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S T B P R I N T
Program by Walter Stegemiller
Text by Fender Tucker
We rarely have a 64 mode program on LOADSTAR 128 but this is one that
every Commodore user ought to have. It converts various graphics formats,
including LOADSTAR's packed ".shp" format which is used by Richard
Derocher's SLIDE SHOW 128 program on Side Two of this issue.
STB PRINT is completely menu-driven and requires little documentation.
It allows you to navigate your drive system with DOS commands. You can view
any picture before you convert it. You can even print it on 7-pin or 8-pin
printers.
Not that anyone's asked, but STB stands for "Shape That Baby". LOADSTAR
traditionally called its packed format "shape" files, and when Scott Resh
wrote the original shape packer back in 1990 he called his Geos mode packer
"Shape That Baby". We've shortened it to STB and thanks to Walter
Stegemiller, and Ken Robinson who added the print routines, it's now a
normal mode program.
You can't run this program from the LS 128 menu, but copy it to your
utility disk. Anytime you want a slide show of your favorite OCP, KOALA,
Doodle or RunPaint graphics, pack them into ".shp" files and use SLIDE SHOW
128. If you have a lot of graphics, you might want to pack them for
archiving. Some 40-block files can pack down to 10 blocks!
There are some brand new pictures by Walt Harned on this issue in
".shp" format. If you get the 1541 version, there are some on both sides.
Check 'em out!
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