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Hard Core Gifs Volume #1 READ ME FILE
Created by: Electronic Toy Store BBS
BBS PHONE (708) 564-1313
How to run THUMBSCD, a great Windows GIF viewer:
1. Have the Hard Core Gifs CD ROM in your CD ROM drive.
2. Start Window 3.1 or better.
3. While in the Program Manager window, Click on the File command
4. Click on the RUN... Command.
5. In the Command Line Box enter: G:\THUMBSCD.EXE G:\THUMBS.TUD and then
hit the enter key.
(NOTE: G:\ represents the drive letter of your CD ROM DRIVE, There is
a space in between G:\THUMBSCD.EXE and G:\THUMBS.TUD).
You now have started ThumbsCD.
To use ThumbsCD:
1B. Click with your mouse on any of the green colored subdirectories
Try the CUM subdirectory.
2B. Thumbnail pictures appear on the right side of the screen
3B. Double click on any picture to view it in full.
Also you can click on the picture and then click on the Eye Ball Icon
on the upper left to view the picture.
*** There is an extensive help file to assist you in using ThumbsCD. ***
**** IMPORTANT MESSAGE ****
All images are 1024 x 768. Be sure that you have the correct Windows
drivers installed for your video card (See your video card and Windows
instructions). This will insure that you see the images at the proper
excellent quality and that the images will fill your screen properly!
For Improved Performance (OPTIONAL):
Copy the following files to your hard drive in a subdirectory ( ex: HCG):
THUMBSCD.EXE, THUMBSCD.HLP, THUMBS.TUB, THUMBS.TUX, and THUMBSCD.REG.
These files MUST all be on the same subdirectory in your hard drive. Now
enter in the run command box (see step 5 above) the following command:
C:\HCG\THUMBSCD.EXE C:\HCG\THUMBS.TUD
(NOTE: C:\ represents the drive letter of your HARD DRIVE, There is
a space in between C:\HCG\THUMBSCD.EXE and C:\HCG\THUMBS.TUD).
THUMBSCD allows you to choose images by browsing thumbnail images of all
photos on the disc. Click to tag an image for a slide show, or double-click
to view immediately. If you would like to use this image viewer for your own
stuff on your hard drive, please check out the shareware version Thumbpls.EXE
included in the Util directory of Hard Core GIFS.
**** VPIC DOS GIF VIEWER ****
Electronic Toy Store BBS prefers to view GIFs in DOS using the shareware
GIF viewer VPIC. VPIC61.ZIP is available in our Util Directory. Read the
VIEWGIFS.TXT to learn how to use VPIC.
Please register VPIC with it's author if you plan to use for more than a trial
time period.
***** Utility Directory *****
For you convenience the Electronic Toy Store has included a few additional
useful utilities. These utilities should be copied into their respective
directories.
PKZ204G.EXE - (PKWARE) Self extracting file containing unzip and zip
utilities.
PSPRO101.ZIP - Compressed. Windows program which allows the modification
of pictures saved with popular graphic formats.
THUMBPLS.EXE - Self extracting file. Windows program which allows the
creation and viewing of thumbnail pictures which in turn can
be converted and used as Windows wall paper.
TLX320.ZIP - Compressed. MS-DOS based Communication Program, feels like
Procomm Plus.
VPIC61 - Compressed. MS-DOS based graphic picture viewer.
Trademarks:
PKWARE, the PKWARE logo, PKZIP, PKUNZIP, and PKSFX are registered trademarks of
PKWARE, Inc.
WINDOWS and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
PROCOMM PLUS is a registered trademark of Datastorm Technologies, Inc.
Trademarks of other companies mentioned in this documentation appear for
identification purposes only and are the property of their respective
companies.