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2001.12.31      v0.4.2
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   * new effects
      * scope/vertScope - vertical linear oscilloscope
      * particle/dots
      * raster/invert
      * general/ccopy - copy only nonzero pixels
   * revised effects
      * some variables in fade are now tagged as registers.  marginal speed
         improvement (<.5fps)
      * blur is now about 2 fps faster at 640x480.  changed a divide into a
         shift and removed a sample.  it also doesn't bother writing when data
         is all black (no reason to blur black to black).  some pointers were
         tagged as registers, and that might have helped too.
      * starfield was heavily enhanced, with many params and a few algorithmic
         changes.
      * mosaic now writes 32bits instead of 4 sets of 8bits.  a slight speed
         gain no doubt, but hardly measurable (many other loops in this module
         that need to be opto'd)
      * some additional scope-drawing methods.  much change here.
   * corrected stupid bug with --version commandline param (it formerly
         incorrectly printed version and didn't quit)
   * more error checking in core
   * module interface changes
      * generalized module interface in preparation for upcoming numerous
         module types (currently only effects though)
         * effectInit/Fini have been changed to moduleInit/Fini (but
            effectInstInit/etc remain as is)
      * added more info to the module headers.
   * added spurtgmod, a utility to get data/help from a module
      * doc/effects is now automatically generated by spurtgmod
   * documentation improvements, especially info on programming effects modules
   * added some show config file keywords
      * ShowName
      * ShowVersion
      * ShowUrl
      * ShowAuthor
      * ShowDescription
      * Quit - causes a preset to quit immediately upon being reached
   * various smallish things
      * changed spurtg.conf "ModEffectsPath" to "ModulePath"
      * changed SPURTG_VER_H/L/C to SPURTG_VERSION_H/L/C
      * SPURTG_MOD_VER_H/L are now in module.h as SPURTG_MODULE_VERSION_H/L
      * now properly handles vga16fb.  that is, it gives an error :^) .  this,
         until we decide to figure out the planar and bankswitching stuff...
      * added --dummy-gfx to core.  doesn't initialize video or copy to screen.
         specifies size of 640x480.
      * better debugging output file (spurtg.debug)


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2001.07.14	v0.4.0
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   * near-complete rewrite
   * steve wrote most of the higher-level code, modularization, and docs;
      chris did more of his amazing lowlevel hacking...  :^)
   * added config file support (show and system configs)
   * added dynamic module support
   * added 16bit stereo input support
   * added support for rendering to 16/24/32bit displays, at any (?) size
   * added some sample effects (feedback)
   * changed from svgalib to linux fbdev
   * removed requirement of root (just access to /dev/fb0 and /dev/dsp, etc)
   * removed envelope follower temporarily
   * removed most of the mode x (planar) code.  some is still ifdef'ed
      in case you want to play with it :^)
   * removed hard-coded effect presets (oh no)


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2001.05.06	v0.3.0
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   * initial public release
   * this was almost entirely written by chris, with a few fixes
      and additions by steve.