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DISPLAY16: Display images and videos in the Command Prompt.

Purpose of each program: bmpto16 - Convert 24bpp bitmaps to the display16 image format defplt - Restore the Command Prompt to the default palette display16 - Display an image in the display16 image format play16 - Play a video in the display16 video format txtdump - Dump a text file with a delay between printing each line The programs will give basic help when run without parameters.

Building: Install Open Watcom and run build.bat. Use build_debug.bat to build with debugging symbols.

To do list, for contributors, listed in order of importance:

• Automatically restore the palette on exit (should work, doesn't now)
• Add a program to generate videos, ideally from AVI/MP4 input files
• Improve palette auto-generation