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  1. REVISION HISTORY FOR SVGAPC.LIB - HI-RES, 256-COLOR GRAPHICS LIB FOR
  2. THE MIX POWER C COMPILER.
  3.  
  4. SVGAPC23.ZIP was the inital release of the MIX C version of our graphics
  5. library. However, we have had several releases of the MS C version.
  6. Below is the history for the C version:
  7.  
  8. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  9. -2.0 Initial release - March, 1994. SVGACC20.ZIP                            -                                                                           -
  10. -2.0a Release - March, 1994. SVGACC20a (registered version only)            -
  11. -     Bugs Fixed:  res640l,res640,res800,res1024 - Some VESA BIOSs were not -
  12. -                       preserving the processor SI & DI registers after a  -
  13. -                       video mode change.                                  -
  14. -                                                                           -
  15. -2.0b Release - April, 1994. SVGACC20b (registered version only)            -
  16. -     Bugs Fixed:  drwfillcircle - not clipping properly                    -
  17. -                  drwfillellipse - not clipping properly                   -
  18. -     Improved:    drwbox - speed increase of about 102%                    -
  19. -                  drwcircle - speed increase of about 33%                  -
  20. -                  drwellipse - speed increase of about 44%                 -
  21. -                  drwline - speed increase of about 42%                    -
  22. -                  drwfillbox - speed increase of about 317%                -
  23. -                  drwfillcircle - speed increase of about 248%             -
  24. -                  drwfillellipse - speed increase of about 190%            -
  25. --                                                                          -
  26. -2.1 Release - May, 1994. SVGACC21.ZIP                                      -
  27. -     Bugs Fixed:  setcard - setup needed for pagedisplay was not completed.-
  28. -     Improved:    drwbox - speed increase of about 8%                      -
  29. -                  drwline - speed increase of about 42%                    -
  30. -                  drwfillbox - speed increase of about 97%                 -
  31. -                  drwfillcircle - speed increase of about 88%              -
  32. -                  drwfillellipse - speed increase of about 80%             -
  33. -                  fillview - speed increase of about 62%                   -
  34. -     Additions:   res1280, fillconvexpoly                                  -
  35. -                                                                           -
  36. -2.1a Release - August, 1994.  SVGACC21a (registered version only)          -
  37. -     Bugs Fixed:  drwfillcircle,drwfillellipse - When using the 'XOR' mode,-
  38. -                       some lines were drawn twice resulting in a 'sun set'-
  39. -                       effect.                                             -
  40. -                  drwline - using the 'AND' mode on a horizontal line      -
  41. -                       resulted in the first few pixels (left most)        -
  42. -                       actually being drawn in the 'SET' mode; this bug    -
  43. -                       also affected the following functions (only when    -
  44. -                       using the 'AND' mode): drwfillbox, drwfillcircle,   -
  45. -                       drwfillellipse,fillconvexpoly, fillview.            -
  46. -                  Registered disks did not include the 'EDTMOUSE.TXT' and  -
  47. -                       'EDTFONT.TXT' as stated in the file 'PACKING.LST'.  -
  48. -                       These files were however included in the main       -
  49. -                       documentation files.                                -
  50. -     Improved:    drwfillcircle - speed increase of about 16%              -
  51. -                  drwfillellipse - speed increase of about 30%             -
  52. -                                                                           -                    
  53. -2.1b Release - September, 1994.  SVGACC21b (registered version only)       -
  54. -     Bugs Fixed:  Some newer VESA cards with dual 'window' support were not- 
  55. -                       bank switching properly.                            -
  56. -                                                                           -
  57. -2.1c Release - November, 1994.  SVGACC21c (registered version only)        -
  58. -     Bugs Fixed:  Mouse routines rewritten to support ALL mice.            -
  59. -                                                                           -
  60. -2.2  Release - January, 1995.  SVGACC22 (registered version only)          -
  61. -     Bugs Fixed:  fillarea - not always making it to left edge when left   -
  62. -                       edge was the viewport and not the border color.     -
  63. -                  fillcolor - not always making it to left edge when left  -
  64. -                       edge was the viewport and not the border color.     -
  65. -                  gifmake - under certain circumstances would produce a    -
  66. -                       corrupt GIF file.                                   -
  67. -     Improved:    Increased library's granularity                          -
  68. -                  blkget - speed increase of about 33%                     -
  69. -                  scrolldn - speed increase of about 39%                   -
  70. -                  scrolllt - speed increase of about 25%                   -
  71. -                  scrollrt - speed increase of about 72%                   -
  72. -                  scrollup - speed increase of about 26%                   -
  73. -                  spritegap - speed increase of about 29%                  -
  74. -                  spriteget - speed increase of about 20%                  -
  75. -                  fillconvexpoly - speed increase of about 5%              -
  76. -     Additions:   drwcirarc, drwellarc, drwcubicbezier, fillpoly, xmsblkget- 
  77. -                       xmsblkput, xmsscreenput, xmsscreenput               -
  78. -                                                                           -
  79. -2.3  Release - Januaray, 1995.  SVGACC23.ZIP                               -
  80. -     Removed:     gifgetinfo, gifmake,gifput - Unisys, owner of patent on  -
  81. -                      LZW compression, now requires paying royalties for   -
  82. -                      use of technology.  LZW compression is used in the   -
  83. -                      GIF specification.                                   -
  84. -     Additions:   pcxgetinfo, pcxmake,pcxput                               -
  85. -                                                                           -
  86. -2.3a Release - February, 1995.  SVGACC23 (registered version only)         -
  87. -     Bugs Fixed:  pcxmake - minor errors in header file                    -
  88. -                                                                           -
  89. -2.3b Release - February, 1995.  SVGACC23 (registered version only)         -
  90. -     Bugs Fixed:  pcxput - not correctly displaying PCX file whose width   -
  91. -                     is an odd number                                      -
  92. -                                                                           -
  93. -2.3c Release - March, 1995.  SVGACC23 (registered version only)            -
  94. -     Bugs Fixed: blkput - using the 'AND' mode resulted in most pixels     -
  95. -                       being drawn in the 'XOR' mode; this bug also        -
  96. -                       affected the following functions (only when using   -
  97. -                       the 'AND' mode): drwstring, drwstringdn,            -
  98. -                       drwstringlt, drwstringrt, pcxput                    -
  99. -                                                                           -
  100. -2.3d Release - April, 1995.  SVGACC23 (not offically released)             -
  101. -     Bugs Fixed: d3project - not catching over/underflow properly          -
  102. -                                                                           -
  103. -2.3e Release - April, 1995.  SVGACC23 (registered version only)            -
  104. -     Improved:   whichxms - changed internal structure                     -
  105. -                                                                           -
  106. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  107.  
  108. 2.3e Initial release - April, 1995. SVGAPC23.ZIP
  109.