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I think I have problems with THE NET. Seems as if it doesn't forward
my message to the mailing list. I resend it, sorry if you get it twice.

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First of all, I would like to excuse myself for the delay in
responding to all the requests concerning our GRAPHIX-SERVER.

Here are some more details:

The server is written in Turbo-Pascal (V 5.0, but will run with slight
modifications under V4.0).

It uses a special protocol based on a low-level protocol and supports
almost all of TP5's funcionality from within a transputer.

The server is available in source code via E-mail after both the
appended form has been signed and returned to us and the
amount of AS 500.00 (approx.$40.00) have been payed.

Payment can be made by cheque or direct transfer to the following
account:

            Inst. f. Statistik und Informatik, Universitaet Wien
  Acct. No. 0949-38859/00

  at the    Creditanstalt-Bankverein,
            Josefstaedterstrasse
            Vienna, Austria

  The server's use is restricted to non-profitary use only and it
MUST NOT be used in commercial products without our prior written
permission.

There is NO WARRANTY.

Registrated users will receive free corrections and updates.
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Return the attached form to the following address:

   (mail:)
   W. Muellner

   Inst. f. Statistik und Informatik
   Universitaet Wien
   Lenaugasse 2/8
   A-1080 Wien
   AUSTRIA/EUROPE

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AGREEMENT

I agree in using the AFGserver for educational and/or universitary
non-profit purposes only.

I accept that there is no warranty, neither explicitely nor implied,
in the use of the AFGserver.




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The following is an overview on the functions supported by the server:



1) DOS file handling:
      - OPEN/CLOSE/RENAME/DELETE of TEXT and BINARY files
      - OPEN modes: READ/WRITE/APPEND
      - user definable record lengths supported
      - record read/write supported
      - block read/write suppported on binary files/devices
      - record positioning (for binary files)

2) DOS devices
      - access to DOS devices (CON, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, COM1, COM2,
                               the COMx devices NOT interrupt driven)
        future extensions: interrupt driven Serial IO handling with
                           up to 8 serial interfaces (COM1..COM8)

3) file/device read write:
      - some formatted I/O predefined procedures
        (Read/WriteText, Read/WriteInt,...)
      - various status request procedures (FilesStatus, FileName,...)

4) low-level machine-IO:
      - perform DOS-interrupts
      - DOS function-calls
      - Byte and word-port I/O
      - get and set registers
      - get and set time/date of DOS machine

5) Screen and Keyboard I/O
      - formatted input/output
      - Readkey, Keypressed function ...
      - Cursor positioning (GotoXY...)
      - free definable background/foreground/text colors
      - definition of text-windows
      - all screen operations applicable to the actual text window
      - redirection of screen I/O to DOS-file
      - Sound/Nosound control PC's speaker

6) DOS memory handling procedures
      - GetMem, FreeMem allocate/free DOS-Memory
        (useful for save/restore screens, graphic images or
         temporary save transputer-data...)

7) Graphics facilities:
      - support of all TURBO-PASCAL supported graphics drivers
        including CGA, EGA, VGA, Hercules and IBM8514 drivers
        in various resolutions with automatic driver detection
      - definition of graphics windows (viewports)

      - pixel draw/query
      - line draw absolute/relative
      - move abs./rel.
      - circles, ellipses w/w.o. fill
      - polygons w/w.o. fill
      - fill of screen area delimited by specified pixel color
      - drawing of arcs, sectors, bars, 3D-bars, rectangles, pieslices,...
      - free definition of all colors (drawing, background,...)
      - definition/redefinition of color-palette
      - installation of user-supported device drivers and
        graphics fonts (must be in Borland's BGI/CHR format)
      - user definable fill-patterns and fill-styles
      - get/put whole images (pixel areas)
      - various line styles and thicknesses (definable-redefinable)
      - text settings free definable (Char. size, orientation, font...)
      - four standard graphics fonts available
      - write graphics-text at specified (x,y) coordinate
      - definable text alignment (left, right, centered),
        orientation, size and slant
      - direct access to hardware graphics-pages


FUTURE EXTENSIONS:

      - addition of some MOUSE handling procedures,
      - inclusion of interrupt driven serial I/O support for
        up to 8 (eight) serial lines
      - performance enhancements
      - some more DOS-features (file attributes set/reset, directory
                                management: create, delete, change...)
      - maybe some more depending on the users's (your) needs.

I hope this helps for the first time. All requests will be answered
as soon as possible.

                                     Walter.

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Walter Muellner                         !      /X  /X
Institut of Statistics and              !    // // /
            Computer Science            !    X/ o X/ o X
University of Vienna, Austria           !   //  /~~  / 
Lenaugasse 2/8                          !      / ==/
A-1080 Wien                             !
e-mail: A4424DAA@AWIUNI11.BITNET        !
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