DOS ain't dead

iw2evk Magenta (Italy), 08.08.2013, 08:37	vga paint 386 file formats (Developers) Post reply
	Hi all, today i've downloaded from bttr site vga paint 386 http://www.bttr-software.de/products/vp386/ I've make some drawing tests , but at the moment to save i've discovered the program don't have " modern" file formats (i.e. JPG, GIF, PNG etc). It's difficut add this formats? Can be use other dpmi server )i.e. cwdpmi or japheths dpmi? Thanks Roberto iw2evk

ron

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09.08.2013, 02:58

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> today i've downloaded from bttr site vga paint 386
>
> http://www.bttr-software.de/products/vp386/
>
> I've make some drawing tests , but at the moment to save i've discovered
> the program don't have " modern" file formats (i.e. JPG, GIF, PNG etc).

Why not "paint" your pictures to whatever format you can, then use one or more of the conversion programs available to DOS ?
e.g. Jan Patera's PICTVIEW.
http://www.resoo.org/docs/dos/free_software/graphics.htm

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09.08.2013, 10:34

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> today i've downloaded from bttr site vga paint 386
> I've make some drawing tests , but at the moment to save i've discovered
> the program don't have " modern" file formats (i.e. JPG, GIF, PNG etc).

GIF isn't modern at all :clap:

> It's difficut add this formats?

Not much for a C programmer ... but VGAP386 is done for a very obsolete version of WATTCOM ... but hadn't we already discussed this (+ crashes ... just before rr accidentally destroyed the forum over 6 years ago :-) ) ???

> Can be use other dpmi server )i.e. cwdpmi or japheths dpmi?

Try DOS32A or D3X or WDOSX ... WATTCOM extenders don't love DOS-based external DPMI hosts too much.

Try some convert program like NCONVERT.

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Doug 10.08.2013, 05:54 @ DOS386	vga paint 386 file formats Post reply
	> Try some convert program like NCONVERT. NConvert for DOS (2011-May-12) is here: http://download.xnview.com/ There is also ImageMagik port for DOS (2008-Dec-10) here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/user/magick/ You get the whole 9mb multiple-utility package, but what you want is the CONVERT.EXE program. - Doug B.

iw2evk

Magenta (Italy),
10.08.2013, 08:27

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Hi Guys,

i've understand the difficuty to "update" vgapaint (another dos "dead" project..)
So ,for avoid to workaround with image converter i've downloaded a deprecated
version of grafx2 for win .

http://code.google.com/p/grafx2/wiki/KeyFeatures

They have many standard format like png or gif on reading/writing.
The last release have a missing import .. so i'used a deprecated version.
The source is C (exist also win version source) so may be ported to dos.

Thanks

Roberto

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