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  1.  
  2.           WHAT'S NEW IN PCXDUMP  VERSION 4.0
  3.           ----------------------------------
  4.  
  5.  
  6.           For those who are curious, Version 4.0 of PCXDUMP
  7.           contains the following additions and improvements over
  8.           versions 3.80
  9.  
  10. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11.  
  12. Version 4.0               - The registrated version of PCXDUMP 4.0 will now
  13.                             capture screen in textmodes. Both in color and
  14.                             black and white.
  15.                           - Internal buffersize is now increased to
  16.                             3600 bytes for better performance. PCXDUMP
  17.                             therefore uses more memory now than previous
  18.                             versions. This also turned out to be necessary
  19.                             to make PCXDUMP handle 32768 colors.
  20.                           - Ahead A/B chipset is now recognized.
  21.                           - The routine to recognized Chips & Technology
  22.                             chipsets are improved.
  23.                           - On TSENG HiColor card, PCXDUMP can be used
  24.                             in the 1280x1024x16 mode incl. all modes
  25.                             with 32768 colors.
  26.                           - On ATI-WONDER cards, PCXDUMP can be used in the
  27.                             640x480x32768 colors mode.
  28.                           - On Paradise cards PCXDUMP can handle the
  29.                             640x480x32768 and 800x600x32768 modes incl the
  30.                             1024x768x256 mode.
  31.                           - PCXDUMP can now be used in CGA mode:
  32.                             04h = 320x200x4
  33.                             05h = 320x200x4
  34.                             06h = 640x200x2
  35.                             PCXDUMP however still requires minimum an EGA-card
  36.                             to install.
  37.                           - It's now possible to adjust framesize without
  38.                             a mouse, using SPACE and the arrowkeys instead.
  39.                           - PCXDUMP now releases the environment copy.
  40.                           - Much better check for pop-up in busy situa-
  41.                             tions. E.g. PCXDUMP will not pop up as long
  42.                             as INT 13h is active.
  43.                           - The normal hotkey sequence is now ALT+SHIFT (left
  44.                             shift). Previous versions used ALT+CTRL as the hot-
  45.                             key sequence.
  46.                           - There was a minor problem with the EGA-
  47.                             palette in mode 0Dh (320x200x16) and mode
  48.                             0Eh (640x200x16). In these two modes the
  49.                             palette is a fixed 16 colors palette (and not
  50.                             as in mode 10h 16 colors out of 64). This is
  51.                             now fixed.
  52.                           - PCXDUMP will now beep a low and long tone if
  53.                             the hotkeys is pressed in an unsupported videomode.
  54.                           - PCXDUMP now reads command-line parameters.
  55.                             /ON is necessary to install PCXDUMP (only
  56.                                if none of the other options is used).
  57.                             /OFF will remove PCXDUMP from the memory.
  58.                             /NOSOUND tells PCXDUMP not to use sound.
  59.                             /TIME=number tells PCXDUMP to delay instal-
  60.                                lation of INT 09h number seconds.
  61.                             /DISK=number tells PCXDUMP to delay instal-
  62.                                lation of INT 08h by number calls to
  63.                                INT 13h. INT 09H will be installed 3 sec.
  64.                                after INT 08H.
  65.                             /SHIFT=number. It's now possible to choose
  66.                                between ALT, SHIFT and CTRL in the hotkey
  67.                                sequence.
  68.                             /HOTKEY=number. You can tell PCXDUMP to use
  69.                                you custom hotkey. All others hotkeys will
  70.                                be disabled. PCXDUMP will automatically
  71.                                determine whether to dump a color or mono-
  72.                                chrome image.
  73.                             /CHIPSET=number. Forced PCXDUMP to use a cer-
  74.                                tain chipset. See PCXDUMP.DOC for details.
  75.                             /DIR=directory. Will tell PCXDUMP to put the
  76.                                PCX-files in this directory instead of current
  77.                                directory.
  78.  
  79. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  80.  
  81. Version 3.80              - VIDEO-7      chipset is now recognized.
  82.                           - CHIPS & TECH chipset is now recognized.
  83.                           - The rutine to recognize TSENG ET3000 is improved.
  84.                           - EGA-card is now accepted again !!!
  85.                             Eventually I got around the EGA-card palette pro-
  86.                             blem. I am using a method to manipulate the
  87.                             "Video Save Pointer Table". It seems to work
  88.                             on GIF-pictures and all the programs I've tested
  89.                             so far, allthough I can't guarantee it to work
  90.                             in every program.
  91.                           - In 2 colors mode, pixels read/write is now direct
  92.                             memory read/write. Dumping a picture i 2 colors
  93.                             mode is now approx. 500 % faster !!
  94.                           - New HOTKEY: ALT+CTRL+R. This gives the ability
  95.                             to dump the whole screen in 2 colors immediately.
  96.  
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  98.  
  99. Version 3.70              - It is no longer possible to use PCXDUMP on a plain
  100.                             EGA-card.
  101.                           - OAKTECH-37   chipset is now recognized.
  102.  
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  104.  
  105. Version 3.67-3.69         - Some internal improvements.
  106.  
  107. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  108.  
  109. Version 3.66              - Corrected a stupid bug that caused the program
  110.                             to crash, if it was activated in textmode!
  111.  
  112. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  113.  
  114. Version 3.65              - OAKTECH-67 chipset is now recognized.
  115.  
  116. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  117.  
  118. Version 3.60              - Dumping a 16-color screen on a "standard" card
  119.                             is now MUCH faster.
  120.  
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  122.  
  123. Version 3.50              - Framesize is now written on screen.
  124.                             Hotkey ALT+CTRL+V is therefore removed.
  125.  
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  127.  
  128. Version 3.00              - Initial release on the net
  129.  
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  131.  
  132. Version 1.00-2.30           My own versions (not ready for release).
  133.  
  134.