Re: Creating Screenshots

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article slam@home.com writes...

>Is there any way to create screenshots on a IIGS? I would like to take
>screenshots while playing certain games to make strategy guides and so
>forth. Thanks in advance.

    If the game does not lockout interrupts (that is, you can enter the
CDA menu) you can install a Classic Desk Accessory program such as 'SHR
Capture' and just press Apple-Control-Esc when your ready to take your
screen-shot.

    If that is not an option, the next solution is to Control-Reset the
machine at the point you want to capture the screen, then load up either
NinjaForce's PictureRipper II or Antics PicSaver to grab the image still
in memory and save it to disk. When doing this you _must_ make sure to
load directly into ProDOS 8 and not run anything that will overwrite the
image in memory. 

    Of course as someone else mentioned, if you can find a FingerPrint 
GSi card, you can do hardware captures in _any_ program (interrupts or
not) by just pressing the little red button sticking out of the front
of the GS case. It's kind of like adding a "PrintScreen" key. :-)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca