Re: A few Paintworks questions

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Anonymous writes ...
> 
> Please email me at adoyson@nccn.net if you can help answere these
> questions.  I can't read everything that gets posted here.

     Okay.

> 
> I'm trying to convert a ton of APF graphics into a PaintWorks animation.
> A ton = more than 500 graphics.  They are on an HFS HardDrive partition
> (named HFS).  This is so I can store more than the 51 files you can have
> with the ProDos FST.
> ....
> 
> QUESTION1) Is it possible to run PaintWorks from the Finder?  I tried
> copying the files onto my HD, but I get a crash everytime I try to run it.
>

     The Kzin Warrior published a block edit patch version in Computist
#73 which lets you do this, at least on a ROM-01 GS. Using ProSel's Zap
utility (also called "Block Warden") you search for $C9 08 00 D0 CE on
the PaintWorks Gold diskette or a copy.  (I found these bytes in Block
$3D5 starting at byte $1DF.)  Change the 08 to 7F and save the change.

     Copy Paintworks.Gold and the PaintTools folder (with its contents)
to a folder on your hard disk.

     The Patch allows you to to start PWG under System 6 and use most
PWG features. However, some Palette selection options will bomb the
program.  

 
> QUESTION2) Is it possible to configure PaintWorks to recognize HFS
> partitions? ....
>

     A few tests showed PWG will load files from an HFS partition. (By
the way, a ProDOS disk or partition can have lots more than 51 files in
a directory so long as it is not the disk's main or "root" directory--
i.e. you just need to put your stuff in folders.) Anyway, once you are
running PWG under System 6, you should be able to access files on an HFS
partition.
 

Rubywand