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Dear User,
See VPIC.DOC revision history for what's new. VPIC must be configured
for your VGA board to utilize all the extended modes the board is
capable of doing. To help you to configure VPIC properly, the WHICHVGA
and CONFIG programs were created.
The WHICHVGA program will try to identify your VGA chip and the amount
of display memory you have. It isn't foolproof, but works most of the
time. Please let me know if it doesn't work for your VGA board, and
what VGA chip you have, and I'll try to fix it.
The CONFIG program allows you to configure VPIC from a menu. Just make
sure VPIC.EXE, CVPIC.EXE, CONFIG.EXE, and all the configuration files
(.cfg extension) are in the current directory. Then enter CONFIG and
you will get a menu (similar to the VPIC menu) of all the
configuration files. The menu also lists the contents of the currently
highlighted file. You can move thru the list of files using the cursor
keys, or by pressing a letter key jump to the next filename starting
with that letter (or number). Just look for a file which matches the
parameters for your board (from your display board manual), and press
ENTER to configure VPIC using that configuration file. ESCape ends the
CONFIG program without configuring VPIC. If none of the supplied files
match your board, copy the closest one to a new filename (with
extension .cfg) and use a text editor to modify it to your boards
requirements. See CONFIG.DOC for a list of supported VGA chips and a
typical board on which it is used.
See CONFIG.DOC for a comprehensive explanation of the configuration
process and .cfg file format. See VPIC.DOC for all the other features
of VPIC.
Mouse support was just added for the menu, so there may be a few bugs
which crept in. I try to test all the features of vpic before
releasing it, but I may have missed a few things. If you find any
bugs, please drop me a note to let me know about them; this is how
they get corrected, and keep VPIC working smoothly.
The WAIT program is meant for batch file use with VPIC /r, and waits a
specified number of seconds or until a key is pressed between images.
For example, a batch file might be:
vpic /r file1
wait 10
vpic /r file2
etc.
Enjoy,
Bob Montgomery