I just saw a new SIRDS program called RDS on aminet. What is more than a
comparison of the two programs?


                    |    SIRDS_GEN V2.1        |    RDS2.0
--------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------
System needed       |     Kick V3.0+           |   Kick V2.0+
SIRDS generation    |        yes               |      yes
SIRDS calc-mode     |     symmetric            |   asymmetric
SIRDS hidden mode   |        yes               |      no
decode a SIRDS      |        no                |      yes
Speed               |         o                |       +
                    |                          |
SIS generation      |        yes               |      yes
decode SIS          |        no                |      no
SIS mode            |3: left/mid/right adjusted|  left adjusted
showing pattern     |        no                |      yes
showing source      |        yes               |      yes
showing SI(RD)S     |        yes               |      yes
                    |                          |
Source type         |    any (datatypes)       |      IFF
SIRDS-dimension     | any (Autoscrolling)      | fixed to source screen
pattern type        |    any (datatypes)       |      IFF
save type           |      IFF & GIF           |      IFF
                    |                          |
SIRDS screen mode   |   user defined           |    fixed to source mode
                    |                          |
Options:
EyeWidth            |         yes              |      yes
AutoEye-Method      |   depends on screen mode |  depends on source width
virtual SIRDS-depth |         yes              |      no
flimmer mode        |         yes              |      no
Eyes                |      3 positions         |      none
Inverse for (CE)    |         yes              |      no
color sorting       |         yes              |      no
                    |                          |

A few remarks to RDS:
+ shows the dimension of the Pattern
+ faster
- After Viewing a picture, the main Window is not active
- The SIRDS-colors are fixed to the source screen instead of the pattern
- As SIRDS-screen, the source screen is used:
  - the source pic ist destroyed needs loading multiple times, when testing
     --> really annoying
- Sucks making SIRDS out of pictures with more than 8 colors


Michael Mutschler