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Initial checkin for AIM92 aimR8.2 (last updated May 1997).
author tomwalters
date Fri, 20 May 2011 15:19:45 +0100
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xreview.  Christmas 1993. 

1. compilation
The makefile has flag settings for a linux 386 PC, Sun/OpenWindows, 
Sun/X, and DECStation. The default values are for DEC; if you need a 
different architecture, comment them out.

2. Known bugs.
a. 'Previous' and 'Next' (keyboard options) do not work on a DEC
b. ALL timing functions are removed in the Linux version. This means that
   it is not possible to control the animation speed.

3. Byte-Swapping
Suns have a different byte-swapping to DECs and Linux PCs (well, my PC
anyway). Because AIM cartoons are simply a copy of the screen memory, their
byte-order is determined by the SCREEN they were generated on, NOT the
cpu used. 'xreview' will display anything in either byte-swapping format,
by using '-dec' or '-sun' options (which are aliases for '-rv', '-msb', -'lsb).
If what you get is gunk, try using them (the default is the current cpu
byte-order).

4. Colour
Not tested; you get to play with the colour masks ...