· ∙ ─ ──══ MenaceIISociety ══── ─ ∙ ·
· ─ ──══ Ansi/DBL Viewer Ver. 2.0 ══── ─ ·

---BULL---
Hi ... it's me again. Just writing the second nfo
file for the viewer. The same thing happened last
time I made the viewer ... I stop doing things to
it 2-3 weeks before the pack is released, thinking
it's full bug proof. Ryu asks "Is the viewer ok?
there's no bugs right?" ... and I'm like "Dude,
no problem, this bitch is CLEAN!" ... then 2 days
before they start putting the pack together I get
phonecalls from both presidents saying "I found
20 bugs, get something to write on I'll give you
a list". I end up working like a racehorse to
fix everything I overlooked the NIGHT the pack is
due.
Well, it turns out the same happened this time
because I just finished it when I started typing
this thing you're reading. I'll never learn!
---NEW STUFF---
Remember what I promised for this viewer to have?
Here, let me show you how much of a dumbass I was:

which is slow. But don't worry, by next version I promise there
to be the following:

Custom ansi parser (so the scroll back will work)
5-6 different VGA viewing modes !!!
customized special effects
Background music and sound effects
and that's it, anything more I can't promise
but don't worry.. their will be a lot more!

Ok, custom ansi parser and scrollback ... check
5-6 different VGA ... well, only one (What was I smoking!?)
customized special effects ... I changed my mind, sounded queer
Background music ... pbbt, keep dreaming, maybe next time
Even though I didn't meet my quota on everything ...
I did get a helluvalot accomplished in a matter of weeks
(I'm not conceited, this is what a friend said ... honest!)
Look at what's new:

File viewing and selecting 210% faster
Smooth viewing option
SAUCE support
320x200 vga viewing mode now supported
320X400 vga viewing mode now supported
Ansi's are parsed (of course) and Scroll back now works
File mask big time bug fixed
Baud speed simulation
The MiiS logo is now red!! (ooooh!)
Scroll threw Sause Comments with left and right arrows

... and the biggest, most important new item ...

DBL support!!?!?!? Displays DBL's just fine

Wheew! That's a lot of new stuff! (I meant to put "!"'s
after each item but I thought that might be pushing it)

---DETAILS---

SAUCE works fine ... notice I stuck in something
called "Extended Security SAUCE" ... if you hit F8
You can scroll threw the Sause comments, dates,
group, and other Sauce shit.  Thank you acid
I love sauce!.. ever though of putting color
in the sauce stuff?.. just a thought..
BPS speeds work fine ... notice though we have
an interesting "28800" speed in there ... isn't
that interesting? <Masterken has a 28.8> Isn't
that a cool idea!? I don't know how I thought
that one up. Notice there's no 2400 speed, I
didn't put that in there because I thought,
"Who is the fossil that is gonna be so queer
that they have time to look at an ansi at 2400
bps?" and well, I don't want queer fossils using
my viewer, so that fixed that problem.
Help file works fine ... <just thought I'd
say that for the hell of it and to fill up space>

One more thing ... did you also notice that
when you highlight a DBL it glows in a nice pretty
light blue? Isn't that cute?!?! i *LOVE* that!!
It makes my day.

---REGARDS & THANX---
Thanks to Jack Hammer for helping me with the
scroll back and parser, also for the memory
allocation delema I had on me for weeks. He's
a very cool guy <he's probably never going to
read this .nfo file so I might as well take
advantage of this situation> ... but he's
kind of a dork. For one thing, he says,
"Let me put it this way ..." WAY TOO many
times ... I've counted in a conversation him
saying that 23 times. He also laughs too loud
and if you're ever seen with him in public
for some reason you feel embarrassed and feel
like running in the opposite direction as fast
as you can. He also drives like a lunatic.
But he's an excellent programmer and without
him this viewer couldn't have happened.

Thanks to Ryu for forcing me to fix things
in the viewer when I really don't feel like it.
If it wasn't for him the viewer would:

...not have a 320x200 mode
...have garbled and screwy sauce records
...show a sauce record when viewing an ansi
...have a sqwigly thing on the ansi's

So thank you to him.

Thanks to Thunder for finding two bugs last
minute, if it wasn't for him I would be in
bed right now, thanks a lot, also if it wasn't
for him the viewer would:

...not light up blue on DBL's (isn't it cute?!!?)

Thanks to the real smart guy who wrote "8i3-SHIT.TXT"
and saying that my viewer was written by acid.
You're a fucken dumb ass!

---THE END---

Ok, this is it .... I'm finnally done writing this
file ... <I tried to make it as big as possible
so our pack would look bigger>

>>>THIS IS IMPORTANT<<<

If you find anything ... I mean ANYTHING!! Wrong
with this viewer 2.0 ... contact Street Rage
813-785-9308 ... email Masterken ... tell me
what you found ... and if it's real maggot
meat (if it's really considered a bug) I'll
give you a free pen! And I'll make a 50 line
ansi for whatever needs be (you could be a
sysop .. .now wouldn't that be handy?).
I AM DEAD SERIOUS ... I wanna make sure this
thing works right.

Ok bye now ...