ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÜßÛÛÛÜÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÜßÛÛÛÜÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßß ßßßß ³ ³ Ûß ÜÛÛÛÛß ÞßÛÛÜ ßÛßÛÛÛÛßÜÛßßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛßÛÛÛÛß ÜßÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛßßÛÛÛÛÜ ³ ³ Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÞÛÛÛ ÛÞÛÛÛÝ ßÜÛÛÛÜßßß ÛÞÛÛÛÝ ÛÝÛÝ ÛÛÛÝ ÝÜÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÝ ßÜÛÛÛÜßßß ³ ³ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÝÛÛÛÛ ÜÜßÛÛÛÛÜ ÞÝÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÞÝÛÛÝ ÜÜßÛÛÛÛÜ ³ ³ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÜÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ visions v1.2a - an [etg] production of 1996 ÖÄ º intro/description ÓÄÄÄ Visions is a full-featured configurable ansi viewer distributed with acme's ansi packets. Visions fully supports all ANSI and ASCII files. All ansi decoding is done internally (very fast) and no external drivers (ansi.sys) are required... ÖÄ º specs ÓÄÄÄ requirements - 80386+ computer with a 100% register compatible VGA display. MS-DOS Version 3.3 or above. Windows, OS/2, and Desqview are not supported. file selection - Supports up to 499 files in one directory, sorted alphabetically. Fully supports SAUCE comments. User definable filemasks. graphic viewing - Correctly supports all ANSI codes. View graphics of up to 400 lines long. VGA smooth scrolling is supported. ÖÄ º usage ÓÄÄÄ Loading Visions will bring you directly to the file selection screen. The following commands are available: f1 - Quick help. f2 - Change the filemask. f3 - Toggle scrolling method. See below. f4 - Toggle fade. See below. arrows - Scroll file selector bar enter - Select and view ansi. escape - Quit visions. Scrolling Methods: Visions supports two scrolling methods. The first, 'smooth', is a nice smooth scroll that speeds up the longer you hold in the keys and bounces off the top and bottoms of the ansi. The second, 'deadly', is more of a get-there-now-acid-style-shoot-yo-momma-with-a-shotgun type of scroll. Fade: With fade ON, Visions does some nice fading between selecting a file and displaying the ansi. Turning this option off is a bit faster, but not as good looking! Viewer: Once in the viewer, use the arrows to scroll and enter or escape to exit. It really can't get much easier. ÖÄ º notes ÓÄÄÄ - visions utilizes many functions of the VGA, including split screen, smooth scrolling, and palette changing. Some VGA cards may not be able to handle all these functions, but most can. - visions will not run under Windows, OS/2, or Desqview. It will exit with an error message. So quit them first. And don't bother complaining. - If you find a bug, it's not my fault. hmm.. well.. actually, i guess it sorta kinda is... umm... e-mail me so I can fix it. :) - blah, blah, oh yeah, i'm not responsible for any damages. of course. ÖÄ º credits ÓÄÄÄ Visions is an empire technologies production of 1996. code: blackbob graphics: torment ideas: acid, spastic, and many acme members. e-mail blackbob at jim@kd3bj.ampr.org or call his board. ÖÄ º greets (the most important part!) ÓÄÄÄ group greets jump out to... iguana - you're still the best! acme - umm, wonder why you're here acme pc - you've got some STRANGE intros... hornet - uhh, if it weren't for you, were would we be? deuce - you dead yet? triton - you officially rock. perseus - can't wait to see that demo! personal greets jump to... jare - heh, you are the best otis - uhh, what? arcade - yo man! trixter - can't wait for those 8086 demos :) mortal - make me an ansi :) phred - run a virus scanner dood :) torment - errm mind bender - woah, your name just barely fits. rusty - the man! one8seven - '!187 one8seven' :) SUICIDE! hack - who ARE you!? :) righteous - what did aothem stand for again? and a quadzillion more, but this file is already long enough... ÖÄ º updates/bugfixes ÓÄÄÄ 1.0á- First version of Visions. Beta. 1.0 - Fixed filemask bug. Fixed ANSI clear screen bugs. Fixed lockup bug when entering a device as a filemask. Visions will now exit if OS/2, DesqView, or Windows is detected. MS-DOS 3.3 is now required. 1.2 - Added 'deadly' scrolling. Added option to turn off fading. Rewrote parts of this documentation. Filemask, scroll status, etc, are now displayed. Fixed a bug or two. Finally decided to change all the 1995s to 1996s... 1.2a- Fixed a bug that didn't let torment load visions.. :) 1.3 - Fixed a bug that wouldn't let mind bender view any ansis! heh