brent@hpislx.HP.COM (Brent Geske) (01/12/90)
Can anyone give me information on how to convert Apple II Hires screen images to some type of format displayable on an IBM PC? The images were created by the "Polarsoft penguin graphics system" and are saved in a packed format by the Polarsoft program. I believe I can get the images unpacked and into the Hires screen memory area, but I have no tool to convert Apple's strange Hires pixel organization into something a little more understandable. Once I get the images into the Hires screen, I can do: BSAVE (filename),A$2000,L$2000 to produce standard "BSAVEd Hires" files, but I don't relish the thought of writing code to walk through these files and extract the pixels linearly in the order that they appear on the Apple II screen. Is there some utility out there that can read Apple Hires files and convert them to some more "standard" format?
dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah) (01/16/90)
In article <3270001@hpislx.HP.COM> brent@hpislx.HP.COM (Brent Geske) writes: >Is there some utility out there that can read Apple Hires files >and convert them to some more "standard" format? I don't know of such a utility for the Apple IIe and below, but the IIGS SHRConvert which can load Apple II Hires, convert them to the Super Hires Equivalent, then save the whole thing as a GIF file. GIF files are easily viewed and converted on the IBM PC with such programs as VGIF, which works with a variety of display adapters. SHRConvert is available from these anonymous ftp sites: Univ. of Michigan 35.1.1.43 /PC5: Harvard 128.103.1.56 Univ. of Kentucky 128.163.128.6 /pub/appleII -- Dave Seah | O M N I D Y N E S Y S T E M S - M | Internet: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu | User Friendly Killing Machines | America Online: AFC DaveS
vic@pro-abilink.cts.com (Vic Shrock) (01/20/90)
In-Reply-To: message from dseah@wpi.wpi.edu You might look at 'The Graphic Exchange' by Roger Wagner. I use it to convert SHR <-> DHR <-> HR <-> Print Shop GS <-> Print Shop <-> Newsroom et cetera. It does require a IIGS with 768K. Vic@Pro-Abilink