WHAT'S NEW IN PCXDUMP VERSION 9.30 ---------------------------------- For those who are curious, version 9.30 of PCXDUMP contains the following additions and improvements over previous versions: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Version 9.30 - The /TIME, /ANIMATE and /AUTODUMP options are back. - Support for the Compaq Qvision card. - Support for ChipTech 451,452,453,454,455,456,457,467,65510, 65520,65520,65530,64200,64300 cards. - Support for Advance Logic cards (ALG). - Support for S3 911,924,928,801,805,864 and 964 cards. - Support for OAK 57, OAK 83 and OAK 87. - Support for Matrox cards. - PCXDUMP now works with EMM386 NOEMS in /STEALTH mode. - Whenever the frame is displayed on the screen, you are able to press "S" to save the framesize and position and "R" to restore the framesize and position. - Lots of smaller changes. - PCXLAB significantly improved. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Version 9.20 - Much better use of VESA based SuperVGA videoadapters (especially when used with The Universal Vesadriver UNIVBE). This is true for both PCXDUMP and PCXLAB. - Now supports videoadapters with more than 1 Mb RAM. - The way PCXDUMP interprets commandline parameters has changed. Instead of writing (e.g) PCXDUMP /STEALTH=216, you should now use PCXDUMP /STEALTH:216. The reason is that it is not possible for an environment variable to contain the char '='. Since PCXDUMP is able to read the default configuration from the environment variable PCXDUMP, I have changed the '=' to ':'. This way there is consistency between commandline parameters and the PCXDUMP environment variable. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Version 9.10 - Added support for multiple font character maps. Some pro- grams (such as WP 5.1) is capable of showing 512 different characters on the screen at the same time. These screens will now be captured correctly. This only applies for textmodes. - Improved detection of SuperVGA tweaked mode (used in e.g. "Dracula Unleased") - PCXLAB 1.15 (Now it's possible to use PCXLAB in any text mode with at least 80x25). - Bug fix: The 'Z' key could not be used when specifying a path. - Bug fix: The /INT, /NAME and /CHIPSET options did not work from commandline. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Version 9.00 - New installation menu with "shortcut" keys. - New options: /MEMORY, /MONO, /STEALTH. - The /ANIMATE, /AUTODIRTY, /AUTODUMP, /TIME and /DISK options are removed. - It is possible to store permanent installation options in the environment variable PCXDUMP. - UMB and EMS usage to reduce size of PCXDUMP in conventional memory. - PCXLAB will print B&W images to HP LaserJet compatible laser printers. - The /TEXTHI option is removed, since it turned out to be possible to determine automatically. - New switch: /BATCH: When this option is used, PCXDUMP will not write a status screen after installation. - Better frame movement when using the keyboard. - BUG FIX: It is now possible to use the /DIR= option with a path longer than 25 character. Before PCXDUMP simple hung (oops)! - Plus LOTS more. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Version 8.10 - New switch: /SKIPVESA. You can use this option to bypass the check for a VESA driver. - New switch: /NAME=name. You can now tell PCXDUMP to use another name than DUMP????.PCX for its dump files. - Much better check for textmodes. The registered version of PCXDUMP will now handle any textmode, also CGA 40x25. - PCXDUMP will now use the current textmode for the installation screen, instead of always switching to 80x25 mode. - Reduced the PCXDUMP.EXE file size significantly. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Version 8.00 - New switch: /MOUSE. PCXDUMP can now be activated by pressing two mousebuttons. - New switch: /VIDEO=number. Will force PCXDUMP to use the specified videomode. - New switch: /ANIMATE=number. PCXDUMP will automatically dump the screen every number'th second. - New switch: /TEXTHI. When dumping a textscreen, this option toggles between 8 or 16 possible background colors. - New switch: /GAMMA=number. This switch replaces the /LIGHT option and provides much better control over the intensity of the dumped image. Will only have an effect when dumping a grayscaled imaged (hotkey G or H). - New switch: /OVERWRITE. PCXDUMP will no longer overwrite existing DUMP????.PCX files, unless you tell it to. - New switch: /AUTODIRTY. This switch works almost like the /AUTODUMP switch, just in a much dirtier way. - Recognizes and dump images in 4/8/15/16/24 bit VESA modes, up to 1280x1024! (VESA 1.2 required for 15/16/24 bit modes). - Detection and usage of OAK-77 (also Hicolor) cards. - Detection and usage of MXIC cards. - Detection and usage of REALTEK (also HiColor) cards. - Usage of HiColor modes on ATI cards cards. - Usage of HiColor modes on Paradise cards. - Usage of HiColor modes on Trident cards. - Detection and usage of 24-bit DAC on some Tseng 4000 cards, like the Genoa 7900 cards. - Bug fix: On some video cards, it was not possible to use the /CHIPSET option. Fixed. - Bug fix: When dumping 1024x768 or 1280x1024 screen with 16 colors, noise would sometimes show up in the dumped imaged. Fixed. New program PCXLAB (replaces PCXVIEW). -------------------------------------- * Shows any PCX-file on any EGA/VGA/SVGA system (except EGA mono). * Recognizes the same SuperVGA chipsets as PCXDUMP (incl. HiColor). * Converts PCX-files to EPS/BMP/LBM/TIFF/TGA/WPG. * Dithers 4-24 bit PCX-files to monochrome PCX-files (you can adjust the contrast and gamma value of the output images). * Will show PCX/ANS from commandline. * Will write monochrome PCX (up to 640 pixels wide) to a EPSON-compatible matrixprinter. * It is possible to set video mode selection to autodetect. * Will show .ANS (ANSI-files). * When showing big pictures, you can scroll the images around FAST! by using arrowkeys or PgUp & PgDn. You can change the resolution WHILE viewing by using "-" or "+". Note however that you can not show/convert files wider than 3800 pixels. * With the proper VESA-driver, PCXLAB can show images in 4/8/15/16/24 bit modes up to 1280x1024 (VESA v. 1.2 needed for 15/16/24 bit modes). * Detects and uses the 24-bit DAC on some Tseng 4000 HiColor, like the Genoa 7900. * You can reduce 4-24 bit PCX-files to grayscale, or you can reduce 8-24 bit PCX-files to 16 or 256 colors. * Better check on memorysize on Trident cards. * Detection and usage of OAK-77 (also HiColor) cards. * Detection and usage of MXIC cards. * Detection and usage of REALTEK (also HiColor) cards. * Usage of HiColor modes on ATI, Paradise & Trident cards.