MacAttack II will allow conversion of MacPaint data files to geoPaint format as well as geoPaint to MacPaint format running under GEOS 64 or GEOS 128, in either 40 or 80 column mode.
Operation is simple: merely decide which conversion you wish to run and select from the 'Convert' menu.
Selecting MACPAINT TO GEOPAINT opens a submenu with two choices: MacPaint (C=M) and Options.
Selecting MACPAINT will open a special file handling dialog box to allow you to select the file to convert. You may choose any one of the first 160 NON_GEOS files on the currently open disk.
You may select the proper file in several ways: Use the scrolling icons (when there are more than seven files) to move along the list of names. You may also use the CURSOR UP/DOWN keys to move the highlight bar up or down one name and the CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT keys to scroll the list of names up or down a page of seven names.
You may open a file by clicking the OPEN icon, by hitting the RETURN key, or by double-clicking the filename itself within the list window.
Selecting OPTIONS will generate a new submenu with four choices:
COLOR: You will be presented with a series of dialog boxes which will allow you to determine the foreground and background colors for the resulting geoPaint file. The choices remain in effect until changed manually.
The default state is BLACK on WHITE.
The next three submenu choices toggle between two states. They operate in
the same manner as the geoPaint color mode switch. In other words, the text in
the menu describes the state that you will be toggling to, NOT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SWITCH!
DELETE ORIGINAL: You may decide to automatically delete the original MacPaint data file from the source disk.
The default state KEEPS the original.
PICTURE: LEFT: You may decide that you want to converted MacPaint image to be forced to the very left hand edge of the geoPaint file. Since a MacPaint file is narrower than a geoPaint file, you have this option for image placement.
The default state CENTERS the image.
512 BYTE HEADER: Some sources of MacPaint data files do not include the Mac Binary file header used by Macintosh termial emulators during file transfers.
A file WITH the Mac Binary header has a complete file header 640 bytes in length, and the conversion should start 640 bytes into the file. If the Mac Binary header has not been attatched, you must start 512 byte into the file instead.
Virtually all files you encounter WILL have the Mac Binary header attatched.
The default state skips a 640 BYTE HEADER.
Selecting GEOPAINT TO MACPAINT opens a submenu with two choices: GeoPaint (C=G) and Options.
Selecting GEOPAINT will open a special file handling dialog box to allow you to select the file to convert. You may choose any one of the first 160 APPL_DATA (filtered for geoPaint) files on the currently open disk.
All of the advanced file selection features of the MacPaint to geoPaint section apply here as well.
Selecting OPTIONS will generate a new submenu with only a single choice.
STARTING COLUMN: You may wish to select a new starting column for the read of the geoPaint file.
Since MacPaint files are only 72 bytes (cards) wide, as opposed to a geoPaint's 80 byte width, you must decide what column you wish to start reading the geoPaint data from.
All images are read in byte sized segments, so you have the option to start reading anywhere from column zero through column eight.
The default state is COLUMN 0.
Also included under the FILE menu selection is QUIT (C=Q), INFORMATION (C=I), and access to up to eight desk accessories.
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