/* --------------------------------- readme --------------------------------- */

/* This is part of the flight simulator 'fly8'.
 * Author: Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal@ise.canberra.edu.au).
*/

This archive has the full sources for all the platforms. Some special
msdos support is in a separate archive.

After unzipping it (make sure the directories are created) just do:

>msdos\config c8

For the c8.00 (vc 1.0) compiler, or try c7 (c7.00) or qc (QuickC).

Now you can do 'nmake all'. Finally try 'nmake install' to get a proper
execution directory. You will need to have cpp.exe and awk.exe which are
included in the msdos binary release.


There are two video drivers:
 grqc:	 uses the microsoft c graphics library. Supports all modes (like
	16 colors). slow. The 16 color modes are less slow.
 grfast: my own driver for 256 color modes only.

Use 'dvgrqc Vgrqc' for the microsoft graphics. It should work on all cards.

Use 'dvgrfast:* Vgr#' for grfast with these parameters:

*		#
====		====

vga		vga
vesa			not working yet!
ati		
aheada		
aheadb		
chips		
everex		
genoa		
oak		
paradise		
t88		t88	512k
t89		t89	1m
video7		
et3k		
et4k		t4k
ncr		
s3		vesa1p (1 Meg)
		vesa2P (2 Meg)
		vesa4P (4 Meg)
acumos		
al2101		
mxic		
p2000		
rt3106		


  A description of the *.vmd file structure is given in vmd.doc.

  To create the missing gr#.vmd files consult the attached svgakit.doc
file. It comes from the svgakt32.zip file which is available on common
archive sites. The read.me from that package it attached as readme.kit.

  Test against your card. Be carefull not to blow your screen (all too
easy to do with older ones). Please email me any working files for
inclusion in later releases.

  The whatvga.exe program can detect the type of graphics chip in your
machine. It is from the vgadoc2.zip file which is available on a number
of archives.

You can name the modes file whatever you want (with the extension .vmd)
but you cannot change the 'dvgrfast:*' chip name, you must quote one of
the names from the above list.

