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 ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Apocalyptic Visions View 4 is a co iNSTABiLiTY Apocalyptic Visions production 95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- COMNT