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- GIFDOT v2.0 (c) 1988-89 Lawrence & Marvin Gozum, MD
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- GIFDOT20.ZIP (.ARC) MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FILES
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- README 1ST this document
- GIFDOT EXE main program
- BRUN41 EXE required QB runtime module
- GIFDOT DOC user manual
- REGISTER DOC registration form
- VGACAP COM TSR 256-color screen capture for MCGA/VGA 320x200x256 and
- SVGA (640x480x256 or 800x600x256)
- VGAFIX COM TSR for Orchid Designer VGA (load before using VGACAP)
- AHEAD480 CFG 640x480x16 Ahead EGA
- C&T800 CFG 800x600x16 Chips & Technologies based cards
- EGAWONDR CFG 800x560x16 ATI EGA Wonder,Platinum,Tatung,...
- EVGA480 CFG 640x480x16 Everex
- EVGA800 CFG 800x600x16 Everex
- GENOA480 CFG 640x480x16 Genoa
- GIFDOT CFG 800x600x16 default (see TSENG800.CFG)
- PARADISE CFG 800x600x16 AST,Compaq,Paradise,old Dell,...
- TECMR800 CFG 800x600x16 Tecmar
- TRIDENT CFG 800x600x16 Logix,Maxon,...
- TSENG800 CFG 800x600x16 Genoa,Orchid,Sigma,STB,Willow,...
- VGAWONDR CFG 800x600x16 ATI VGA Wonder (and clones)
- VIDEO7 CFG 800x600x16 Vega,Video7 (FW,VRAM),new Dell, ...
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- GIFDOT converts any of the following listed below to a dithered
- (modified, error-distributed Floyd-Steinberg matrix with "Stucki-like"
- values) Black & White image and prints it to most Epson and IBM compatible
- dot matrix printers (or laser printers with Epson FX-80 emulation).
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- 1) ANY colored GIF picture (2KBx2KBx256);
- 2) ANY 256-color PCX (version 5) picture (to 2KBx2KBx256);
- 3) ANY VIEWABLE VGA/MCGA 320x200x256 picture captured with VGACAP;
- 4) ANY VIEWABLE SVGA 640x480x256 or 800x600x256 picture captured and
- converted to TEMP files used by VGACAD (v1.6 and up);
- 5) ANY 16-color picture converted to any size with EGA2VGA;
- 6) ANY 256-color picture converted to any size with SQZGIF;
- 7) Colorized/converted MacPaint (READMACs) with MAC2GIF.
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- NO VIDEO CARD IS NECESSARY. For interactive image processing, GIFDOT
- supports CGA (640x200), Herc (720x348), EGA (640x350), MCGA/VGA (640x480),
- EEGA or SVGA (to 800x600). You can adjust the brightness and contrast levels
- through Grey Scale Skewing, Histogram Contrast Stretching and several
- Histogram-equalization algorithms (NEW!) - without a graphics card. You can
- directly integrate output in your desktop publishing documents since
- GIFDOT supports variable "tabbing" of printed output (with Tiny setting, up
- to 8 images can be placed on an 8"x11" document.
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- GIFDOT (v2.0 and up) supports virtual screens for SVGA pictures up to
- 2KBx2KBx256 (EMM support will follow shortly)! All the detail in SVGA
- pictures will be accurately reproduced in your dithered images (e.g.,
- fine text along with the continuous grey image). By using the VDISK
- path you can redirect the creation of virtual screen in RAM (i.e., RAM
- disk) for FAST processing or another drive for dual floppy users.
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- Update 2.0 * Full utililization of SVGA images (to 2KBx2KBx256)
- * PCX v5.0 support (to 2KBx2KBx256)
- * Histogram-equalization; new image processing function
- for global grey pixel redistribution
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- - Flat (linear)
- - Sine (Pseudo-Gaussian)
- - BiModal (Dual, Overlapping Sine Curves)
- - TriModal (Triple, Overlapping Sine Curves)
- - Lite Skew (linear w/ positive skew)
- - Dark Skew (linear w/ negative skew)
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- * New error-distributed algorithm using modified Floyd-
- Steinberg matrix with "Stucki" values
- * User-definable dither density
- * User-definable EEGA/SVGA video modes
- * Enhanced Brightness and Contrast-Stretching algorithm;
- precise grey scale adjustment; reorganized around
- Histogram Analysis for better feedback and analysis
- * Extended grey scale parsing algorithm - 256 greys mapped
- instead of 64 for enhanced detail
- * Fast 256-color palette read/write algorithm
- * Bugfix: Selection of files with "**MORE**" corrected
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