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WHATS NEW?
RELEASE 3.00, August 16, 1992
I spent the summer fixing up some old bugs with TIFF
files (yes I know that I ignore PM interp). I changed
MODEL to a mixed large from a mixed compact. Now I have
a few FAR calls. I had reached about 20 bytes less than
64k on the code segment. I altered the SCAN routines.
Handy scan users please report bugs!
Added VESA support for screens.
Added XMS support (up to 1 meg) in addition to EMS.
Changed the memory management routines to work with
XMS, please report bugs in COPY and MOVE ROTATE etc.
Made some colorful menus and other stuff.
Default width is 2048 pixels if XMS is found.
Worked on the mouse routines, someday they get completely
rewritten!
Made the program 100% shareware.
THERE IS NO LONGER A PRIVATE VERSION!
Dropped the price to $35.00 shareware.
RELEASE 2.20, October 31, 1990
Fixed many bugs in image functions, expanded DFI scanner
functionality. Added TRS-80 HiRes format. Fixed IFF files
so that they can read the packbits compression. Added
Complete FAX and Complete Scanner files.
RELEASE 2.19b, March 26, 1990 - Beta release
Added 2 more Bload formats. Fixed bug that put small
horizontal lines on screen when saving files. Added
Alt-Q back door for quick OPTIKS exit. Added "CLEAN"
configuration option for Size, Tilt and Shrink functions.
Added DFI Handy Scanner Support.
RELEASE 2.18b, January 15, 1990
Bug release to fix black-on-black palette setup on CGA
and AT&T systems. Fixed LQ-nnnn. Fixed problem with
the mysteriously appearing logo.
RELEASE 2.18, January 4, 1990
Fixed more bugs in image routines. Smooth, Gray, Roll,
and Unstep work. Fixed bug in new video routine.
Made AT&T first check in auto-detect to avoid divide
overflow. (Divide overflow came from AT&T Bios).
Video 7 cannot be saved in config.ok, yet.
RELEASE 2.17, November 12, 1989
Fixed bugs in Image routines, Fixed a fix in scanners.
Scanners work at 300DPI. Removed Jlaser stuff. Fixed
large volume divide by zero error. Added Mandelbrot Set.
Fixed the way HP Laserjet print file read works to be
able to read more types of laserjet files.
Added FAX files which work with EZ-FAX and Complete FAX.
Fixed Postscript output to work correctly.
Changed video screen mode selection menu. Added several
new (and untested) video modes.
Fixed Phantom Finger Fault in color mode.
Fixed the weird way the finger moves when approaching
the right margin.
Changed the Shade pattern selection menu.
Finally have included a finished version of documentation
as ASCII text file. I will now try to get it into
Ventura to print it.
RELEASE 2.16, September 4, 1989
Fixed automatic screen detection routine to correctly
detect some VGA bios compatibles and work on Mono screens.
Fixed bugs in Proprinter, SYS and COM files, Soft fonts.
Fixed bugs in Double, Taller and made other image functions
more reliable. Worked on Cannon scan, don't know if its fixed.
RELEASE 2.15, May 1, 1989
Added '?' command line to start up in CGA Mono.
Deleted non-supported printers and screens.
Deleted Voice. Changed font 0 to 3270PC font.
Changed LOGO. Overwrite logo with loaded fonts.
Knocked nearly 20k off of memory requirements.
Added Ellipses. Fixed bug in indicating a large range.
Added choice to use line boxes instead of XOR ranges.
Added Etch-a-sketch (Point Draw).
Fixed File-Spec bug which caused lock on bad file specs.
Added ablity to change directories by point and shoot.
Added boxes with fill patterns to image menu. Added
Fade and Shade to image menu.
Added Deposit and Erode functions which clean up dirty
images. Added CLIP to image menu.
Hid Break menu so as not have to document it.
Fixed bug in printing to files.
Fixed bug in reading TIFF files with User Tags. (Colera
and others added their own tags outside of Aldus-MS specs
and rather than ignore them I aborted the tiff read.)
Fixed bug in writing soft font letters.
RELEASE 2.14, March 12, 1989
Added IMAGE selection menu. Added AutoCAD output files.
Added GEM Draw output files. Fixed bug in GEM Paint.
Fixed up mouse routines in File selection. Fast path
for Files and Image.
First time including new docs in release.
RELEASE 2.13, February 14, 1989
Beta fix to WPG files and test of new file selection
screen.
RELEASE 2.12, January 31, 1989
Added Word Perfect 5.0 WPG file support. This is for Bit Image
files only. WPG has the ability to handle text and vectors
(line drawing) as well, but I only supported the bit image
portion. Added Toshiba 3100 screen support. Fixed bug in ART
files. Fixed problems reading and writing Mouse Systems Paint
1.0 files. Added Macro support to command line.
RELEASE 2.11, November 1, 1988
Fixed more bugs in TIF. Fixed bug in BLOADS. Worked long and
hard to make mouse routines more human. Added DCX files
Added Print Shop graphics libraries for read. Fixed
bug in PCX read. Knocked 10K off of .EXE size. (Optiks uses
an EXE compressor, so you will not see it). Will continue
size optimizing for a while. Speeded up MAC, PCX and IMG.
Added Self scrolling COM files for standalone graphics.
Added SYS files which put a graphic on the screen during
boot. Added Newsmaster Library Reads and Newsroom Pro Reads.
Added a new file selection menu which solves many of the
file selection problems in the old system. It looks nifty,
but Optiks old-timers will hate the 2 or 3 extra keystrokes.
Turned SLD files right side up. Added fix for gray scale Tiffs.
Added a file "info" option which, for now, displays the width
and height of a file. As I have time I will add other file
information.
Counting variations and permutations, OPTIKS supports more than
60 file types. This is more like just under 30 "brands" of
files.
RELEASE 2.10, October 20, 1988
Fixed bugs with TIF and MAC files. Created submenus for
TIF and MAC for the supported types. Added AutoCad SLD
file support. Fixed bug in Mouse routine. Added Genius
monitor support (untested). Added Palantir PDA file support.
TIFF now supports ccitt group 3 compression as does WIPS, PDA
and ISF. TIFF suports Motorola (MAC) type files without
MacBinary headers.