to all the folks at home ....

Australia's GroOoviest art viewer just got groovier..

AVViEW '96 (4.42b)
Oz'96 Version.

DISCLAIMER

We not at fault if AVViEW kills your computer.    (so there)

AVViEW '96

AVViEW '96 (Oz'96 version) is the most up-to-date ANSi viewer this side of the
equator.  For this special occasion, most of the viewer has been rewritten,  as
well as the frontend and MCGA palette manipulation techniques.
If you discover any bugs please email me (Digital Vampire) on one of AV's dist
sites (in Victoria only! :( )  Bug reports such as  "It crashes sometimes"  are
totally useless!  If you find a bug, please tell me how it can be recreated and any suggestions for fixing it, if any!                                                                                                                           AVViEW now uses XMS memory to handle all files. It will not run without it. To
load it, load HiMEM.SYS in your CONFiG.SYS, and it should work.  The reason for
using this is so you can load ANSi files as long as your arm, or longer!         For example, with 8Mb memory, no EMM386 installed, and HiMEM.SYS installed, an ANSi up to !45600! lines long can be loaded!  (by comparison, ACiDViEW can load
ANSi's up to 3,200 lines maximum...)
The frontend for AVViEW'96 now uses pre-emptive multitasking for searching for
ACiDSAUCE information.  This means that in a very big directory, you can scroll
around and load a file, while the CPU is still searching for SAUCE.   The back-
ground of the AVViEW logo at the top of the screen will light when the SAUCE is
is being looked for.

New in version 4.42

* Bugfixes
* New frontend & interface
* iCE colour toggle (F4)
* Smooth/Block Auto Viewing (F8)
* Alphabetical directory listings (F9)
* Some palette fixes for MCGA mode.
* Graphic file support (GIF/PCX/LBM/BMP)
* Keypad controls (ACiDViEW style) in filefinder
* Enter quits file <amen>
* Palette calculated for each individual ANSi
* REALLY BIG ANSi support
* REALLY BIG BiN support
* Panning at start scrapped.
* New effect while panning to helpscreen.
* Greyscaling in textmode
* Startup screen :)
* Pre-emptive multitasking frontend interface
* Always detects SAUCE if present now.

HOW TO USE iT

I would think that AVViEW is pretty self explanatory, but for all the meat
heads out there...

Inside the filefinder

F1 More help.
F2 Change viewing mode (also +,-)
F3 Change viewing resolution (also .)
F4 Toggle iCE colour mode.
F5 Change mask.
F6 Toggle greyscaling/text/ANSi
F7 File information (eg SAUCE, size, date etc)
F8 Toggle smooth/block/manual/auto file reading
F9 Toggle alphabetical directory searching
F10 Refresh display.
Up Go up!
Down Go down.
Esc Exit.
Enter Load file currently selected.

Inside the fileviewer

F2 Change viewing mode
F3 Change viewing resolution
F6 Toggle greyscaling/text/ANSi
Up Go up.
Down Go Down.
Esc/Ret Quit to file finder

CREDiTS

Code Digital Vampire [iNSTABiLiTY]
Graphics Mr Krinkle [Apocalyptic Visions]

Thanks to Amon-Ra[iNS] for ANSiMation/graphic file support.

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