                           VGA Meter

VGA Meter is a program that I developed out of sheer desperation. 
As I developed Quick Basic programs for VGA systems, I found
opportunities to really make use of the selection of 256k colors
available.  For example, when I developed VGA Roulette
(VGARULET.ZIP), I wanted just the right mahogany wood-grain for the
roulette table.  Unfortunately, it was like looking for the
proverbial "needle in a hay stack."  So I developed VGA Meter to
let me visually play with the VGA palette.  The program works with
or without a mouse, although a mouse is faster than the keyboard.
  
The program is simple to use.  The screen is fairly simple and
looks like:                                   
 
 
      Ŀ
                    V G A   C O L O R   M E T E R             
         Ŀ    Ŀ    Ŀ                                    
         v    v    v                                    
         Ŀ   Ŀ 
                                                     
                                                     
                                   MAGENTA           
                             Ŀ    
                            BLUE    GREEN      RED   
                             Ĵ    
                               CYAN    YELLOW     
                                 
                                 BLACK/WHITE         
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
             
         ^    ^    ^                                    
                                                     
                                                              
          BLUE   GREEN   RED      Ŀ
                                  RESET COLORS EXIT TO DOS 
                                  ٳ
                                                              
      

KEYBOARD CONTROLS

There are only seven commands available.  Three select the color
to manipulate, three control the intensity of color and one to exit
to DOS.  The commands are:

      (B)lue/(G)reen/(R)ed       Selects the color to change

      UpArrow/DnArrow/(Z)ero     Controls the intensity Up, Down or
                                 Reset to Zero

      (E)xit                     Exit to DOS

MOUSE CONTROLS

The mouse provides the same commands as the keyboard, plus one
additional feature.  The mouse works as follows:

      (B)lue/(G)reen/(R)ed       Select the color to change by
                                 pressing any button within the
                                 elevator box (indicated by the v/^
                                 at the top and bottom of the
                                 elevator) for each color.

      UpArrow/DnArrow/(Z)ero     Control the intensity by pressing
                                 any button in the Up (^), Down (v)
                                 or Reset to Zero boxes.  In addition,
                                 pressing a button within the elevator
                                 box sets the color to the value
                                 relative to the position in the box,
                                 allowing faster manipulation of
                                 colors.

      (E)xit                     Exit to DOS

DISTRIBUTION

VGA Meter (VGAMETER.EXE) is distributed as Freeware by:


                 J. Stephen Shattuck, Jr.
                 JSSJ Software
                 5289 N. Lake Drive
                 Whitefish Bay, WI 53217


If you like the program, you might want to give some of our
Shareware programs a try.  At the moment that includes VGA Roulette
(VGARULET.ZIP), VGA Fun Pak (VGAFUN11.ZIP) or Mean 18 Golf Course
Manager (M18SHELL.ZIP).  All of these should be available on your
BBS, but if not, try my favorite BBS, Exec-PC in Milwaukee, WI
(414) 789-4210, the biggest and best BBS in the WORLD.

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