Brief Instructions for PIX.WHIZ

The text file PIX.WHIZ.DOCS contains the manual for PIX.WHIZ. What you need
to know to run the program is contained in that file, but here are some
things you need to know right off.

1. To create a self-booting disk, just copy ProDOS 8 onto the disc. In order
to make room for ProDOS, you will need to move the files PIX.WHIZ.DOCS and
READ.ME.FIRST to the back of 5.25" discs. If you launch the program from a
program launcher, choose the file MICOL.SYSTEM.

2. The program can be used even if you only have one disc drive, although you
will be in for some disc swapping.

3. Some of the operations take a while, so don't be impatient.

4. I have fixed the hardware conflict that prevented running PIX.WHIZ with a
RAM drive installed on my Super Expander C aux type memory card, and I hope
it is now fixed for most if not all of these cards. The problem, if you still
encounter it, manifests itself when the program must switch between drives,
such as during a load file or a save file operation, and a ProDOS "Volume not
found" error is generated, regardless of whether the proper disc is in the
drive. Shutting down the RAM drive seems to fix the problem.

5. PIX.WHIZ now runs with the Applied Engineering IIc system clock installed.
Those of you who had conflicts with clocks may want to try it with them
running now. If you still have trouble getting it to run, try turning off the
clock driver.

7. Pix.Whiz is flaky on some IIgs's. I am attempting to fix the problems, but
if you can't get it to work, try shutting off the IIgs and booting directly
into ProDOS 8 as you turn it back on. If you have an accelerator card, it may
help to set the speed back to 2.8 Mhz.

8. If you need to ask me anything about Pix.Whiz, my E-mail address is
included below. If you find a bug, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know! I can't
fix it if I don't know it exists.

Gerry (the Applesoft-aholic)
g.wright12@genie.com
g.wright@the-hermes.net


REVISION HISTORY

Version 2.2
1. New capabilities
---substantial increase in speed of file operations
---new splash screen
---increased # of files that can be cataloged to 128
---can load Print Shop GS graphics
2. Bug fixes
---error recovery did not handle locked graphics files
---error recovery during save of hi-res files could result in scrambled
     lo-res portion of file
---did not recover from swapping out a disc before being in its root
     directory when pressing an Open Apple-B for backup during file ops
---if program was run on a IIgs without first shutting it off and rebooting
     directly into ProDOS 8, the splash screen and drawing screen would be
     scrambled
---removed hardware conflict with some aux type memory cards and some clocks

Version 2.1
1. New capabilities
---substantial increase in speed of graphics operations
---version number now displayed on splash screen
---splash screen can be dismissed early by pressing a key
---undo feature to cancel change to last pixel
2. New commands
---U: undo last change
3. Bug fixes
---after saving a graphic, did not return to same view you were working on
---prompt to replace program disc when switching to drawing module did not
     strip subdirectories from path name for message box display
---if edited existing graphic, then started new one & pressed S instead of
     Open-Apple S, new graphic wrote over first one instead of dropping into
     "Save As"
---if edited a graphic, then pressed N to start a new graphic, it did not
     reset to lo-res color graphic, but remained same type as type you just
     edited
---if edited a file and it became shorter, EOF and number of blocks used were
     not updated correctly
---if you ran a program using hi-res or double hi-res graphics, then started
     PIX.WHIZ without shutting off computer, splash screen was scrambled

Version 2.0
1. New capabilities
---creates low and high resolution graphics, monochrome and color
---converts graphics from one type to another
2. New commands
---V: convert graphics
---H: hi-res/lo-res toggle
---<OPEN APPLE-ARROW>: move 10 pixels at a time
---<SOLID APPLE-ARROW>: scroll between parts of hi-res pic
3. Bug fixes
---recovery from "DISK FULL" error did not work
---loading very large hi-res color graphics could crash program
---under some circumstances, version 1.01 would save a picture in a
     scrambled state


Version 1.01
---Bug fix: cataloging disc whose volume name was less than 4 characters
     long crashed program

Version 1.0
---Release