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color printer & RADMOD changes

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12/19/88

BIG change to 
  > TEK, the color printer program 	and
  > RADMOD, the RAD file creator/modifier

They now accept several different file formats: 
  RAD
  PIF (Prehistoric Image Format)
  IFF (or ILBM) from the Amiga
  PICT, MacPaint, and TIFF from the Macintosh

Please use these conventional extensions:
  .RAD		
  .PIF		
  .IFF
  .PICT
  .MPNT
  .TIFF

Since RADMOD can now be used to convert foreign graphics files to RAD format,
I will no longer be supporting ILBM_TO_RAD and MAC_TO_RAD, the original format
conversion programs.
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More changes for RADMOD users:
> Changed REMA (remap) function so user can specify the color at which to start
	remapping (for example, if the 1st 4 colors are just the way you want
	them and not to be remapped, then specify 4).
> Added ability to open multiple files of any type for merging into one
	final rad file.  You can use this to combine RAD files or Amiga files
	or whatever combination you like.  Unfortunately, the problem of 
	different palettes has not been addressed, so files you combine
	better all use the same palette.
> Added check feature when creating a cell to automatically clip a picture
	that is too big to fit on a RAD page and warn the user of this. This
	was necessary because of the new ability to import graphics from 
	formats with larger cells than RAD supports.	
> Added check feature when creating cells to avoid writing over existing
	cells. If you're about to overwrite an existing cell it will now warn
	you and ask for guidance.
> Removed DUBH,HALH,DUBV,HALV from menu (but if requested they still 
	work) because you can get the same results by using SCAL.

Note: [theurer.pps]radmod.doc contains documentation on all changes to RADMOD
	as well as a perfunctory operational description.
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Dec 19, 1988