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WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION?
VERSION 3.98 (August 1995)
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GRABBER.EXE .......... Now supports VGA and Super-VGA video adapters
exclusively. (Removed support for Color Graphics
Adapter (CGA), Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA), and
Hercules monochrome graphics adapter (MGA) hardware.)
The result is greatly increased reliability on VGA
and Super-VGA systems, which almost everyone is now
using.
GRABBER.EXE
and GRPCX.EXE ....... Fixed a bug which sometimes caused high-resolution
Super-VGA graphics modes to be mistaken for text
modes. Also refined and improved the detection and
handling of supported VESA graphics modes.
GRABBER.EXE
and GRPCX.EXE ....... Fixed a bug which sometimes resulted in incorrect
rendering of palette colors.
GRABBER.EXE,
GRPCX.EXE,
GRTXT.EXE,
and GR4AI.EXE ........ Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the INT=OFF
command-line switch to be ignored. Also, each module
is prevented from using the MOUSE and/or INT=nn
command-line features if one of the other modules is
already resident in memory and is using that feature.
Also fixed a list of several minor bugs (please keep
those cards and letters coming).
VERSION 3.97 (May 1994)
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GRPCX.EXE ............ Released as part of the shareware package for the
first time. Captures all VGA text or graphics images
directly to .PCX files, with cropping options, etc.
GRABBER.EXE .......... Fixed bug affecting Hercules-compatible monochrome
graphics systems. Improved handling of "non-Chain4"
256-color VGA graphics for better results with most
arcade-style animated games. Fixed bug affecting
VESA-compatible Super-VGA systems with flakey
underlying BIOSes. Fixed bug affecting captures from
3/9/92 revision of WordPerfect 5.1. Fixed bug
affecting Super-VGA captures on Diamond Viper and
Stealth adapters. Fixed bug causing occasional
incorrect palette renderings on EGA/VGA systems.
GRABBER.EXE,
GR4AI.EXE
and GRTXT.EXE ........ Improved memory management when EMS or upper memory
blocks are available; these now require only about
4Kb to 5Kb conventional memory. Improved automatic
file-naming conventions. Added optional redirection
of hardware interrupts to get around programs that
monopolize the keyboard and timer hardware (MOUSE
option just wasn't cutting it).
GRTXT.EXE ............ Added 1FORM through 5FORM options. Added PERMANENT=
option. Added cropping capability. Fixed bug
affecting captures from 3/9/92 revision of WordPerfect
5.1.
GR4AI.EXE ............ Added compatibility with ATI's non-standard 800 x 600
and 1280 x 1024 Adapter Interface modes. Generally
cleaned up command-line syntax and interface to match
that of GRABBER.EXE.
All TSR modules ...... Other smaller refinements and minor bug fixes.
VERSION 3.96 (February 1993)
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GRABBER.EXE .......... Several small bug fixes for VESA-compatible systems.
Fixed bug in V3.95 which prevented captures of EGA
standard graphics modes on all but VGA systems.
Added techniques for capturing "non-Chain4" 256-color
VGA graphics.
VERSION 3.95 (November 1992)
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GR4AI.EXE,
GRAI2PCX.EXE
and GRAI2GIF.EXE ..... Released as part of the shareware package for the
first time.
GRABBER.EXE .......... Removed automatic detection of Super-VGA chipsets.
Added "@chiptype" command-line parameters.
GRABBER.EXE .......... Several small bug fixes, including one resulting in
blinking character-based text offsprings captured from
applications that use a 16-color background palette
on VGA systems.
Offspring .EXE
image files .......... Added FADEIN and FADEOUT replay options. Added
"/?" command-line switch for replay help info. Added
8514/A portability for GRABBER.EXE offspring.
VERSION 3.94 (February 1992)
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GREDIT.EXE,
GR2ASCII.EXE
and GR2ANSI.EXE ...... Released as part of the shareware package for the
first time.
GRABBER.EXE
and GRTXT.EXE ........ Changed the command-line syntax from "slash" commands
(e.g. /M+ and /M-) to English words (e.g. MOUSE and
NOMOUSE).
GRABBER.EXE
and GRTXT.EXE ........ Revised to permit hotkeys to consist solely of a shift
key (i.e., Ctrl, Alt, Shift) or a combination thereof.
GR2PCX.EXE
and GR2GIF.EXE ....... Corrected a bug in the October 1991 version which
caused a system crash when used to convert Super-VGA
graphics offspring on systems that are not
VESA-compatible.
VERSION 3.93 (December 1991)
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GRABBER.EXE .......... Addition of /L+ and /L- command-line switches
[Note: These were changed to VGAREGS and NOVGAREGS,
respectively, in Version 3.94.]
GRABBER.EXE .......... New techniques to improve captures with MicroSoft
Flight Simulator and similar animated programs.