. The INSTALL program
- places these files in the \FG directory. All these files are ASCII text files,
- suitable for any 80-column (or wider) printer. Be forwarned that the on-line
- versions of the User's Guide and Reference manual total over 700 pages!
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- Example Programs
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- Fastgraph/Light contains on-line versions for all the example programs in the
- Fastgraph User's Guide, except those specifically relating to functions not
- included in Fastgraph/Light. The INSTALL program places the example programs
- in the \FG\EXAMPLES directory.
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- Distribution Files
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- The Fastgraph/Light distribution contains the following files:
-
- READ.ME This file
- ORDER.FRM Product order form
- INSTALL.EXE Fastgraph/Light installation program
- FGLIGHT.ARJ Fastgraph/Light libraries and utilities (compressed)
- FGLBP.ARJ Fastgraph/Light units for Borland Pascal 7 (compressed)
- FGLTP.ARJ Fastgraph/Light units for Turbo Pascal 6 (compressed)
- MANUALS.ARJ Fastgraph User's Guide and Reference Manual (compressed)
- EXCOMMON.ARJ Files used by the example programs (compressed)
- EXBAS.ARJ BASIC versions of the example programs (compressed)
- EXC.ARJ C versions of the example programs (compressed)
- EXFOR.ARJ FORTRAN versions of the example programs (compressed)
- EXPAS.ARJ Pascal versions of the example programs (compressed)
- UNARJ.EXE Robert Jung's file decompression utility
-
- We'd like to personally thank Robert Jung for his liberal licensing agreement
- covering the use of his UNARJ utility. UNARJ and its companion product, ARJ,
- are excellent products that we highly recommend.
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- Fastgraph/Fonts 2.0
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- Fastgraph/Fonts lets you easily add bitmapped character support to Fastgraph
- applications. The product includes 40 font files in several point sizes, font
- scaling and conversion utilities, and an interactive font editor that can
- translate TrueType font files to the Fastgraph/Fonts font file format. A
- program can load up to 32 fonts simultaneously. Font files shipped with
- Fastgraph/Fonts may be distributed without royalties in your applications.
-
- Fastgraph/Fonts 2.0 requires Fastgraph 4.0 or Fastgraph/Light 4.0.
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- Fastgraph/Image 2.0
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- Fastgraph/Image is a Fastgraph add-on product that provides functions and
- utilities for managing resource files containing images and other files. While
- the product was designed to manage and display PCX, GIF, pixel run, and flic
- images stored in resource files, Fastgraph/Image can be used with any type of
- file, including bitmaps, text files, and Fastgraph/Fonts font files. Besides
- making your product distribution neater, Fastgraph/Image resource files save
- disk space normally lost to DOS disk sectoring.
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- Fastgraph/Image 2.0 requires Fastgraph 4.0.
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- Ordering Information
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-
- The Fastgraph family of products represents a high-performance, comprehensive
- development system for graphics programmers. For more information about any of
- our products, please call, write, or FAX. You can download evaluation versions
- and product demos from our technical support BBS at (702) 796-7134, or from
- our internet ftp sites FTP.ACCESSNV.COM and SWCBBS.COM.
-
- We accept Visa, MasterCard, and COD (extra charge for COD orders). Purchase
- orders are welcome from most companies, schools, and government agencies, but
- prior approval is required from TGS. After December 31, 1995, please contact
- TGS for current version and pricing information.
-
- Source code and site licenses are available for all products. Please call,
- write, or FAX for details.
-
- For your convenience, the order form below appears by itself in the ORDER.FRM
- file.
-
- Order from: Voice: (702) 735-1980
- Ted Gruber Software FAX: (702) 735-4603
- PO Box 13408 BBS: (702) 796-7134
- Las Vegas, NV 89112 CIS: 72000,1642
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- +=====+=========================================+=======+============+=======+
- | | | Price | Shipping | |
- | Qty | Product Description | Each | Code Cost | Total |
- +=====+=========================================+=======+=====+======+=======+
- | | Fastgraph graphics library | $249 | 1 | | |
- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+------+-------+
- | | Fastgraph upgrade from Fastgraph/Light | $200 | 1 | | |
- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+------+-------+
- | | Fastgraph/Light with on-line manual | $49 | 2 | | |
- | | (registered version) | | | | |
- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+------+-------+
- | | Fastgraph/Light with printed manual | $79 | 1 | | |
- | | (registered version) | | | | |
- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+------+-------+
- | | Fastgraph/Fonts bitmapped font support | $69 | 2 | | |
- | | (requires Fastgraph or Fastgraph/Light) | | | | |
- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+------+-------+
- | | Fastgraph/Image image management toolkit| $69 | 2 | | |
- | | (requires Fastgraph) | | | | |
- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+------+-------+
- | | FG/Fonts and FG/Image bundle | $118 | 2 | | |
- +-----+-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+------+-------+
- | | Graphics Power Pack | $359 | 1 | | |
- | | Fastgraph, FG/Fonts, and FG/Image | | | | |
- +=====+=========================================+=======+=====+======+=======+
- Subtotal | |
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- * * Nevada residents add sales tax | |
- * Shipping charges per product: * +=======+
- * * COD orders (U.S. only) add $6 | |
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