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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 730 |
Release id #250128 : Print Graphics Compressions - The Rest
Neon Vincent, can you tell me more about where these images came from, which are your own for example..? And any ideas where to find the full credits?
Also, someone said that some of the images are cropped .. so presumably they come from scrolling images? Ideally I would add the full size images to C64GFX…
Would be great to get more of these.
I’ve no idea of the correct form for CSDb.. I gather that these collections are quite old - were they ever spread to the scene? “Release Date” should be the first spread - if that’s this week then, fine, but if they were spread years ago, the release date needs to be set for that (unless it’s not known…..). |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11499 |
My guess is: the collections are "new" - but the images come from logs of BBS calls from back in the day.
Indeed for archiving the original captures would be interesting.
Send me PM to get WIP version of petconv, that will let you produce viewer programs (including scrolling etc) from those easily :) |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2444 |
Notefile of the first part:
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=250077&show=summary#summary
So all Neon Vincent might maybe add, would maybe be a rough point in time when he used to collect them (decade?)
Moreover Raistlin or anyone interested might investigate when some of the identifiable BBSes were operating... |
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Neon Vincent
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 14 |
> Neon Vincent, can you tell me more about where these images came from
No, sorry. I gathered them up decades ago and they've just been sitting on the shelf ever since.
> which are your own for example..?
I can do that but I'll need a little time...
> And any ideas where to find the full credits?
Nope. None.
> Also, someone said that some of the images are cropped
I know the Jessica Rabbit is cropped, and the wizard, but beyond that I have no way of knowing.
> Ideally I would add the full size images to C64GFX
If I come across them I'll send them to you, but it seems somewhat unlikely at this point. Hopefully someone else can chip in.
> I gather that these collections are quite old
I'm guessing in the neighborhood of 30 years.
> were they ever spread to the scene?
Not by me. I gathered them from various bulletin board systems back then and I've never spread them until I put them here.
I wish I could help more. Your preservation efforts are appreciated. I'll get back to you with the list of which are mine. |
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Neon Vincent
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 14 |
Ah. I see you eliminated dupes. That made it a lot faster and easier. The only one I recognize as mine is Big Scaid, which was a test file I created to see just how big one of my compressions could be when each cell had a different color and a different character. Afterwards I thought it looked just a little artistic so I included it.
I see you didn't do Bullseye or Kill Hussein. Just sayin'. They're not in the PGC compressed volumes but they are in the included 2nd print disk.
Everyone following this thread, please keep me in mind if you ever come across the scroller for The Atlanta Penitentiary BBS from the mid-'80s. It's several screens tall and shows a guy behind bars, head to foot if I remember right.
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Neon Vincent
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 14 |
Raistlin, I found a trove of seq files and I'm going to sift through them and send you anything interesting. One thing is certain: Cyborg Eddie from the Favorites is a scroller, a couple screens tall. Also, the big Elephant face is a scroller; he has a trunk!
Please recommend a good seq reader. Or several. I've been going nuts with klunky seq readers that don't work well with emulators. |
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Raistlin
Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 730 |
are: SEQ viewer .. is that what ChatGPZ’s referring to above perhaps with a new WIP version of PetConv? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11499 |
petconv (20190906) will/can convert a seq file into a standalone prg file that shows the file (as said, send me a PM with your email and you may try the current WIP one, which has many fixes and new features)
as for viewing them on the c64, i made SEQ Viewer for tyron long ago, perhaps that one does the trick for you.
Any similar program should work fine in VICE though :) |
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Neon Vincent
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 14 |
OK, I'll check these out. The thing is, most of the cool stuff I'm finding is from huge buffer saves from CCGMS back in the old BBS days. Sysop chats mixed with mail mixed with C/G mixed with logins and logouts... generally a mess.
I'll see what I can do and get back to you. It might end up being best to just send YOU the mess and let you wade through it... %*D |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11499 |
Ugh. Like i have time for this :D |
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Neon Vincent
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 14 |
Yeah, same here :) I tossed the ball to Raistlin. Hopefully he can wade through it sometime. |
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