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- DFV (Dave's Flic Viewer)
- Rel 1.0.1 (03/01/94)
- Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 by David K. Mason
-
- DFV plays is a DOS-based flic-viewer which can display .FLI, .FLC,
- .FLX, .FLH, and .FLT animation files.
-
- It should be able to handle any 320x200 .FLI you throw at it.
- If you've got a VESA-compliant SVGA or are running a VESA driver,
- then DFV will be able to display .FLC files with dimensions up to
- and including 1024x768 (in 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768 mode).
-
- If you've got a VESA 1.2 hicolor SVGA, or a hicolor SVGA with
- a VESA 1.2 driver, then DFV can also handle .FLX and .FLH files
- up to 800x600 (in 640x480 or 800x600 mode).
-
- DFV can handle .FLT files up to 640x480, only if you've got
- a VESA 1.2 truecolor SVGA, or truecolor SVGA with a VESA 1.2
- driver.
-
- If your flic is larger than your machine's memory, you're going to
- get some pauses when DFV reads from disk... unless you use the
- /B switch to specify fewer memory buffers.
-
-
- DOS Extender files
- ------------------
-
- Don't delete the files DPMI16BI.OVL, RTM.EXE, and DPMIINST.EXE.
- These make up the protected mode drivers for Borland Pascal 7.0
- (the compiler used to build DFV). DFV won't run without them.
-
- If you've got an unsupported 286 processor (you'll know,
- because DMORF will complain loudly), then you'll have to:
-
- (1) disable any memory management software you have running
- (like HIMEM.SYS) and reboot your system.
- (2) run the other program in this archive, DPMIINST, which will
- configure RTM.EXE for your system
- (3) turn any disabled memory managment stuff back on and reboot
- your system again.
-
-
- Syntax
- ------
-
- DFV filename[.FLI|.FLC|.FLX|.FLH|.FLT] [options]
-
-
- Options
- -------
- /Q Quiet (no display copyright notice before playing).
- /L# Specify the number of times to play a flic (default=forever).
- /S# Force the flic to play at the specified speed (in 1/1000 second).
- /B# Force DFV to use the specified number of 64k buffers for
- storing flics (maximum).
-
-
- Shareware information
- ---------------------
-
- DFV is shareware program. If you continue to use it after a one-month
- trial period, you're expected to pay a $35 registration fee to the author:
-
- David K. Mason
- P.O. Box 181015
- Boston, MA 02118
-
- What do you get for registering DFV? Just a clear conscience.
- There is no special "registered-only" version of DFV or printed
- documentation.
-
-
- Miscellaneous advertisements
- ----------------------------
-
- Other shareware programs:
-
- o Dave's TGA Animator (DTA), a flexible graphics conversion image
- processing, composition, and animation utility that runs from the DOS
- command line. Among other uses, it can convert your still images to
- .FLI, .FLC, .FLH, and .FLT animation files and back.
-
- o Dave's Morphing program (DMorf), the first shareware morphing
- program for the PC.
-
- If you've already registered either of these programs, no additional
- registration fee is required for DFV.
-
- Books:
-
- o Making Movies on Your PC, by David K. Mason and Alexander
- Enzmann, Waite Group Press, 1993, ISBN 1-878739-41-7, $34.95 USA.
- This book teaches you how to create 3d animation sequences
- using the Polyray raytracer and DTA.
-
- o Morphing on Your PC, Waite Group Press, 1994, ISBN 1-878739-53-0,
- $29.95 USA. This book teaches you how to create cool morphing
- animations using DMorf and DTA.
-
-
- Support
- -------
-
- If you've got any requests/bug reports/suggestions, send a message
- to:
-
- "76546,1321" on Compuserve.
-
- From the Internet, that's "76546.1321@compuserve.com".
-
- "David Mason" on the "The Graphics Alternative", (510) 524-2780,
- and on "Channel 1" BBS, (617) 354-8873.
-
- (I sometimes log on to the "You Can Call Me Ray" BBS,
- (708) 358-5611, but not often these days because of communications
- problems.)
-
- You'll probably get some kind of a response (maybe sooner, maybe later).
-
- You could also send paper mail to the address listed elsewhere in
- this document, but I'm *terrible* at answering my mail. I much
- prefer electronic mail.
-
-
- The Rules
- ---------
-
- Feel free to re-upload this program to other bulletin boards or
- online systems or to give copies to friends. Just keep it in
- its *original, unmodified* form. Don't change the name of the
- ZIP file. It's supposed to be called DFV101.ZIP except on
- Compuserve, where it's just called DFV.ZIP.
-
- Do not include this program on a floppy disk or CD along with
- any magazine, book, hardware product, or other software product
- without my permission.
-
- Do not include this program inside an archive along with any
- shareware or freeware program unless you have my permission.
-
- (Exception: some online services (like Compuserve) require a
- player program to be included with any animations that are uploaded.
- You don't need to get my permission to do this. Just make sure that
- you include all the files in the DFV archive, including this document,
- and including the DOS extender files.)
-
-
- Version History
- ---------------
-
- Rel. 1.0.0 (02/06/94) - Initial release.
-
- Rel. 1.0.1 (03/01/94) - Fixed some bugs that prevented DFV
- from reading some .FLI files, and caused Protection Fault
- errors when playing some .FLC and .FLH files.
-