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VGA Meter
VGA Meter is a program that I developed out of sheer desperation.
As I developed Quick Basic programs for VGA systems, I found
opportunities to really make use of the selection of 256k colors
available. For example, when I developed VGA Roulette
(VGARULET.ZIP), I wanted just the right mahogany wood-grain for the
roulette table. Unfortunately, it was like looking for the
proverbial "needle in a hay stack." So I developed VGA Meter to
let me visually play with the VGA palette. The program works with
or without a mouse, although a mouse is faster than the keyboard.
The program is simple to use. The screen is fairly simple and
looks like:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ V G A C O L O R M E T E R │
│ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ ┌─┐ │
│ │v│ │v│ │v│ │
│ ├─┼────┼─┼────┼─┼────┐ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ MAGENTA │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌────────┴─────────┐ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ BLUE GREEN RED │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├───┬────┼────┬────┤ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ CYAN │ YELLOW │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────┴─────────┘ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ BLACK/WHITE │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ ├─┼────┼─┼────┼─┼────┘ └─────────────────────────┘ │
│ │^│ │^│ │^│ │
│ └─┘ └─┘ └─┘ │
│ │
│ BLUE GREEN RED ┌─────────────┬────────────┐│
│ │RESET COLORS │EXIT TO DOS ││
│ └─────────────┴────────────┘│
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
KEYBOARD CONTROLS
There are only seven commands available. Three select the color
to manipulate, three control the intensity of color and one to exit
to DOS. The commands are:
(B)lue/(G)reen/(R)ed Selects the color to change
UpArrow/DnArrow/(Z)ero Controls the intensity Up, Down or
Reset to Zero
(E)xit Exit to DOS
MOUSE CONTROLS
The mouse provides the same commands as the keyboard, plus one
additional feature. The mouse works as follows:
(B)lue/(G)reen/(R)ed Select the color to change by
pressing any button within the
elevator box (indicated by the v/^
at the top and bottom of the
elevator) for each color.
UpArrow/DnArrow/(Z)ero Control the intensity by pressing
any button in the Up (^), Down (v)
or Reset to Zero boxes. In addition,
pressing a button within the elevator
box sets the color to the value
relative to the position in the box,
allowing faster manipulation of
colors.
(E)xit Exit to DOS
DISTRIBUTION
VGA Meter (VGAMETER.EXE) is distributed as Freeware by:
J. Stephen Shattuck, Jr.
JSSJ Software
5289 N. Lake Drive
Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
If you like the program, you might want to give some of our
Shareware programs a try. At the moment that includes VGA Roulette
(VGARULET.ZIP), VGA Fun Pak (VGAFUN11.ZIP) or Mean 18 Golf Course
Manager (M18SHELL.ZIP). All of these should be available on your
BBS, but if not, try my favorite BBS, Exec-PC in Milwaukee, WI
(414) 789-4210, the biggest and best BBS in the WORLD.