*  A note to 0.5 version áeta testers:  please, only distribute RPIC to
     people you feel would be good beta testers in the sense they are
     experienced enough with GIFs and have a good base of equipment and
     GIF files to test the software with, as well as enough capability as
     to report bugs back to me.  Everyone who helps me substantially with
     RPIC will receive a free registered copy of the final release
     version.  Thank you in advance.  I really appreciate your time and
     effort.


     INTERNATIONAL and DOMESTIC
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     0.5 First áeta release.
         This version is the first áeta release, not meant for general
         distribution.

         It doesn't yet support the autoconfiguring of RPIC by means of
         the -0 switch.  When used, the -0 switch will default to the
         non-standard VGA 320x400x256 maximum resolution configuration.
         That will be fix shortly.

         Support for GIF89a files is still partial.  Comment blocks are
         fully supported, as are delay blocks and user input.  Full
         textual data support is on the works.

         It doesn't yet support the writing of GIF files.

         áeta tests have been run only on computers equipped with Video
         Seven adapters.  All other adapters supported are UNTESTED, and
         therefore, likely to fail.  That's what beta tester volunteers
         are for.

         RPICHELP.COM is not yet 'developed'.  So far, RPIC05.EXE is
         distributed with RPIC.COM, RPIC.DOC and README.TXT.  Also, the
         manual is incomplete (you probably figured that out) and in a
         rough-form.  I'm working on that too.