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- Announcing the availability of NAPLPS API source code!
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- Futureware Co. has developed a NAPLPS interpreter for use by BBS
- authors, door authors, third party utility authors, or any other
- telecommunications/videotex software authors. Futureware's API fully
- implements 5 of the 6 NAPLPS character sets with support for the DRCS
- character set on the way. The excitement of this API is that the FULL
- pascal source code is available for purchase, in an attempt to help
- promote the highly sophisticated NAPLPS protocol, which is the
- videotex/teletext industry standard established by the CSA and ANSI.
- Whether using the source code or the units, the software developer
- will be able to easily support graphical NAPLPS images.
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- Some of the features of Futureware's NAPLPS API are:
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- -> Supports all character sets with the exception of the DRCS set
- which will be added with a future version. This includes the
- primary, supplementary, mosaic, macro, and PDI sets, with word
- wrap and scrolling.
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- -> Full support of PDI set including:
- - Rescalible pel size.
- - Four basic fill patterns.
- - Implicit and explicit use of color map.
- - Blink and wait intervals (Animation).
- - Incremental point, line and polygon.
- - All geometric primitives using our own drawing routines to
- make use of the logical pel. (Source for all drawing algs.)
- - All dimensionality coordinate interpretation with a three
- dimensionality software hook, when such display devices become
- available.
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- -> Full character rotations, character paths, inter-character and
- inter-row spacing, and rescalible character field using custom
- made stroked fonts.
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- -> Comes with units to link all graphic and font drivers into
- your program thus eliminating directory cluttering BGI and CHR
- files.
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- -> Resolution independent: Add your own BGI files and video
- modes.
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- -> Free upgrades to registered users of Futureware's NAPLPS
- interpreter.
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- A demo of this API may be FREQed under the magic name of "NAPLPS" from:
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- Semper Fi BBS
- (219)424-4292
- 1:236/21@fidonet.org
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