SHOWPIC
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Contents

Description

It's a MSX-DOS 1 tool created by Jorrit Tyberghein. You can find it on the disk corresponding to MSX Club Magazine 18. The source code is available in the magazine.

Command

Effect

Displays a picture in screen 8, previously compressed with CRUNCH.

Note: This command does not work correctly under MSX-DOS 2 / Nextor (freezing on the screen with the displayed picture).

Syntax

SHOWPIC

Usage

This command does not take parameters.

You will be invited to enter

  • the name (with extension) of the crunched file
  • the screen to be used (answer 8 - it was planned to extend this tool to other graphic screens)

Related to

CRUNCH, UNCRUNCH

Environment

  • MSX2 and higher
  • MSX-DOS 1 only