    Dear User,

    Print VPIC.TXT using 17 chars/inch and 8 lines/inch to get a handy one  page
    quick reference guide for VPIC. See VPIC.DOC  revision  history  for  what's
    new. VPIC.DOC and CONFIG.DOC are already formatted to produce nice documents
    when printed at the default printer settings of 10 chars/in and 6 lines/in.

    VPIC will now work with all cards that return  VESA  information  correctly,
    and does not have to be configured; generally, if the top line in  the  menu
    says VESA,  VPIC will work OK.   If the top menu line says VESA and only the
    320x200 mode is listed,  see  CONFIG.DOC  about  memory  managers.  If  your
    SuperVGA card does not support VESA (older cards) or returns wrong VESA info
    (most older cards using the S3 chips, etc)  then VPIC must be configured for
    your VGA board to utilize all the extended modes  the  board  is  capable of
    doing.  In  addition, if your card returns wrong VESA info, you will have to
    use the /v option to make VPIC ignore VESA info.  A generic VESA.CFG  config
    file is included so you can play around with the parameters, and maybe get a
    card which isn't supported directly to work; again, use 'vpic /v' to use it.
    To help you configure VPIC properly,  the WHICHVGA and CONFIG programs  were
    created.

    The archived file VESADR.ZIP contains an assortment of VESA TSR  (Terminate
    and Stay Resident) drivers for many of the popular video card.   Be sure to
    read the READ.ME file contained in the archive.   Use PKUNZIP to un-archive
    VESADR.ZIP and the various drivers.   This collection came from Compuserve.

    IMPORTANT: If you have an ATI card (and possibly some others) certain modes,
    such as 800x600, are disabled unless you select the right monitor in the ATI
    INSTALL or SETUP program.  You may have to do a custom monitor configuration
    to enable these modes. The card just refuses to acknowledge these modes with
    the wrong monitor selected.

    The CONFIG program allows you to configure VPIC from a menu. Just make  sure
    VPIC.EXE, CVPIC.EXE, CONFIG.EXE, and all the configuration files (.cfg  ext-
    ension) are in the current directory. Then run CONFIG and  you  will  get  a
    menu (similar to the VPIC menu) of all the  configuration  files.  The  menu
    also lists the contents of the currently highlighted file. You can move thru
    the list of files using the cursor keys, or by pressing a letter key jump to
    the next filename starting with that letter (or number).  Just  look  for  a
    file which matches the parameters for your board, and press ENTER to config-
    ure VPIC using that configuration file. ESCape ends the CONFIG program with-
    out configuring VPIC. If none of the supplied files match your  board,  copy
    the closest one to a new  filename  (with extension .cfg)  and  use  a  text
    editor to modify it to your boards requirements. Don't use a word  processor
    (unless it can produce straight ASCII text) since these usually put  control
    codes into the document which will confuse CONFIG and CVPIC. See  CONFIG.DOC
    for a list of supported VGA chips and typical boards on which they are used.
    The WHICHVGA program will try to identify your VGA chip and  the  amount  of
    display memory you have. It isn't foolproof, but works most of the time.

    See CONFIG.DOC for a comprehensive explanation of the configuration  process
    and .cfg file format. See VPIC.DOC for all the other features of VPIC.

    The program FIXGIF is supplied to fix single image GIFs where the screen and
    image sizes don't agree. Just do 'fixgif filename'.

    The WAIT program is meant for batch file  use  with  VPIC /r,  and  waits  a
    specified number of seconds or until a key is pressed  between  images.  For
    example, a batch file which waits 10 seconds between images might be:
        vpic /r file1
        wait 10
        vpic /r file2
        etc.

                                                        Enjoy,
                                                        Bob Montgomery
