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IBM ANSI Offline Text File Reader for the AMIGA
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Copyright 1990, Glenn S. Kauffman
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Distribution:
This program is available to the public as SHAREWARE, therefore, its
distribution is encouraged, provided no profit is made, excluding
nomial costs for copying and handling.
Usage Rights:
Anyone is free to use this program for a period of time, not to exceed
30 days, for the purpose of evaluation. After such a time, usage rights
are revoked pending registration and a small fee of ten dollars to the
author. This cost is intentionally low and includes rights for all future
updates as they become available.
Comments:
Comments, complaints, and praise may be sent to the author in one of three
ways.
EMAIL to: CompuServe 72030,2236
RelayNet(Amiga Conf.)
Berks Amiga (215)372-4553
For registration:
U.S. MAIL to Glenn S. Kauffman
4703 Tenth Ave.
Temple, PA 19560
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Revision History:
First release version 0.1 on August 31, 1990.
Second release version 0.2 on September 20, 1990.
* changed gadget title and gadget bar colors.
* removed console and added 16 color capasity.
Future Enhancements: (pending user support through registration)
* user selectable fonts.
* flashing text.
* scroll gadget with user selectable buffer size.
* improved file requester.
ALL SUGGESTED ENHANCEMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FUTURE VERISIONS
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Many have found the distinct difference between IBM ANSI and AMIGA ANSI the
hard way. Most BBS's support ANSI in one form or another, unfortunatly for
Amiga users this form is usually the IBM standard. Captured text must be
filtered or stripped of the ANSI codes received from these boards, before it
may be read offline on the Amiga. IBM ANSI Reader displays IBM ANSI text and
graphic animations they way they were meant to be viewed, in full color and
motion. Of coarse, it is equally ept at displaying normal Amiga text and
ANSI codes. Now, you don't have to strip the art. Display it !
IBM ANSI Reader may be invoked from the workbench by double clicking it's
icon. If used from the cli, shell, or a script, ANSI Reader will accept one
filename as an arguement. Upon loading, click the left mouse button in the
title window, if provided with arguments, ANSI Reader will start displaying
your text. If called from workbench, click on the title window, then select
'Load'. A standard file requester will prompt for a file and the display will
begin.
Gadget Bar:
Load - calls a file requester and displays the chosen file.
Again - restarts the current file from the beginning.
Pause - halts the current output temporarily, until Pause is selected
again.
Stop - aborts current file display. May be started with 'Again'.
Quit - exits ANSI Reader.
Mechanics:
File size limitations are a function of disk size. ANSI Reader uses a
256 byte buffer to input files. Displays are translated and generated
dynamically, from this buffer, in effort to reduce the memory overhead
of this program. It is possable to view files of tremendous length.
Future revision may include an index parameter into larger files.
If the SHAREWARE effect of distributing this program proves successfull,
I may consider programming an IBM ANSI Writer for the AMIGA.
Glenn S. Kauffman