Re: screen.print.nda?

[rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND)]

In article <4jf0h2$l1q@news.ysu.edu>, be404@yfn.ysu.edu (Adalbert Goertz)
writes:

>
>....  What I  REALLY want to do, though, is to
>save not screens from the GSOS screens, but from ANY
>application. It doesnt look as if this is possible
>using Screen.print.nda.
>Is there any other way to print/save screens from
>within applications as PIC files?

    For capturing hires, double-hires, and other 'old Apple" graphics
formats, good prospects are Roger Wagner's Soft Switch and, possibly, the
new GSWV utility (I have not tried it, yet).

    Unfortunately, some II+ and IIe games make a point of disabling
interrupts. Others intercept key inputs and either  (1) do something when
a key, say, Open-Apple, is pressed (which changes or clears the pic you
want to capture);  or  (2) screen out keys which are considered "invalid".
Some programs do both. Despite such barriers, you may be able to activate
the CDA screen and do a capture if the game accesses some system routine
which temporarily enables interrupts.

    Short of a firmware and/or hardware mod, there is no way to guarantee
that you will be able to capture a hires, lores, etc. pic on the IIgs.
Sometimes, a capture utility will get the job done; sometimes it will not.


     



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