| Name | Modified | Size | Downloads / Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| README.TXT | 2022-01-01 | 2.9 kB | |
| CHARTGA.BAT | 2021-12-30 | 4.2 kB | |
| SHOWTGA.BAT | 2021-12-30 | 883 Bytes | |
| Totals: 3 Items | 7.9 kB | 0 |
This is a picture to character converter/viewer ====================================== It is made for the default text mode of DOS/DOSBox with 80 collumns and 25 rows and 8x16 font size to display the pictures inside a block of 7 x 14 = 98 extended ASCII character Platform: DOS/DOSBox ==================== Requires DEBUG to run. ==================== For DOSBox: Download and extract DEBUG into the mounted folder of DOSBOX. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/debug.html All pictures need: =============== TARGA picture format (*.TGA) monochrome uncompressed pixel data with 2 colors and 112 x 112 pixel 8.3 file name like BUTTERFL.TGA no spaces and no special ASCII allowed in file name file size 1592 Bytes Screenshot: ========== Butterfly https://ibb.co/Wp18kPx Open Source / Freeware ==================== Feel free to modify and share. No spiritual ownership exist. All instructions are placed inside of some batch files. ============================================ The batch files contains some pipe operators (> >> <) for to redirect the output of the echo commands into a new text file and to start Debug with the file. And the output of the echo comands contains some internal Debug commands and a routine made with assembler mnemonics to create and run a tiny executable com file. For to take a closer look into the assembly code you can edit and change the debug command in the batch file from: debug<tmp.deb>nul into: debug<tmp.deb>DEB.TXT and then open the DEB.TXT file after running the batch file once again with parameter ettached. Because most of the used batch files need to start with one or more parameter attached. For the attached parameter of the color and the screen position we can only use hexadecimal values. How to use it? ============ The first step is to print a colored block of 7 x 14 extended ASCII and the second step is to load and convert pictures multiple times with an attached file name to change the character with a new picture. (For to change the color of the block of ASCII print the block again with a new color.) Start with the START.BAT ===================== The START.BAT contains some call commands to call the other batch files with parameter attached. At first we see the original extended ASCII and then we have to press a key on the keyboard to load and to display the first picture and the next pictures with pressing a key again and again. Project files: ---------------------- SHOWTGA.BAT print a block of 7 x 14 extended ASCII on the text screen CHARTGA.BAT load and convert an attached picture into the extended character extra files: ---------------- START.BAT CURSOR.BAT WRITDAC.BAT NEWSCROL.BAT SOFT25.BAT TEXTCOL.BAT BOX3.BAT ....and some monochrome pictures.