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Fastgraph Demo Disk
Ted Gruber Software
PO Box 13408
Las Vegas, NV 89112
(702) 735-1980 voice
(702) 735-4603 FAX
(702) 796-7134 BBS
72000,1642 CIS
Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Ted Gruber Software.
All Rights Reserved.
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Introduction
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Thank you for your interest in our Fastgraph programmer's graphics library.
We're pleased to send you our Fastgraph demo disk, which includes two
Fastgraph example programs plus a fully functional evaluation copy of
Fastgraph/Light, the shareware version of Fastgraph.
There are three main differences between Fastgraph and Fastgraph/Light. First,
Fastgraph/Light requires an external TSR video driver (FGDRIVER.EXE) that you
must load before running programs developed with the product. Fastgraph
creates stand-alone EXE files that do not use FGDRIVER and only include those
Fastgraph routines your program actually uses. Second, Fastgraph/Light supports
real mode only. Fastgraph includes libraries for real mode, 16-bit protected
mode, and 32-bit protected mode. Finally, Fastgraph/Light does not include the
GIF support and world space functions available in Fastgraph.
Additional Fastgraph example programs are available from our technical support
BBS at (702) 796-7134, or from our internet ftp site (ftp.accessnv.com). The
BBS is also the home of the TGS Electronic Store, which provides a convenient
way to purchase Fastgraph and other products on-line. We do appreciate your
interest in Fastgraph and look forward to serving your graphics programming
needs. Please don't hesitate to contact us if we can be of help.
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Fastgraph/Light
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The \FGLIGHT subdirectory contains the evaluation version of Fastgraph/Light.
To install Fastgraph/Light on a hard disk, run the INSTALL program from the
\FGLIGHT subdirectory and follow the simple directions. The INSTALL program
will ask you for the compilers and memory models you wish to use, as well as
the name of the directories for the utilities, include files, and libraries.
For the include files and libraries, we recommend specifying directories where
the compiler you've chosen normally searches for such files. INSTALL will
automatically try to determine these directories and propose them as defaults.
For the utilities, the default directory is C:\FG. If you want to use
Fastgraph/Light with more than one compiler, run the INSTALL program once for
each compiler. See the file \FGLIGHT\READ.ME for more information.
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Grand Tour Demo
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The \FGDEMO subdirectory contains a demo program (FGDEMO.EXE) that uses a GUI
menuing system to take you on a guided tour through many important Fastgraph
features. To install FGDEMO on a hard disk, just copy all files in the \FGDEMO
subdirectory to the desired directory on your hard disk. To run the demo from
the diskette, type FGDEMO from the \FGDEMO subdirectory.
FGDEMO comes with complete C source code that you can use to develop similar
menuing systems using Fastgraph. Because of space constraints, the FGDEMO
source code is distributed in an archived format. To unarchive the source
code, copy all FGDEMO files to a subdirectory on your hard disk, then run the
UNARC.BAT command file. Note that it's not necessary to unarchive the source
code if you just want to run FGDEMO.
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Fish Tank Animation Demo
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The \FISHTANK subdirectory contains a program (FISHTANK.EXE) that shows how
easy it is to animate objects with Fastgraph. In this self-running demo,
different fish swim back and forth at varying speeds across a coral reef
background (pressing Escape exits). To install the fish tank demo on a hard
disk, just copy all files in the \FISHTANK subdirectory to the desired
directory on your hard disk. To run the demo from the diskette, type FISHTANK
from the \FISHTANK subdirectory. The fish tank demo comes with complete C,
Pascal, BASIC, and FORTRAN source code. See the \FISHTANK\FISHTANK.DOC file
for more information.