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  1. GIFPUB v4.1 Copyright (c) 1988-91 Lawrence & Marvin Gozum, MD
  2.  
  3. GIFPUB41.ZIP MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FILES
  4.  
  5. README   1ST   this document
  6. GIFPUB   EXE   main program
  7. BRUN41   EXE   required QB runtime module
  8. GIFPUB   DOC   user manual
  9. REGISTER DOC   registration form
  10.  
  11.                 USER MODES  CHIPSET/VIDEO CARD REFERENCE
  12.  
  13. AHEAD480 CFG    640x480x16  Ahead EGA 480
  14. AHEAD800 CFG    800x600x16  Ahead-A or Ahead-B
  15. AHEAD1KE CFG   1024x768x16  Ahead-B only
  16. ATI560   CFG    800x560x16  ATI EGA Wonder
  17. ATI800   CFG    800x600x16  ATI VGA Wonder
  18. ATI1024  CFG   1024x768x16  ATI VGA Wonder
  19. C&T-800  CFG    800x600x16  C&T 451/452/453/455/456
  20. C&T1024E CFG   1024x768x16  C&T 452/453
  21. EVOLD512 CFG    512x480x16  EV673
  22. EVOLD800 CFG    800x600x16  EV673
  23. EVNEW800 CFG    800x600x16  Everex Viewpoint
  24. EVNEW-1K CFG   1024x768x16  Everex Viewpoint
  25. EVRAM800 CFG    800x600x16  Everex VRAM
  26. EVRAM-1K CFG   1024x768x16  Everex VRAM
  27. GENOA480 CFG    640x480x16  Genoa SuperEGA
  28. GENO720E CFG    720x512x16  Genoa 6x00 or 5x00 or SuperEGA
  29. GENO800E CFG    800x600x16  Genoa 6x00 or 5x00 or SuperEGA
  30. GENOA1KE CFG   1024x768x16  Genoa 5x00 w/ Tseng 3000
  31. GVGA-1KE CFG   1024x768x16  Genoa 6x00 w/ GVGA
  32. HEAD720E CFG    720x540x16  Headlands/V7VGA 1024i
  33. HEAD800E CFG    800x600x16  Headlands/V7VGA 1024i
  34. HEAD-1KE CFG   1024x768x16  Headlands/V7VGA 1024i
  35. OAK80016 CFG    800x600x16  Oak
  36. OAK1KB16 CFG   1024x768x16  Oak
  37. PDISE480 CFG    640x480x16  Paradise EGA 480
  38. PVGA800E CFG    800x600x16  Paradise
  39. PVGA-1KE CFG   1024x768x16  Paradise 1024
  40. PRISM800 CFG    800x600x16  ATI Prism Elite (Trident chipset)
  41. STBEM960 CFG    960x720x16  STB VGA Extra EM
  42. TECMR800 CFG    800x600x16  Tecmar VGA/AD w/ Tseng 3000
  43. TECMR-1K CFG   1024x768x16  Tecmar VGA/AD w/ Tseng 3000
  44. TRIDN800 CFG    800x600x16  Trident 8800/8900
  45. TRIDN-1K CFG   1024x768x16  Trident 8800/8900
  46. TSENG800 CFG    800x600x16  Tseng 3000
  47. TSENG-1K CFG   1024x768x16  Tseng 3000
  48. T4-1K016 CFG   1024x768x16  Tseng 4000
  49. T4-80016 CFG    800x600x16  Tseng 4000
  50. V7-720E  CFG    720x540x16  V7VGA
  51. V7-800E  CFG    800x600x16  V7VGA
  52. V7-1024E CFG   1024x768x16  V7VGA
  53. VEGA480  CFG    640x480x16  V7VGA
  54.  
  55.  
  56. Update 4.1      * TOTAL OVERHAUL OF SVGA 1024x768x16 BANK SWITCHING CODE.
  57.  
  58.                 * HARDCODED, SPECIFIC READ/WRITE BANK SWITCHING 1024x768x16
  59.                   ROUTINES TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING CHIPSETS:
  60.  
  61.                   ATI --------------- Tatung,Altec,Gateway,TeleMart,TriStar...
  62.                   AheadB ------------ VGA Wizard
  63.                   Tseng 4000 -------- STB 4000,Orchid Pro II,
  64.                                       Boca,Sigma Legend,...
  65.                   Tseng 3000 -------- STB,Sigma,Orchid,Willow,Genoa 5x00,...
  66.                   Paradise ---------- AST,ARC,AT&T,CompuAdd,Compaq,old Dell,
  67.                                       DEC,Epson,NCR,Olivetti,Tandy,Toshiba...
  68.                   Video7 ------------ new Dell,Video7 FW/VRAM...
  69.                   Video7/Headlands -- Video7 1024i
  70.                   Genoa GVGA -------- Genoa 6100,6200,6300,6400,6600
  71.                   C&T 452/453 ------- Cardinal,MK82452,Data General...
  72.                   Trident 8800/8900 - Imtec,Logix,Maxon,Prism,Zymos,HiRes...
  73.                   Everex EV678 ------ Everex Viewpoint
  74.                   Everex VRAM
  75.                   Everex EV673
  76.                   Oak
  77.                   Tecmar VGA/AD
  78.  
  79.                 * TOTAL OVERHAUL OF ALL EEGA and SVGA *.CFG FILES.
  80.  
  81. Update 4.0      * HP LASER/compatible support
  82.                   - variable DPI settings 75,150,200,300 (even 400 DPI!)
  83.                   - variable resizing
  84.  
  85.                 * BUGFIX: A black line appeared on the left margin of
  86.                   any dithered image due to the nature of the dithering
  87.                   algorithm that works in areas.  This has been modified
  88.                   by internally and transparently adjusting the image
  89.                   width.
  90.  
  91.                 * GVGA (Genoa 6300/6300) EEGA/SVGA support!
  92.  
  93.                 * BMP/Windows 3.0 256-color input file support!
  94.  
  95. Update 3.2      * BUGFIX: Pressing ESC during printing or dithering kept
  96.                   a file open resulting an an error with no message (ie.,
  97.                   a small square in the middle); this has been fixed.
  98.  
  99.                 * BUGFIX: Epson an IBM drivers were exchanged resulting in
  100.                   selecting the wrong driver.
  101.  
  102.                 * USER-specifed linefeeds in n/216 increments in both Epson
  103.                   and IBM formats for to avoid those white lines on certain
  104.                   Epson/IBM(Proprinter)-compatible printers.
  105.  
  106.  
  107. Update 3.1      * BUGFIX: Hardcoded SVGA support for Tseng 4000 chip was
  108.                   missing; this has been corrected.
  109.  
  110.                 * BUGFIX: Hardcoded SVGA support for Oak chip was missing;
  111.                   this has been corrected.
  112.  
  113.  
  114. Update 3.0      * GIF 89a support.  First GIF 87a image is extracted.
  115.  
  116.                 * 1024x768x16 SVGA support !!!
  117.  
  118.                 * User modes structures are now consistent with all
  119.                   our .CFG files (eg., MVGAVU, GIFHEX, VGACAD, etc ...)
  120.  
  121.                 * BUGFIX: User modes expected GIFDOT.CFG files; this has
  122.                   been corrected.
  123.  
  124.                 * TEMP files enhanced with additional GIFHEX color field.
  125.  
  126.                 * Ending "\" pathname specification has been removed.
  127.  
  128.                 * Bugfix: Negative disk space errors for user with
  129.                   MASSIVE hard disks has been fixed.
  130.  
  131.  
  132. Update 2.1      * GIFPUB & GIFDOT combined into ONE stand-alone program !
  133.  
  134.                 * Fully-optimized PCX RLE compression (about 50% better
  135.                   than previous GIFPUB releases.
  136.  
  137.                 * BUGFIX: Overwritten PCX files were not deleted resulting
  138.                   in large PCX files; this has been corrected.
  139.  
  140.                 * Integrated with VGACAD v2.0 chained environment.
  141.                   (when released)
  142.  
  143.  
  144. Update 2.0      * Full utililization of SVGA images (to 2KBx2KBx256)
  145.                 * PCX v5.0 support (to 2KBx2KBx256)
  146.                 * Histogram-equalization; new image processing function
  147.                   for global grey pixel redistribution
  148.  
  149.                            - Flat (linear)
  150.                            - Sine (Pseudo-Gaussian)
  151.                            - BiModal (Dual, Overlapping Sine Curves)
  152.                            - TriModal (Triple, Overlapping Sine Curves)
  153.                            - Lite Skew (linear w/ positive skew)
  154.                            - Dark Skew (linear w/ negative skew)
  155.  
  156.                 * New error-distributed algorithm using modified Floyd-
  157.                   Steinberg matrix with "Stucki" values
  158.                 * User-definable dither density
  159.                 * User-definable EEGA/SVGA video modes
  160.                 * Enhanced Brightness and Contrast-Stretching algorithm;
  161.                   precise grey scale adjustment; reorganized around
  162.                   Histogram Analysis for better feedback and analysis
  163.                 * Extended grey scale parsing algorithm - 256 greys mapped
  164.                   instead of 64 for enhanced detail
  165.                 * Fast 256-color palette read/write algorithm
  166.                 * Bugfix: Selection of files with "**MORE**" corrected
  167.  
  168.