PCW Explorer 0.02                              John Elliott, 22 December 2000
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  This is a preliminary release of PCW Explorer. It is capable of reading
PCW discs, and of converting image files into PNG or JPG format.

  This program is written using the wxWindows library 
<http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/> which you will need if 
you want to recompile it. It is also based on Michael Haardt's 
cpmtools <http://www.moria.de/~michael/cpmtools/>; you do not need
a separate copy of this as an adapted version of it is included in the 
source archive.

PCW Explorer is known to compile on at least two systems - Linux 
(using wxWindows 2.1.13) and Windows (using wxWindows 2.1.15). 

Current features are:
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* Read PCW 720k discs.
* Export PCW files to the host system.
* Export PCW images (MDA, CUT, SPC, PIC, MVG) as PC images (PNG, JPG).
* View free space on a drive.

Changes since last version:
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1. File attributes (F1-F4 and Read-Only, System, Archive) are supported
  in the property pages.
2. Windows 95 disc access has been rewritten. Performance is now much 
  improved.
3. The property sheet layout code has been rewritten to scale according to
  font size. As a consequence, property sheets look correct in the Windows 
  "large fonts" mode.
4. The "Report view" now lists file sizes and types.

Known bugs:
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* Windows: Toolbar buttons have black backgrounds rather than grey. 

Tested on
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PCW Explorer has been tested on the following platforms:

* Linux (Linux version). 
* Windows 95 (Windows version).

It has also been tested on the following platforms, using disc image files
instead of floppies:

* Linux (Windows version under WINE).
* Windows NT 3.51 (Windows version).
* Windows NT 4.00 (Windows version).

