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DFV (Dave's Flic Viewer)
Rel 1.0.1 (03/01/94)
Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 by David K. Mason
DFV plays is a DOS-based flic-viewer which can display .FLI, .FLC,
.FLX, .FLH, and .FLT animation files.
It should be able to handle any 320x200 .FLI you throw at it.
If you've got a VESA-compliant SVGA or are running a VESA driver,
then DFV will be able to display .FLC files with dimensions up to
and including 1024x768 (in 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768 mode).
If you've got a VESA 1.2 hicolor SVGA, or a hicolor SVGA with
a VESA 1.2 driver, then DFV can also handle .FLX and .FLH files
up to 800x600 (in 640x480 or 800x600 mode).
DFV can handle .FLT files up to 640x480, only if you've got
a VESA 1.2 truecolor SVGA, or truecolor SVGA with a VESA 1.2
driver.
If your flic is larger than your machine's memory, you're going to
get some pauses when DFV reads from disk... unless you use the
/B switch to specify fewer memory buffers.
DOS Extender files
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Don't delete the files DPMI16BI.OVL, RTM.EXE, and DPMIINST.EXE.
These make up the protected mode drivers for Borland Pascal 7.0
(the compiler used to build DFV). DFV won't run without them.
If you've got an unsupported 286 processor (you'll know,
because DMORF will complain loudly), then you'll have to:
(1) disable any memory management software you have running
(like HIMEM.SYS) and reboot your system.
(2) run the other program in this archive, DPMIINST, which will
configure RTM.EXE for your system
(3) turn any disabled memory managment stuff back on and reboot
your system again.
Syntax
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DFV filename[.FLI|.FLC|.FLX|.FLH|.FLT] [options]
Options
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/Q Quiet (no display copyright notice before playing).
/L# Specify the number of times to play a flic (default=forever).
/S# Force the flic to play at the specified speed (in 1/1000 second).
/B# Force DFV to use the specified number of 64k buffers for
storing flics (maximum).
Shareware information
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DFV is shareware program. If you continue to use it after a one-month
trial period, you're expected to pay a $35 registration fee to the author:
David K. Mason
P.O. Box 181015
Boston, MA 02118
What do you get for registering DFV? Just a clear conscience.
There is no special "registered-only" version of DFV or printed
documentation.
Miscellaneous advertisements
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Other shareware programs:
o Dave's TGA Animator (DTA), a flexible graphics conversion image
processing, composition, and animation utility that runs from the DOS
command line. Among other uses, it can convert your still images to
.FLI, .FLC, .FLH, and .FLT animation files and back.
o Dave's Morphing program (DMorf), the first shareware morphing
program for the PC.
If you've already registered either of these programs, no additional
registration fee is required for DFV.
Books:
o Making Movies on Your PC, by David K. Mason and Alexander
Enzmann, Waite Group Press, 1993, ISBN 1-878739-41-7, $34.95 USA.
This book teaches you how to create 3d animation sequences
using the Polyray raytracer and DTA.
o Morphing on Your PC, Waite Group Press, 1994, ISBN 1-878739-53-0,
$29.95 USA. This book teaches you how to create cool morphing
animations using DMorf and DTA.
Support
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If you've got any requests/bug reports/suggestions, send a message
to:
"76546,1321" on Compuserve.
From the Internet, that's "76546.1321@compuserve.com".
"David Mason" on the "The Graphics Alternative", (510) 524-2780,
and on "Channel 1" BBS, (617) 354-8873.
(I sometimes log on to the "You Can Call Me Ray" BBS,
(708) 358-5611, but not often these days because of communications
problems.)
You'll probably get some kind of a response (maybe sooner, maybe later).
You could also send paper mail to the address listed elsewhere in
this document, but I'm *terrible* at answering my mail. I much
prefer electronic mail.
The Rules
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Feel free to re-upload this program to other bulletin boards or
online systems or to give copies to friends. Just keep it in
its *original, unmodified* form. Don't change the name of the
ZIP file. It's supposed to be called DFV101.ZIP except on
Compuserve, where it's just called DFV.ZIP.
Do not include this program on a floppy disk or CD along with
any magazine, book, hardware product, or other software product
without my permission.
Do not include this program inside an archive along with any
shareware or freeware program unless you have my permission.
(Exception: some online services (like Compuserve) require a
player program to be included with any animations that are uploaded.
You don't need to get my permission to do this. Just make sure that
you include all the files in the DFV archive, including this document,
and including the DOS extender files.)
Version History
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Rel. 1.0.0 (02/06/94) - Initial release.
Rel. 1.0.1 (03/01/94) - Fixed some bugs that prevented DFV
from reading some .FLI files, and caused Protection Fault
errors when playing some .FLC and .FLH files.