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FOR THE COMMODORE 64.   (C) 1985 BY CHRI
SDOS..    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED..        V
ER 1.0...THE HR2RLE PROGRAM WILL ALLOW Y
OU TO CONVERT ALMOST ANY HIRES IMAGE TO.
A RLE FORMAT FILE THAT CAN BE UPLOADED O
NLINE, AND CAN BE READ BACK BY.ANY COMPU
TER THAT CAN TRANSLATE THE RLE DATA.. HR
2RLE WILL CONVERT THE AREA OF MEMORY STA
RTING AT $6000 AND EXTENDING FOR.8000 BY
TES TO RLE DATA AND SAVE IT TO DISK. THI
S IS COMPATABLE WITH DOODLE.AND OTHER PR
OGRAMS THAT STORE THEIR HIRES BITMAPS AT
 $6000....USAGE..-----. SIMPLY LOAD"HR2R
LE",8 AND RUN...YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR
 THE EXACT FILENAME OF THE PICTURE TO CO
NVERT...THEN YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR THE F
ILENAME FOR THE OUTPUT. HR2RLE WILL ADD.
 ".RLE" TO THE FILENAME SO YOU KNOW IT I
S IN A RLE FORMAT...YOU WILL THEN BE PRO
MPTED FOR <RETURN TO TEXT>. IF YOU ENTER
 "Y" THEN .HR2RLE WILL ADD THE CODE THAT
 TELLS THE RLE DECODING PROGRAM TO RETUR
N TO.TEXT MODE TO THE END OF THE FILE. E
NTERING ANY OTHER KEY MEANS NO...NEXT QU
ESTION IS X OFFSET. SINCE THE C64 SCREEN
 IS 320 PIXELS WIDE,.AND THE RLE FILE CA
N ONLY HANDLE 256, THERE IS A 64 PIXEL G
AP. YOU CAN TELL.HR2RLE ON WHAT PIXEL CO
LUMN TO START THE CONVERSION. 0 IS THE F
IRST COLUMN..32 WOULD BE THE 256 PIXELS 
IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN. 63 WOULD BE
 THE.256 OF THE RIGHT MOST PIXELS...YOU 
CAN THEN DO THE SAME FOR THE Y OFFSET. T
HE SCREEN IS 200 PIXELS.LONG, BUT RLE CA
N ONLY DO 192 OF THEM. Y = 0 IS THE TOP 
192 ROWS, Y = 7 IS THE.BOTTOM 192 ROWS. 
(IN OTHER WORDS, SKIP THE FIRST 7.)..THE
 LAST QUESTION IS NORMAL OR INVERSE. THI
S MEANS YOU CAN CREATE AN.RLE FILE WITH 
WHITE AND BLACK REVERSED IF YOU ENTER AN
 "I". ANY OTHER KEY.MEANS NORMAL....THE 
SCREEN WILL GOTO HIRES AND THE PICTURE F
ILE YOU GAVE WILL LOAD...HR2RLE WILL THE
N READ THE PICTURE FROM THE SCREE AND WR
ITE THE RLE.FILE. AS IT DOES IT, THE ARE
A IT IS WORKING ON WILL REVERSE IMAGE...
IF THERE IS A DISK ERROR, (PICTURE FILE 
NOT FOUND, BAD FILE NAME, DRIVE .NOT REA
DY, ETC.) HR2RLE WILL HANG, HIT RUN/STOP
/RESTORE TO EXIT....THE FILE WILL BE WRI
TTEN TO DISK, AND WHEN FINISHED, YOU WIL
L RETURN.TO NORMAL TEXT SCREEN...THE RLE
 FILE MAY THEN BE UPLOADED FOR USE ONLIN
E...NOTE: THE OPTION TO SELECTIVELY ADD 
THE <RETURN TO TEXT> SIGNAL AT THE END.O
F THE RLE FILE IS THERE BECAUSE OF THE W
AY RLE DECODING PROGRAMS OPERATE..WHEN Y
OU VIEW A RLE FILE FROM A CIS SOURCE (CB
 PICTURES, WEATHER MAPS, ETC.).A <GOTO H
IRES> SIGNAL IS SENT TO YOU, THEN THE RL
E DATA. AT THE END, CIS WAITS.FOR YOU TO
 SEND A <RETURN> THEN CIS SENDS A <RETUR
N TO TEXT> SIGNAL THAT.RESETS YOUR TERMI
NAL PROGRAM TO TEXT MODE. IF YOU DID NOT
 GET THE <RETURN TO.TEXT> THEN YOUR TERM
INAL PROGRAM MIGHT BE HUNG IN GRAPHICS M
ODE...THE PROBLEM WITH CREATING YOUR OWN
 RLE FILE IS THAT THERE IS NO EAZY.WAY T
O HOLD OFF THAT <RETURN TO TEXT> SIGNAL 
AT THE END OF THE FILE SINCE.IT IS ONLY 
A CHARACTER IN THE FILE. ABOUT THE ONLY 
WAY TO HOLD OFF THE <R2T>.IS TO SEND A C
ONTROL-S AT THE VERY LAST LINE OF THE FI
LE. YOU MAY THEN.PROCESS OR LOOK AT THE 
IMAGE ON YOUR SCREEN. WHEN YOU ARE READY
 TO CONTINUE.YOU MAY SEND A CONTROL-Q TO
 RESUME TRANSMITION. THE <R2T> CHARACTER
S WILL BE.SEND AND YOUR TERMINAL RESET T
O NORMAL.. UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEE
D TO NOT HAVE THE <R2T> CHARACTERS, THE 
ADD IT.. IF YOU UPLOAD A FILE THAT DOES 
NOT HAVE IT, MAKE SURE TO SAY SO IN THE.
DESCRIPTION.....THE RLE FILES SHOULD BE 
UPLOADED IN 7 BIT ASCII MODE SO THAT THE
Y MAY.BE DIRECTLY READ FROM A DATA LIBRA
RY...THIS FILE AND THE PROGRAM ARE (C) 1
985 BY CHRISDOS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED..
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