[Floppertalk] EGA screen saves

Daniel Backman floppertalk@berkhirt.com
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 17:13:54 +0200


>> >I've begun work on an EGA screen save/restore routine; when I get it
>> >perfected (and completely written in ASM), I'll send it to you guys so
>> >that Flopper can take EGA screenshots.
>> >
>> >If anyone has done this before, stop me now before I reinvent the wheel...
>> 
>> I never got mine to work correctly with the colors...
>
>Cool!  Whomever is in control of the code (Jeff?): make a dump of EGA to
>the disk just like CGA, except give it an extension of EGA.  I'll take
>it from there and make an EGA2GIF out of it.

;) What's cool about I never got it to work..... But EGA2GIF will be cool!

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>> :) So, there are some people listed on the floppertalk list?
>
>Yes--but only if you *reply to the list* (you replied to just me!)  ;)

I know, since I didn't think it important enough (at all?) to bother
everybody(?) else with, but now since you've sent it to the list, I guess I
will too...

>I am about ready to throw myself into Flopper again.  Big time.  If you
>guys are busy for the next couple of weeks, and don't want to even think
>about Flopper, that's okay--let me know and I'll work in "offline" mode.
>:-)  

Pretty good timing, I'm working Tue,Wed,Thu this week, then I have a week
off, and my to do list has shrunk a lot, but I still have a few
"impossible" projects left, that don't exactly have high priority...

>I have my own set of contributions that I'd like to make soon,
>like at least 15 bootable images online, with screenshots (hence the EGA
>screenshot capability), a list of "wanted games" in the Flopper FAQ, a
>title screen for Flopper (don't laugh--I have a really neat/retro idea),
>and some other stuff, including very professional-looking documentation
>(and doing away with the FAQ).

That sounds great! I have a list of games believed/known to exist as
booters, that we obviously want! I can send it later, if you want to...

>Why?  Because I believe in Flopper; it's amazing what a couple of dudes
>with a couple of similar ideas can accomplish in their spare time.  That,
>and these statistics:  The Flopper page was hit by over 600 different
>people in March, 700 in April, and 720 since then.  :-D

Lovely! With the current interest in emulators, I guess this is something
that will open a few people's eyes, as well... :) (and of course, a few
ads, and letters to certain newsgroups and other people will spread the
word even more...)

-Dan

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