Sounds useful, but how do I use such a script? Does it require all kinds of external programs to be present ?
Frans Adrian Brown wrote:
Ive got an unreleased program that will automatically convert images to sam format etc from BMP. It will also grab sections of images, palettes , copy files to and from .SAD images. If its of any use let me know and ill mail it to you off the list. Here is a brief description of hte commands the program can handle (its script based) Adrian Usage: SDCreator.exe <scriptname> COMMANDS anyline starting with a ; is a comment line and is ignored. DISKNAME <PC-filename> - Sets the name of the SAD disk image LOADDISK - Loads the disk image name CREATEDISK - Creates a blank image using name FORMATDISK - Formats the disk MAKEBOOTABLE - Copies samdos onto the disk (must be fist) ERASEFILE <SAM-filename> - Erases the given file SAVEDISK - Saves the changes made to the disk image LOADBMP <PC-filename> - Loads a bitmap into memory (must be 16 colour) OPENFILE <SAM-filename> - Opens a file on the SAM disk CLOSEFILE - Closes the sam file and writes all data to the disk image WRITEBYTE <value> - Writes a single byte to the open sam file WRITEHEXBYTE - As WRITEBYTE but the value is specified in hex GRABIMAGE <x y width height> - Grabs a section of the current bitmap as a block of data, written to the open file GRABPALETTE - Converts the bitmap palette to a sam palette and writes the 16 bytes of data to the open file COPYFILE <PC-filename> <SAM-filename> - Copies a file from the pc to the sam image COPYBMP <PC-filename> <SAM-filename> - Copies a bitmap from the pc to a sam screen$ file EXTRACTFILE <SAM-filename> <PC-filename> - Extracts a file from a SAM image to a PC image -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frans van Egmond Sent: 09 April 2002 23:16 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Pictures from PC to Sam... How? Hi, can anyone help? What program can I use to convert (digitized)pictures to Sam screen$ ? What specifications (dimensions, number of colours) should that picture on the pc have before conversion? Frans
