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- TAPDL 1.1 26.07.94
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- ABOUT
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- This is a DL animation player for AGA machines with KS 3.0. It
- should be able to play both version 1 and version 2 DL files, and
- will automatically unpack files that have been compressed with
- XPK.
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- DL files are a kind of animation found on PCs. The animations are
- either 320x200, 160x100, or 80x50, in 256 colors. The colors are
- 18 bits each, 6 per gun.
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- TAPDL can be made resident for command line users. To extract it
- from the archive with the "pure" bit set, use LHA's "-a" switch.
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- TAPDL is Copyright © 1994 by John Bickers.
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- TAPDL requires an AGA machine with KS 3.0, and the ReqTools and
- XPK libraries. These libraries can be found on the Aminet sites.
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- PARAMETERS
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- The command template is:
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- FILES/M
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- The FILES option is one or more names of DLs that you want to
- play. If you leave this blank, then a file requester will appear.
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- KEYBOARD CONTROL
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- When an animation is being played, the following keys control the
- playback. They are similar to the controls allowed by ShowANIM.
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- F1,...,F10 Set different speeds. F1 is the fastest.
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- Down Pause the animation.
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- Right Forward one frame.
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- Up Resume the animation.
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- CREDITS
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- TAPDL is written by John Bickers using SAS C 6.51.
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- The DL file format and PC programs were created by Davide Tome'
- and Luca De Gregorio. The format of a DL file was obtained by
- looking at sample files, and running Davide and Luca's DL-VIEW.EXE
- under Microsoft's CodeView debugger.
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- Thanks to Christian Geisert for a variety of sample files.
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- ReqTools is Copyright (c) Nico François.
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- The xpkmaster.library and sublibraries are the work of U. Dominik
- Mueller and colleagues.
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- TAPDL is Copyright © 1994 by John Bickers.
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- Distribution is via normal channels. That is, distribute it for
- free, or for Fred Fish like costs, but not more. And remember to
- include the documentation.
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- If you want to contribute something to the cause of PC animation
- playback, you might want to consider sending me a CD of anims. But
- that's purely optional :).
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- If you're putting together a commercial CD of animations, and you
- want to put TAPDL onto it, by all means do so. Send me a copy of
- the CD in lieu of any fee. Contact me at the address below if you
- want any customisation of the program done.
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- CONTACT INFO
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- I can be reached at:
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- John Bickers
- 214 Rata St
- Naenae
- New Zealand
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- Or: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz
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- DISCLAIMER
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- It works on my machine.
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- HISTORY
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- 94.07.12 Created 1.0.
- 94.07.21 1.1.
- Handles multiple filenames on the command line.
- Handles multiselect in file requester.
- Sets wait pointer while doing chunky -> planar stuff.
- Title/Author screen falls back to topaz.font.
- 94.07.25 Fixed bug where 80x50 anims left title displayed.
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