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            Planets Image Converter [version 1.00 build 005]
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By Maurizio Benvenuti
Copyright 2000, All rights reserved
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 Contents
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 1. Introduction
 2. Installation
 3. Using Planets Image Converter
 4. Questions, bug reports or suggestions
 5. Thanks
 6. Final notes


1. Introduction
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Planets Image Converter is a free utility to convert VGA Planets
images between RESOURCE.PLN format (VGA Planets for DOS) and
VPL??.BMP format (VGA Planets for Windows).


2. Installation
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Planets Image Converter doesn't need installing.
If you're upgrading from a previous version of Planets Image Converter
just overwrite PIC.EXE with the new version.


3. Using Planets Image Converter
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Planets Image Converter works from command line, accepting the
following parameters:

PIC [/R][/image][/H,/?] path

where:

/R      enables BMP-to-PLN conversion.
        The default conversion is PLN-to-BMP.

/image  specifies a single image conversion.
        This parameter must be a number.

/H, /?  display the copyright info and the
        command line help.

path    specifies the path containing the
        files to convert.

For example:
 PIC /R /5 C:\PLANETS will put C:\PLANETS\VPL5.BMP
 file into C:\PLANETS\RESOURCE.PLN file.

<<<WARNING>>>
Planets Image Converter can read 16-colors bitmaps
only; so you must reduce your 256-colors (or more)
images to 16-colors.
Otherwise, Planets Image Converter produces 256
colors bitmaps when converting RESOURCE.PLN to
VPL??.BMP files.

4. Questions, bug reports or suggestions
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This program has been given a good amount of testing. I am pretty
sure it's bug-free, but if you find any, please e-mail me.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me at zeross.mauri@tin.it


5. Thanks
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To Tim Wisseman for his help and for VGA Planets.
VGA Planets official site is http://www.wilmington.net/vgaplanets


6. Final notes
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Check the Planets Image Converter web page for latest informations:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/5544/pic.html

This software may be used at no charge and may be distributed
freely but must always be distributed unmodified and as a unit
with all files present, including this file.

You are NOT allowed to decompile, disassemble or modify by no
means the software contained in this distribution.

The software and documentation in this distribution are provided
"as is" without express or implied warranty including, but not
limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose.
In no event will the author of this software be liable for direct,
incidental or consequential damages of any kind, even if the author
have been advised of the possibility of such damages. 

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