- For immediate release - RELEASE DATE: For further information send e-mail to: June 09, 1994 cybercube.research@canrem.com PRESS RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- .______. ._____. .__ __. ._. __.._. ._____. ._. __ / ._____! | .___! | \ / | | | / / | | | .___! | | ._. / / | | .__. | !__. | . \/ . | ._. | | / / | | | !__. | | / | / / | | !_ | | .__! | |\ /| | !_! | | / / | | | .__! | | / ! | / / | !___! | | !___. | | \/ | | | |/ / | ! | !___. | |/ /| |/ / \.___/!_! !_____! !_! !_! !___/ !_! !_____! !___/ !___/ ._____. .____. .______. !____. \ / .__. \ | .____! .___! / | | | | | !___. !___. \ | | | | !____. \ .____! | ._. | !__! | .____! | !_____./ !_! \.____./ !_____./ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: GEM-View Archives: GVW3INST.LZH Installation program for GEM-View 3.xx and installation notes. GVW_V305.PAX Main archive, contains executables. GVW_DOC3.PAX Updated *.DOC archive. Version: 3.05 Type: Modular File and Image Viewer with Advanced Image Conversion and Manipulation Features Status: Shareware Restrictions: 14 days UNRESTRICTED trial period! Hardware: Atari ST/MST/STe/MSTe/TT/Falcon030 (all modes) Availability: NOW Contents: Hot New Features Overview How Registered Users can Upgrade their GEM-View Version Special Notes How to Install a FREE TRIAL VERSION Archives and Files New Features/Changes How to Register The Last Word... | Hot | New | Features | ___________! GEM-View 3.05 now offers these amazing new features: * SLIDE-SHOW User configurable, with variable-length time delays. Works within window or full-screen in any of the Atari modes or with your graphics card. Selectable border. Handles all graphics formats supported by GEM-View. Use a file/item selector such as SELECTRIC and specify individual or multiple selections in one go! * CATALOG/INDEX/SUMMARY This handy feature will help you manage your image collection. Cut down search times, eliminate duplicates. Simply let GEM-View paste a selection of your images onto a single image (either scaled to the same size or original) and use these 'catalog pages' as a handy reference to maintain your image library. GEM-View automatically creates a series of such 'pages' should the number and size of the selected images exceed the available area on a single page. * SAVE IN JPEG FORMAT Trim down those whopping True Color files. Convert them into easy-to-handle JPEG images instead! Fast JPEG save module now available for GEM-View users. | | Overview | | ___________! The above listed archives contain the latest version of Dieter Fiebelkorn's popular GEM-View File and Image Viewer for the Atari ST/TT/Falcon computers. Version 3.05 is now available for downloading. Version 3.05 is not a full release. Only the GVW_V305.PAX and GVW_DOC3.PAX archives have been made available for downloading. To install a complete version of the program, please refer also to the GEM-View 3.00 or GEM-View 3.01 Press Releases, and download the GVW_TOL2.PAX and the GVW_MDL2.PAX archives. GEM-View 3.05 is modular! GEM-View comes complete with modules for * loading, * processing, * converting, * saving, * and printing a wide variety of file and image formats. You can add or remove any number of modules, thus customize GEM-View to your own requirements. At the same time, this flexible modular concept allows third party developers to design new GEM-View modules. For more information on the new add-on module packs,please refer to the separate GVW_NMTx.LZH files in the libraries. These files contain a more detailed overview of the new GVW_NM01.TOS to GVW_NM07.TOS module packs (more module packs will be released in the near future). | How Registered | Users can | Upgrade their | GEM-View Version | | ___________! Please extract all files from GV305INS.LZH to obtain the installation program and related help files. Run 'GVW3INST.APP' to install GEM-View (and type in your registration number, your name and your code/key if you already registered a previous copy of GEM-View >2.32). Please type your name in precisely the same way as it appears on the registration label,observing capital/non-capital letters, spaces and special characters. The program will then be automatically upgraded and registered under your name. See below for more instructions for installing a unregistered FREE TRIAL version. During the installation process you may, if you wish, install the programs in a directory other than the default directory. To do this, click on the empty box below the word "Pfad:/Path:" and choose the destination directory from the resulting selection box. Please check the 'Archives and Files' section below for the contents of the archives (GVW_V305.PAX, GVW_TOL2.PAX, GVW_DOC3.PAX and GVW_MDL2.PAX) for more details about the files and subdirectories that will be created. | Special | Notes | | ___________! * The installation program will go through a general depacking and installation process, which is _NOT_ dependent on your computer type. After installation you can use all files in their uncompressed state. * You can start the installation from Floppy Disk, RAM-Disk or Hard-Disk. It is however essential that the archives ( the .PAX files ) are in the same directory as 'GVW3INST.APP' installation program. * Before an existing file is overwritten, you will be asked for confirmation to proceed. * Using 'GVW3INST.APP' doesn't modify the archives so you can copy this disk after installation and give it to a friend! NOTE: You must keep your personal key confidential. If you registered an earlier version of GEM-View, and do not know your code/key, you can obtain it as follows: * Send e-mail to Dieter Fiebelkorn's e-mail address (see Copyright Dialog in GEM-View), with the following 'Subject:' Register GEM-View: "#001234", "Norman User" replacing the number by your own registration-number -see below- and "Norman User" with your own name which must be spelled correctly, observing capital/non-capital letters, spaces and special characters. (You can find out your registration number quite simply by running your old GEMVIEW version, then load the old GEMVIEW.PRG - as if it were an image file!. When it is listed as a plain hex-dump, look to the right of the third line to find a number preceded by '#'. That is your own registration-number! ) OR * Send Dieter Fiebelkorn a letter with two CRI (international reply coupons), which you can get at your post-office, saying that you want to know your code/key. In this case your full name will be enough but please write clearly and legibly! His address: Dieter Fiebelkorn, Gruener Weg 29a, D-45768 Marl, Fed. Rep. of Germany. Note: There has been a change in the german ZIP code system. Please discontinue the use of the old ZIP code, since it will unnecessarily delay your mail. Use the one listed here! | How to Install | A FREE TRIAL | VERSION | | ___________! GEM-View features a 14-days UNRESTRICTED trial period. Use the registration-number '000000' in the installation dialog to get an unregistered version of GEM-View. The resulting GEM-View copy can then be tested for the next 14 days without any limitations. If you wish to continue to use GEM-View after this period, we ask you to register your own copy. | Archives | and | Files | | ___________! GVW_V305.PAX ------------ Contains the GEMVIEW.APP main program, plus the basic set of the load, save, process and print modules. GVW_DOC3.PAX ------------ Updated GEM-View documentation archive. This archive does not yet contain the full release of the english docs. | New Features | and Changes | | ___________! - GEM-View Versions 3.0x now cost DM 45,-- (Germany) - [3.05]: o Slideshow with selectable time delay o Summary/Catalog Function: Automatically places an user defined selection of images on a single image and saves this new image in a variety of formats. The user can also choose to bring all images up to the same size (scaled) or catalog them in their original size. If there are more images selected than will fit on one 'page', GEM-View will automatically generate a series of 'pages'. o New module: (Copyright ½ 1994 by Guido Vollbeding) - JPEG.GVS : Saves/Converts true colour images to JPEG. NOTE: JPEG is a pure True Colour format and it is not well suited for saving palette based images, unless you enable the smoothing option. Reduces the size of True Color images significantly. - [3.04]: o New version of the GDOS printer driver: - Freely selectable device - Better placement options - Tested with color-GDOS-driver (HP Deskjet 500C & 500C) - [3.03]: o New modules - TIFF 1.01 (March 4, 1994) LOAD (Freeware ½ Dieter Fiebelkorn) - Some modules of Dirk Meyer (½ Dirk Meyer) LOAD: Apple II, C64, Calamus Rastergraphic, Apple Imagewriter, Mac Startup Screen, Megapaint (packed, unpacked), MGF packed, Monostar, Printfox, Pagefox, Thunderscan, Signum II Fonts SAVE: MGF packed (monochrome) - [3.02]: o GEM-View runs as an accessory, again! o HP DeskJet driver version 1.08 for Mono/Color(YMC/YMCK) o Updated conversion module (thanks to H. Neukirchen) o New modules for LOAD and SAVE: - INSHAPE LOAD/SAVE ½ Cybercube Research Ltd. - STraight-FAX LOAD/SAVE ½ NewSTar Technology - ARROW R24 LOAD ½ Ton von Overbeck - QFAX/COMA-Fax LOAD/PRINT ½ John McLoud - GDOS Printer (21) SAVE/PRINT (Freeware ½ Dieter Fiebelkorn) Tested on Screen (Mono/Color) and HP 500C (Mono). DJ5.SYS (60600 Bytes FontGDOS) works. DJ5.SYS (60539 Bytes FSM-GDOS) works. DJ5.SYS (62287 Bytes SPD-GDOS) DO NOT work. It is advisable to use the program WinX2.1 with the Falcon, because there's an unpleasant flaw in TOS which causes the operating system to hang when more than 15 windows are open. This certainly happens with TOS 4.04. It doesn't seem to be fair to limit GEM-View, so please be on your guard against this bug or install WinX2.1. The operating system flaw is going to be eliminated in the new TOS release an no longer occurs under MultiTOS. | | How to Register | | ___________! GEM-View 3.05 is a SHAREWARE program. Please register your personal copy of this excellent program now! There are several easy ways to do this. GEM-View can be obtained either directly from Dieter Fiebelkorn in Germany: Dieter Fiebelkorn Gruener Weg 29a 4370 Marl 1 (Germany) bank routing code BLZ: 426 610 08 account number Kto: 607 984 800 GEM-View registration fee: DM 45,-- Please send a pre-formatted disk (720 KB) and two CRIs (coupon response international). To obtain updates, please send a pre-formatted disk (720 KB), two CRIs (coupon response international) and an update fee of DM 10,--. All registered users of GEM-View <2.30 can obtain their update by sending a pre-formatted disk (720 KB) as well as two CRIs (coupon response international). Or send your registration requests to: Cybercube Research Limited 126 Grenadier Crescent Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 7V7, Canada US: GEM-View registration fee: US $29.00 + Shipping and handling + US $1.00 --------------- TOTAL: US $30.00 Canada: GEM-View registration fee: Cdn $35.65 + 8% PST for Ontario residents Cdn $2.85 $_.__ + 7% GST for all Canadian orders Cdn $2.50 Cdn $2.50 + Shipping and handling Cdn $1.00 --------------- TOTAL: Cdn $__.__ For even more convenient and faster registrations, look for our CyReL Time$aver GEM-View registration forms (available online!). Personal cheques or money orders accepted. Make cheques payable to Cybercube. No disk or CRIs required! Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Note: Please do NOT forget to include your address and CLEARLY identify your payment. Thanks. Cybercube Research Ltd. is the only authorized North American representative for Dieter Fiebelkorn's GEM-View. | How to obtain | more information | | ___________! If you would like to learn more about GEM-View, or if you have any more questions, please send them via e-mail to Cybercube or post them online and meet new friendly people that will gladly help you to make the most out of GEM-View. | | The Last Word... | | ___________! On behalf of Dieter, I would like to thank you for your interest in this truly amazing package. We would like to encourage you to take the first step: take advantage of the free UNRESTRICTED 14-days Trial Period offered by GEM-View 3.05. And we are confident, that after experiencing the scope and richness of GEM-View, you won't hesitate to take the next. Discover the wonderful world of graphics... and GEM-View.