

#: 31286 S1/Help--Utility Tools
    30-Aug-94  01:01:50
Sb: #31274-read weather maps
Fm: John Iannetta/Sysop 76703,4244
To: Frank Berger 72774,3633 (X)

Frank,

    To view CIS weather maps (GO MAPS), download "VGIF64.BIN" from library 10
of this forum.  Load and run the program to produce three component files: the
viewer, a sample GIF, and the documentation text file.  If you modify the
viewer using "VGIPH.BIN" (same library), you will be able to print the maps if
you it is a two-color GIF.  When you GO MAPS, you will be asked to select a
graphics type.  Select "Hercules" for two-color and "CGA" for 16-color.  Then,
select the desired map and download it.

    It is important that you download with ASCII-to-PETASCII translation
disabled.  If you download using CIS B protocol, a quirk in the CIS software
requires you to download without using ",p" or ",p,w" after the filename.  That
will result in an SEQ file, which is all right.  Next, load and run the viewer,
with the GIF disk in your drive.  If the file is a 16-color GIF, press D to
select 320 for "Multi Width".  For a two-color GIF, you should press C to
select "Multi-Color -	 o".  Then, press I to enter the GIF filename.  The name
must have a "GIF" extension, but type in only the prefix.

                                    John

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