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- THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. THE
- AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
- ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL
- THE AUTHOR Robert P. Byard BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
- DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
- TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-
- Changes from Beta 4 to Beta 41:
- 1) Name change from PilotPix to PPix. A US Robotics representative told
- me they had gotten in trouble with the Pilot Pen company, and had to change
- the product name to PalmPilot. She suggested I do a namechange, too.
-
- Changes from Beta 3 to Beta 4:
- 1) Use of 4 levels of greyscale available on Pilot. Doubles required bytes
- per image, but significantly improves the image. You may need to adjust
- the contrast level on your pilot to get the best possible display. The
- contrast level is the thumbwheel on the left side of the Pilot case.
-
- Changes from Beta 2 to Beta 3:
- 1) Fixed source of General Protection Faults which occurred during
- OpenFile and SaveAs Dialogs.
- 2) Windows application now handles 1, 8, and 24 bit palette BMP files.
- 3) Memory allocation failures are announced to the user.
-
- PilotPix is a windows application which provides a way to view BMP image
- files on a Pilot.
-
- The windows application accepts BMP files as input, converts a color or
- grayscale image to a dithered monochrome, and generates a PRC application
- file as output. Download the PRC file to your Pilot (but erase any
- existing PPix files from your Pilot first) and enjoy the image.
-
- There are some shortcomings in this beta version -
- 1 - You can keep only one PilotPix file on your Pilot at a time, and only one PilotPix app
- on your Pilot at a time.
- YOU MUST DELETE THE OLD FILE FROM THE PILOT (use Memory app to do this)
- BEFORE DOWNLOADING A NEW ONE.
- 2 -The Pilot application can be exited thru the hard buttons, or the soft
- Calculator icon, but not the soft application, menu, or find icons. For
- example, touch the Calculator soft icon, then touch the done button to
- exit the dialog. Then you can switch to another application with the soft
- application icon, or operate the other soft icons.
-
- The zip file contents:
- readme.txt - this file
- PilotPix.exe - the windows application for converting BMP to PRC
- gw.prc - George Washington portrait
- abe.prc - Abraham Lincoln portrait
- Test images from Waterloo Repertoire, Grayset1:
- bird.prc - Bird
- bridge.prc - Bridge
- camera.prc - Man using a camera on a tripod
- goldhill.prc - Village street
-
- Visit us at http://www.aros.net/~bbyard
-
- Send comments and suggestions to:
- bbyard@aros.net
-
- Copyright 1997 by Robert P. Byard.
-
- Permission to use, copy, modify and sell this program for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
- provided that this copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this
- permission notice appear in supporting documentation. If the program is included in a book, publication
- or in a software distribution media for sale, the author must be notified.
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