The WeatherMan package contains the following files:

      README.1ST............This file
      WXMAN.DOC.............Documentation for all programs
      WXMAN.EXE.............WeatherMan wefax receiver program
      WXMAN.CFG.............Sample WeatherMan configuration file
      WXDEMO.EXE............Wefax receiver simulator
      RAW2PCX.EXE...........Converts WeatherMan .RAW files to .PCX format
      SHOWPIC.EXE...........RAW picture viewer
      SHOWPIC.PAL...........Sample palette file for SHOWPIC.EXE
      WC051994.RAW..........Weather chart recorded 5/19/94
      SP051994.RAW......... Weather photo recorded 5/19/94

Notes:

In order to run either the WeatherMan program (WXMAN.EXE) *or* the
WeatherMan simulator (WXDEMO.EXE) you must first customize the
configuration file (WXMAN.CFG) to reflect your own computer/sound card
setup.  Please read the documentation file (WXMAN.DOC) for complete
configuration instructions.

The sample pictures can be viewed before editing WXMAN.CFG using
the command

              SHOWPIC  WC051994.RAW SP051994.RAW

or by entering from the DOS prompt

                for %f in (*.raw) do showpic %f
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Thank you for trying WeatherMan!

Paul Hitchcock
2309 Blake St., #308
Berkeley, CA 94704
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   Several important changes have been made to WeatherMan, v.2.0:

A. VOC file drivers (such as CT-VOICE.DRV) are no longer required!
   The DMA sound recording routines have been completely re-written
   in assembly language.

B. Version 1.0 of WeatherMan assumed your sound card was set up to use
   DMA channel 1; this is no longer necessary.  Starting with this
   version of WeatherMan, you are able to select DMA channel 0, 1,
   or 3.

C. The incredibly unpopular "Sweep Delay" constant has been made much
   easier to use-- you should be able to set this constant *once*, then
   forget about it for the rest of your life.  The sweep constant,
   used to synchronize the computer with an incoming fax transmission,
   was formerly the upper limit of a 1-to-N timing loop.  In version
   2.0, the PC's realtime clock provides the synchronization function
   and the sweep delay constant is simply the divisor for the clock's
   1.8... Mhz base frequency.

D. Because of the substantial changes from version 1.0 to version 2.0,
   the configuration file format has changed.  Do not attempt to run
   WeatherMan 2.0 using a version 1.0 configuration file.  See the
   program documentation for details.

E. Finally, WeatherMan has been tested on, and found to be compatible
   with, the following sound cards:

         1. Sound Blaster 1.5
         2. Sound Blaster Pro
         3. Sound Blaster 16
         4. ProAudio Spectrum 16 (PAS16)

   The program *may* run on other "100% Sound Blaster compatible"
   cards, but I can't guarantee that it will.  At the present time,
   I intend to support only the cards listed above.


Paul Hitchcock
2309 Blake Street, Apt. 308
Berkeley, CA 94704

Internet   : paulhtc@netcom.com
Compuserve : 72673,3522