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Disk No: 2234
Disk Title: VPT, VFONT, READ, SEL, SNOOP, V7CURS
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: VPT
Author Version: 3.50
Author Registration: $20.00
Special Requirements: VGA.
Anyone who wants to improve their color VGA system's look by setting
their own VGA color shades should try out VPT.
This program allows VGA or MCGA users to view the quarter-million
(262,144) available VGA colors. It's interactive and easy to use. It
has a graphical-type display, there are no "magic numbers" to type.
Users can also set any text-mode attribute to any color out of the
quarter-million; control the overscan (a.k.a. border) color (not
available on MCGA systems); have the colors "stick" with almost all
programs; load and save their favorite settings in color files, and use
the program in a command-line mode (for batch files).
VPT operates in text mode and allows setting of any or all of the
sixteen attributes available in text mode.
Program Title: VFONT
Author Version: 4.35
Author Registration: None.
Special Requirements: VGA.
This program is for anyone tired of the default VGA text-mode font.
VFONT contains and loads replacement fonts for VGA systems; it includes
two variations of a "modern" font, and a handwritten "scrawl" font.
The DOS version is a "terminate-and-stay-resident" program that takes up
approximately 4.5K of RAM, and works only in text modes. The OS/2
version calls the OS to request a new font. OS/2 version only works in
full-screen sessions.
The four fonts are modern solid-line, modern double-line,
scrawl-straight-line, and scrawl-scrawled-line. Modern is a pleasing,
san-serif font. Scrawl is a handwritten-looking "scrawled" font.
VFONT remains in place even if your software sets the video mode. This
means the font won't "go away" like with some other font programs. The
OS/2 version is saved and restored by the OS when switching between
screen groups.
Program Title: Read
Author Registration: None.
Special Requirements: DOS 3.3 or 4.0
If you are a batch file writer who needs interaction and the use of DOS'
environment variables, here are a couple of utilities to make your life
easier.
Most batch file utilities return results in the ERRORLEVEL. These
utilities set an environment variable, which means direct character
results can be communicated between programs. If you ask for a Y or N,
you can test for a Y or N.
READLN and READKEY are programs that get input from the keyboard and
place it in environment variables. They're perfect for making
interactive batch files and much easier to use than utilities that use
ERRORLEVEL to communicate the results.
READLN displays the prompt (which must be in double quotes) and waits
for input. All input up to an ENTER is placed in specified environment
variables. If the first letter of var is capitalized, so will the
input.
READKEY displays the prompt (again in double quotes) and waits for
input. ONE character is read (no ENTER is needed) and it is placed in
the environment variable var. If the first letter of var is
capitalized, so will the input character. If an extended key (function
key, arrow keys, etc.) is pressed, the ASCII representation of the
hexadecimal scan code for the key is placed in the variable. If a
Carriage Return, Escape, BEL, or TAB is pressed, the ASCII
representation of the character's ASCII code is placed in the variable.
Program Title: SEL
Author Version: 6.05
Author Registration: None.
Special Requirements: CGA, and ANSI driver.
SEL is an ANSI color selector for DOS or OS/2 for those who use any ANSI
screen driver (ANSI.SYS, NANSI.SYS, &c. under DOS; ANSI ON for OS/2).
SEL allows easy color selection using mnemonics instead of numbers; has
a random color selection mode; and sets the prompt to a contrasting
color.
Program Title: Snoop
Author Version: 3.93
Author Registration: None.
Special Requirements: EGA, or VGA.
This isn't an end-user program; rather, it's for programmers and
advanced users who wish to snoop around a part of the VGA BIOS. SNOOP
is a program to show various EGA and VGA pointers maintained by BIOS,
and display the contents of the tables these pointers point to. These
tables include the user palette override table, the alpha character
override table, and the SAVE_PTR table. The program also displays the
current contents of the VGA color registers.
Program Title: V7CURS
Author Version: 1.01
Author Registration: None.
Special Requirements: VGA with the V7VGA chip set.
For anyone who hates blinking cursors and owns a VGA card based on the
V7VGA chipset, such as the FastWrite VGA and VRAM VGA.
V7CURS exploits the non-blinking hardware cursor built into the V7VGA
chipset by Video-7/Headland Technologies. It is a small TSR that turns
off the blinking attribute, leaving you with an "XOR" cursor; this mode
shows what's underneath the cursor.
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