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TAPDL 1.1 26.07.94
ABOUT
This is a DL animation player for AGA machines with KS 3.0. It
should be able to play both version 1 and version 2 DL files, and
will automatically unpack files that have been compressed with
XPK.
DL files are a kind of animation found on PCs. The animations are
either 320x200, 160x100, or 80x50, in 256 colors. The colors are
18 bits each, 6 per gun.
TAPDL can be made resident for command line users. To extract it
from the archive with the "pure" bit set, use LHA's "-a" switch.
TAPDL is Copyright © 1994 by John Bickers.
REQUIREMENTS
TAPDL requires an AGA machine with KS 3.0, and the ReqTools and
XPK libraries. These libraries can be found on the Aminet sites.
PARAMETERS
The command template is:
FILES/M
The FILES option is one or more names of DLs that you want to
play. If you leave this blank, then a file requester will appear.
KEYBOARD CONTROL
When an animation is being played, the following keys control the
playback. They are similar to the controls allowed by ShowANIM.
F1,...,F10 Set different speeds. F1 is the fastest.
Down Pause the animation.
Right Forward one frame.
Up Resume the animation.
CREDITS
TAPDL is written by John Bickers using SAS C 6.51.
The DL file format and PC programs were created by Davide Tome'
and Luca De Gregorio. The format of a DL file was obtained by
looking at sample files, and running Davide and Luca's DL-VIEW.EXE
under Microsoft's CodeView debugger.
Thanks to Christian Geisert for a variety of sample files.
ReqTools is Copyright (c) Nico François.
The xpkmaster.library and sublibraries are the work of U. Dominik
Mueller and colleagues.
DISTRIBUTION
TAPDL is Copyright © 1994 by John Bickers.
Distribution is via normal channels. That is, distribute it for
free, or for Fred Fish like costs, but not more. And remember to
include the documentation.
If you want to contribute something to the cause of PC animation
playback, you might want to consider sending me a CD of anims. But
that's purely optional :).
If you're putting together a commercial CD of animations, and you
want to put TAPDL onto it, by all means do so. Send me a copy of
the CD in lieu of any fee. Contact me at the address below if you
want any customisation of the program done.
CONTACT INFO
I can be reached at:
John Bickers
214 Rata St
Naenae
New Zealand
Or: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz
DISCLAIMER
It works on my machine.
HISTORY
94.07.12 Created 1.0.
94.07.21 1.1.
Handles multiple filenames on the command line.
Handles multiselect in file requester.
Sets wait pointer while doing chunky -> planar stuff.
Title/Author screen falls back to topaz.font.
94.07.25 Fixed bug where 80x50 anims left title displayed.