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L/+IMPROV
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| Filename: | L/+IMPROV |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 095B bytes |
| Load address: | 2B204556 |
| Exec address: | 52504D49 |
Duplicates
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- AEW website » eug » eug_3_5_discs_Eug-54_A-EUG54.adf » L/+IMPROV
- AEW website » eug » eug_5_25_discs_Eug-54_D-EUG54.dsd » L.+IMPROV
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron_User_Group » EUG_54.ADF » L/+IMPROV
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_EUG_54.adf » L/+IMPROV
File contents
IMPROVING PICTURE PRINTOUTS
I HAVE just a quick query but I'm sure it's one you will have heard be-
fore. To prevent having to sit in front of my computer reading screen-
fuls of text, I print out everything using the One Pass Text Printing
facility. What this doesn't do though is print out any diagrams or pic-
tures. There are sometimes quite a few of these I would like to have a
hard copy of - and I use a screen dump to dump them to my black and
white dot matrix printer.
The query I have concerns colours. Probably due to the screen dump I
am using, only pictures in Mode 0 and 4 print out perfectly. If I
attempt to print out, e.g. the Chicken and Fox opening screen on EUG
#52, the printout is rather 'bitty', i.e. like the screen itself if
loaded into Mode 0.
I suspect that it is the number of colours that causes the problem as
it only manifests when there are more than two colours on screen. VDU 19
commands don't have any effect, and obviously ruin the effect of
dazzling graphic displays.
Is there anyway of converting colourful screens to monochrome?
Alasdair Davis, Dumbarton
YES, there is. Obviously I can't guarantee to solve the problem as there
are so many different screen dump utilities and printers that it's hard
to know where to begin. However, it sounds like you may be able to get
around the problem perfectly by loading the screen into Mode 0 and then
restoring the original definition of Mode 1.
The code for doing this was published in EUG #19 and was originally
submitted to EUG by Alan Richardson, New Zealand. You will need to *LOAD
the code into memory, go into Mode 0, *LOAD the (Mode 1) picture you
wish to dump (It will look as you say, 'bitty') then CALL the machine
code twice to clean it up. Depending on where your screen dump utility
stores its own code, you may have to *SAVE the new picture before using
your screen dump with it. As you're using screen memory, this will re-
quire a short program.
You will then have a high-definition black and white Mode 0 image and
should be able to get a hard copy of it without trouble. You will
receive a free copy of EUG #19 with this issue and will note that the
demonstration picture on it is one of Kylie Minogue (digitised by Simon
Pilley).
(The) Dave, EUG #54
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What this does| 00000120 6e 27 74 20 64 6f 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 69 73 |n't do though is| 00000130 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 6f 75 74 20 61 6e 79 20 64 | print out any d| 00000140 69 61 67 72 61 6d 73 20 6f 72 20 70 69 63 2d 0d |iagrams or pic-.| 00000150 74 75 72 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 |tures. There are| 00000160 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 20 71 75 69 74 65 | sometimes quite| 00000170 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 | a few of these | 00000180 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 6f 20 |I would like to | 00000190 68 61 76 65 20 61 0d 68 61 72 64 20 63 6f 70 79 |have a.hard copy| 000001a0 20 6f 66 20 2d 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 75 73 65 20 | of - and I use | 000001b0 61 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 64 75 6d 70 20 74 6f |a screen dump to| 000001c0 20 64 75 6d 70 20 74 68 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 6d 79 | dump them to my| 000001d0 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 77 68 69 74 | black and .whit| 000001e0 65 20 64 6f 74 20 6d 61 74 72 69 78 20 70 72 69 |e dot matrix pri| 000001f0 6e 74 65 72 2e 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 71 75 65 |nter.. The que| 00000200 72 79 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 63 6f 6e 63 65 72 |ry I have concer| 00000210 6e 73 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 2e 20 50 72 6f 62 |ns colours. Prob| 00000220 61 62 6c 79 20 64 75 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |ably due to the | 00000230 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 64 75 6d 70 20 49 0d 61 6d |screen dump I.am| 00000240 20 75 73 69 6e 67 2c 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 70 69 63 | using, only pic| 00000250 74 75 72 65 73 20 69 6e 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 30 20 |tures in Mode 0 | 00000260 61 6e 64 20 34 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 6f 75 74 20 |and 4 print out | 00000270 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 6c 79 2e 20 49 66 20 49 20 |perfectly. If I | 00000280 0d 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 20 74 6f 20 70 72 69 6e |.attempt to prin| 00000290 74 20 6f 75 74 2c 20 65 2e 67 2e 20 74 68 65 20 |t out, e.g. the | 000002a0 43 68 69 63 6b 65 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 46 6f 78 20 |Chicken and Fox | 000002b0 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 6f |opening screen o| 000002c0 6e 20 45 55 47 0d 23 35 32 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 |n EUG.#52, the p| 000002d0 72 69 6e 74 6f 75 74 20 69 73 20 72 61 74 68 65 |rintout is rathe| 000002e0 72 20 27 62 69 74 74 79 27 2c 20 69 2e 65 2e 20 |r 'bitty', i.e. | 000002f0 6c 69 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 |like the screen | 00000300 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 69 66 0d 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 |itself if.loaded| 00000310 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 30 2e 0d 20 20 | into Mode 0.. | 00000320 20 49 20 73 75 73 70 65 63 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 | I suspect that | 00000330 69 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |it is the number| 00000340 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 74 68 61 74 | of colours that| 00000350 20 63 61 75 73 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 62 | causes the prob| 00000360 6c 65 6d 20 61 73 0d 69 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6d |lem as.it only m| 00000370 61 6e 69 66 65 73 74 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 |anifests when th| 00000380 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 61 |ere are more tha| 00000390 6e 20 74 77 6f 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 6f 6e |n two colours on| 000003a0 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 20 56 44 55 20 31 39 0d | screen. VDU 19.| 000003b0 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 68 |commands don't h| 000003c0 61 76 65 20 61 6e 79 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 2c 20 |ave any effect, | 000003d0 61 6e 64 20 6f 62 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 72 75 |and obviously ru| 000003e0 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 20 6f 66 |in the effect of| 000003f0 20 0d 64 61 7a 7a 6c 69 6e 67 20 67 72 61 70 68 | .dazzling graph| 00000400 69 63 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 73 2e 0d 20 20 20 |ic displays.. | 00000410 49 73 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 6e 79 77 61 79 20 |Is there anyway | 00000420 6f 66 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 69 6e 67 20 63 6f |of converting co| 00000430 6c 6f 75 72 66 75 6c 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 73 20 |lourful screens | 00000440 74 6f 20 6d 6f 6e 6f 63 68 72 6f 6d 65 3f 0d 20 |to monochrome?. | 00000450 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000470 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 6c | Al| 00000480 61 73 64 61 69 72 20 44 61 76 69 73 2c 20 44 75 |asdair Davis, Du| 00000490 6d 62 61 72 74 6f 6e 0d 0d 59 45 53 2c 20 74 68 |mbarton..YES, th| 000004a0 65 72 65 20 69 73 2e 20 4f 62 76 69 6f 75 73 6c |ere is. Obviousl| 000004b0 79 20 49 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 67 75 61 72 61 6e |y I can't guaran| 000004c0 74 65 65 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 6c 76 65 20 74 68 65 |tee to solve the| 000004d0 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 72 | problem as ther| 000004e0 65 0d 61 72 65 20 73 6f 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 64 69 |e.are so many di| 000004f0 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 64 |fferent screen d| 00000500 75 6d 70 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 69 65 73 20 61 6e |ump utilities an| 00000510 64 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 |d printers that | 00000520 69 74 27 73 20 68 61 72 64 0d 74 6f 20 6b 6e 6f |it's hard.to kno| 00000530 77 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 6f 20 62 65 67 69 6e |w where to begin| 00000540 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 69 74 20 73 6f |. However, it so| 00000550 75 6e 64 73 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 |unds like you ma| 00000560 79 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 |y be able to get| 00000570 0d 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 62 |.around the prob| 00000580 6c 65 6d 20 70 65 72 66 65 63 74 6c 79 20 62 79 |lem perfectly by| 00000590 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 | loading the scr| 000005a0 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 30 20 |een into Mode 0 | 000005b0 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e 0d 72 65 73 74 6f 72 69 |and then.restori| 000005c0 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 |ng the original | 000005d0 64 65 66 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 4d 6f |definition of Mo| 000005e0 64 65 20 31 2e 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 63 6f 64 |de 1.. The cod| 000005f0 65 20 66 6f 72 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 |e for doing this| 00000600 20 77 61 73 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 64 20 69 | was published i| 00000610 6e 20 45 55 47 20 23 31 39 20 61 6e 64 20 77 61 |n EUG #19 and wa| 00000620 73 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 0d 73 75 62 |s originally.sub| 00000630 6d 69 74 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 45 55 47 20 62 79 |mitted to EUG by| 00000640 20 41 6c 61 6e 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 73 6f 6e | Alan Richardson| 00000650 2c 20 4e 65 77 20 5a 65 61 6c 61 6e 64 2e 20 59 |, New Zealand. Y| 00000660 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |ou will need to | 00000670 2a 4c 4f 41 44 0d 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 69 |*LOAD.the code i| 00000680 6e 74 6f 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2c 20 67 6f 20 69 |nto memory, go i| 00000690 6e 74 6f 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 30 2c 20 2a 4c 4f 41 |nto Mode 0, *LOA| 000006a0 44 20 74 68 65 20 28 4d 6f 64 65 20 31 29 20 70 |D the (Mode 1) p| 000006b0 69 63 74 75 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 0d 77 69 73 68 |icture you .wish| 000006c0 20 74 6f 20 64 75 6d 70 20 28 49 74 20 77 69 6c | to dump (It wil| 000006d0 6c 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 73 61 |l look as you sa| 000006e0 79 2c 20 27 62 69 74 74 79 27 29 20 74 68 65 6e |y, 'bitty') then| 000006f0 20 43 41 4c 4c 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e | CALL the machin| 00000700 65 0d 63 6f 64 65 20 74 77 69 63 65 20 74 6f 20 |e.code twice to | 00000710 63 6c 65 61 6e 20 69 74 20 75 70 2e 20 44 65 70 |clean it up. Dep| 00000720 65 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 |ending on where | 00000730 79 6f 75 72 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 64 75 6d 70 |your screen dump| 00000740 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 0d 73 74 6f 72 65 73 20 | utility.stores | 00000750 69 74 73 20 6f 77 6e 20 63 6f 64 65 2c 20 79 6f |its own code, yo| 00000760 75 20 6d 61 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 2a 53 |u may have to *S| 00000770 41 56 45 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 70 69 63 74 |AVE the new pict| 00000780 75 72 65 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 75 73 69 6e 67 |ure before using| 00000790 0d 79 6f 75 72 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 64 75 6d |.your screen dum| 000007a0 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 2e 20 41 73 20 79 6f |p with it. As yo| 000007b0 75 27 72 65 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 73 63 72 65 65 |u're using scree| 000007c0 6e 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 |n memory, this w| 000007d0 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 2d 0d 71 75 69 72 65 20 61 20 |ill re-.quire a | 000007e0 73 68 6f 72 74 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0d 20 |short program.. | 000007f0 20 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 | You will then | 00000800 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 68 69 67 68 2d 64 65 66 69 |have a high-defi| 00000810 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 61 6e 64 |nition black and| 00000820 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 30 20 69 6d | white Mode 0 im| 00000830 61 67 65 20 61 6e 64 0d 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 |age and.should b| 00000840 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 61 20 |e able to get a | 00000850 68 61 72 64 20 63 6f 70 79 20 6f 66 20 69 74 20 |hard copy of it | 00000860 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 74 72 6f 75 62 6c 65 2e |without trouble.| 00000870 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 0d 72 65 63 65 69 | You will .recei| 00000880 76 65 20 61 20 66 72 65 65 20 63 6f 70 79 20 6f |ve a free copy o| 00000890 66 20 45 55 47 20 23 31 39 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |f EUG #19 with t| 000008a0 68 69 73 20 69 73 73 75 65 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 |his issue and wi| 000008b0 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |ll note that the| 000008c0 0d 64 65 6d 6f 6e 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 70 |.demonstration p| 000008d0 69 63 74 75 72 65 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 |icture on it is | 000008e0 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 4b 79 6c 69 65 20 4d 69 6e |one of Kylie Min| 000008f0 6f 67 75 65 20 28 64 69 67 69 74 69 73 65 64 20 |ogue (digitised | 00000900 62 79 20 53 69 6d 6f 6e 0d 50 69 6c 6c 65 79 29 |by Simon.Pilley)| 00000910 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.. | 00000920 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000940 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 54 68 65 29 20 44 61 76 | (The) Dav| 00000950 65 2c 20 45 55 47 20 23 35 34 0d |e, EUG #54.| 0000095b
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