From 4f18bff2bd8a1fa010c13c2f5fd0c61a1f7fa7a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vince Weaver Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:59:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] hgr-utils: add README file --- hgr-utils/README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hgr-utils/README diff --git a/hgr-utils/README b/hgr-utils/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e971a684 --- /dev/null +++ b/hgr-utils/README @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +These are some tools for manipulating HGR Apple 2 graphics. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +pcx2hgr: converts a 140x160 (or 140x192) PCX image file + into an Apple II HGR graphics file that can + be loaded with "BLOAD IMAGE,A$2000" + + To get it to work, create an image with the GIMP. + Scale to 140x160. Save as indexed with the + included "hgr.pal" palette. + + It also works with 280x160 but in that case it ignores + colors and only generates black and white output. + + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +shape_table: create an Apple shape table for use with + DRAW and XDRAW commands + + can generate BASIC code to load it (via DATA) or + else a binary version that can be BLOADed + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%