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±Û²±° What is GoldView? °±²Û±
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GoldView's Purpose is simple. To view/play files that are not
viewable/playable alone.
GoldView is a viewer for files such as :
.ANS (American National Standards Institute)
.BIN (BINARY Format files)
.RIP (Remote Imaging Protocol)
.GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
.PCX (By ZSoft)
.BMP (Windows Bitmap Files)
.TXT (Any Plain Text File)
GoldView is a player for files such as :
.MOD (Sound Module)
.S3M (Scream Tracker Module v3)
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±Û²±° What does GoldView Require? °±²Û±
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Required :
- 250k of conventional memory
- VGA video card /w monitor
- 286 processor
Recommended :
- 600k conventional memory (or more)
- 386+ processor
- GUS/SB/PAS/WSS SoundCard
- at least 300k Expanded memory
- SVGA video card /w monitor
- Mouse /w Microsoft or Logitech compatible driver
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±Û²±° What are the features of GoldView? °±²Û±
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- Smooth ANSI/BIN scrollback
- Sauce Information support
- ANS/BIN Viewing in the following text modes :
RESOLUTION REQUIRES
-80x12 EGA
-80x21 EGA
-80x25 VGA
-80x33 VGA
-80x43 EGA
-80x50 VGA
-80x66 VGA
-80x80 VGA
-80x100 VGA
- ANS/BIN/VGA Viewing in the following VGA Tweaked Modes :
RESOLUTION REQUIRES
-320x200 VGA
-320x240 VGA
-320x400 VGA
-320x480 VGA
-360x270 VGA
-360x360 VGA
-360x400 VGA
-360x480 VGA
-400x300 VGA /w SVGA Monitor
-400x400 VGA
-400x480 VGA
-400x600 VGA /w SVGA Monitor
*NOTE* Not all computers and VGA's support all modes
- GIF87a AND GIF89a Viewing in all VGA modes
- PCX Viewing for 256 colour PCX's in all VGA modes
- BMP Viewing in all VGA modes
- VGA scaled viewing for proper aspect ratio
- FULL mouse support
- Configurable MOUSE options within GoldView
- Multiple mouse VGA cursors
- Multiple colour schemes
- ANSI Animation Support
- ICE Colour Support
- Grey scaling for ANSI/BIN display in TEXT and VGA modes
- GUS/SB/SBPro/SB16/PAS/PAS+/PAS16/WSS support
- 16 bit sample mixing for maximum sound quality
- MOD/S3M module support
- Module playing while viewing
- Expanded Memory usage for module player, for maximum line viewing
- Up to 3000 Line ansis in all TEXT modes (Limited by memory available)
- Up to 3000 Line ansis in all VGA modes (Limited by memory available)
- Up to 2000 Files in directory listing (Limited by memory available)
- Drive Changing
- Directory Changing
- File Deleting
- Easy-To-Use interface
- Level 0-1 RIP Viewing
- RipScrip v1.54 support
- FULL Built-in FONTS for RIP files, taking NO Memory
- DesqView Aware
- DEMO Mode for quick viewing of specified files
- Command Line Viewing
- Command Line Playing
- Configuration file for custom program configurations
- Automatic Configuration save
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±Û²±° How do I USE GoldView? °±²Û±
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- MOUSE
GoldView supports FULL mouse operation, so you can control the
operation of GoldView 'With the click of a button'.
Main Menu Control :
- LEFT click : Select/Activate Button
- To select a file/directory, LEFT Click once on the desired file,
and release. If the mouse is moved away before releasing,
GoldView will NOT view that file.
- To change Menu, simply right click on one of the buttons at the
top of the screen
During ANS Animations :
- To Pause animation, hold down the LEFT Button.
- To Abort animation, press the RIGHT Button.
During ANS/BIN Viewing :
- Move the mouse Up/Down/Left/Right to pan through the ANS/BIN
- To SLOW scan, press the LEFT button while panning
- To exit View mode, press the RIGHT button.
During RIP/VGA Viewing :
- Press and hold down the LEFT Button to pause Drawing
- To exit RIP/VGA viewing, click the RIGHT Button
- KEYS
GoldView naturally is navigationable by the keyboard for those of
you who don't have a mouse, or just like the keyboard better than
that thing with the tail that doesn't work because you killed it.
Main Menu Control :
- GoldView has been set up so you can see what keys to press to
do what you want. All of the buttons are labled with the key
code to activate that button. A Shift, Ctrl, or Alt represents
that you hold that key DOWN while pressing that key. ie. ALT-F1
- Arrow keys provide navigation through the file listing to select
a file to view/play or a directory.
- To select a file/directory, simply press enter
- Press 'I' to toggle ICE COLOUR ON/OFF
- Press 'G' to toggle GRAY SCALING ON/OFF
- Press 'A' to toggle ANIMATION ON/OFF
During ANS Animations :
- Press and hold ANY key to Pause animation, release to continue
- Press the ESC key to abort animation
During ANS/BIN Viewing :
- Use the ARROW keys to scroll UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT through the ansi
- Use the KEYPAD ARROW keys to SLOW scroll through the ANS/BIN
- Press the ESC or ENTER keys to exit ANSI Viewing.
During RIP/VGA Viewing :
- Press and hold ANY key to Pause redraw of the RIP/VGA file
- Press the ESC or ENTER keys to exit RIP/VGA Viewing.
- PARAMETERS
SYNTAX :
GV.EXE [/DV][/D][/M][/K<>][/C<>][/A<>][/V<>][/I<>][/G<>][/A<>]
General Parameters :
/DV : Force DesqView Checking OFF
This allows you to run GoldView under DesqView,
With this option, you MUST turn Virtualize
Text/Graphics OFF in the current task.
/K<MODULE> : Play <MODULE> while viewing
This command plays <MODULE> while viewing. This
can be used in any one of the modes: Normal,
Command, and Demo mode. The settings of the
soundcard are taken from GV.CFG
/D<MASK> : Put GoldView into DEMO Mode
This searches for <MASK>, and views each file
found seperately in the current ViewMode.
Where <MASK> is a file mask of files, seperated
by a semi-colon. ie. GV.EXE /DGV.NFO;*.ANS;*.RIP
/M : Force mouse OFF
This forces use of the mouse throughout the
program OFF
Command Line Viewing (CLV)
/C<FILENAME> : Show <FILENAME> in CURRENT view mode
This views a seperate file in the current
ViewMode, then exits.
Where <FILENAME> is a valid DOS File Name
/A<AMODE> : Changes the CURRENT <AMODE> (Resolution) for
viewing ANS/BIN files.
The selected <AMODE> is then stored in GV.CFG
IF <AMODE> is ommitted, then a list of values for
<AMODE> is displayed
/V<VMODE> : Changes the CURRENT <VMODE> (Resolution) for
viewing VGA files.
The selected <VMODE> is then stored in GV.CFG
IF <VMODE> is ommitted, then a list of values for
<VMODE> is displayed
/I[+|-] : Force ICE mode ON/OFF
This forces ICE Colour ON/OFF while viewing
/G[+|-] : Force GRAY SCALING ON/OFF
This forces GRAY SCALING ON/OFF while viewing
/A[+|-] : Force ANIMATION mode ON/OFF
This forces ANIMATION mode ON/OFF while viewing
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±Û²±° Updates of GoldView °±²Û±
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±Û²±° V1.02 °±²Û±
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- Fixed command line options (oops)
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±Û²±° V1.01 °±²Û±
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- Added 16 and 256 colour GIF87a AND GIF89a viewing
- Added 256 colour PCX viewing
- Added 256 colour BMP viewing
- Added 400x400x256 colour XMode
- Added 400x480x256 colour XMode
- Added BINARY Support (.BIN Files)
- Added .EXE/.COM/.BAT running within GoldView
- Added command to delete files (F10)
- Upgraded Viewing system for More than 80 width BIN files
- Revised menus for new menu commands
- Revised the VGA Ansi viewing modes for Twice as many viewable
lines.
- Optimized viewing code
- Fixed little bug in ANSImation viewing in text mode
- Fixed screen in DEMO mode, when all the files are done
- Fixed autodetect for SBPro16
- Fixed a couple little bugs not worth mentioning (=
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±Û²±° V1.00 °±²Û±
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- First release!
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±Û²±° Future Modifications °±²Û±
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- File Tagging for multiple file viewing
- Saf-T VGA/TEXT scrolling for cards that don't support the current
viewing scheme
- VGA viewing in TEXT modes
- BMP/PCX 16 colour support
- 640x480x16 mode support for ANSI/BIN/VGA Viewing
- SVGA/VESA support for ANSI/BIN/VGA Viewing
- Multitasking aware for Windows,OS/2
- .669/.STM/.S2M/.OKT/.WOW/.FAR support
- Use a more compatible sound system
- TIFF/FLI/FLC/NAPLPS/TGA support
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±Û²±° Credits °±²Û±
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- Coding by ETO
- Using the MIDAS Sound System
- Interfaces/Graphics by ETO
- Beta Testing done by members of MIST and Sonic Equinox
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±Û²±° BUGS! °±²Û±
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If ANY bugs are found in this program, report them to ETO in the
604 area, with a full, complete listing of your computer information,
config.sys, and autoexec.bat files so i can identify the problem, and
hopefully fix it.