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T.PS CONVERTER

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FILENAME(S): T.PS CONVERTER

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..^U:PICTURE..         PRINT SHOP CONVER
TER..   BY ALAN GARDNER AND MIKE MAYNARD
..    WE GET A LOT OF LETTERS ABOUT OUR.
PRINT SHOP IMAGES.  THAT'S GOOD,.BECAUSE
 IT SHOWS THAT THE PRINT SHOP.(TM) PROGR
AM BY BRODERBUND IS POPULAR.AND OUR IMAG
ES ARE BEING ADDED TO.READERS' COLLECTIO
NS.  AFTER ALL, YOU.REALLY CAN'T DO ANYT
HING WITH THE.IMAGES (OTHER THAN LOOK AT
 THEM).UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PRINT SHOP.PR
OGRAM.  IF YOU HAVE IT, YOU CAN USE.THEM
 ON YOUR LETTERS, PAMPHLETS,.GREETING CA
RDS, ETC....    MANY OF THE LETTERS WE G
ET.CONCERN THE FACT THAT PRINT SHOP.IMAG
ES COME IN TWO VARIETIES.  ONE.KIND, WHI
CH WE CALL THE "TWO-BLOCK".IMAGES, ARE M
ADE FOR USE WITH.COMMODORE-TYPE PRINTERS
.  YOU USE THE.BACK SIDE OF YOUR PRINT S
HOP DISK..WE CALL THEM "TWO-BLOCK" IMAGE
S.BECAUSE THEY TAKE UP TWO BLOCKS OF.DIS
K SPACE.  YOU CAN SEE THIS BY.LISTING TH
E DIRECTORY OF THE DISK.THAT HAS THE IMA
GES ON IT.  AS A.MATTER OF FACT, THE PRI
NT SHOP.PROGRAM CHECKS FOR FILE BLOCK-SI
ZE TO.DETERMINE IF ANY FILES ARE ON THE.
DISK.....    PRINT SHOP IMAGES MADE FOR.
NON-COMMODORE PRINTERS ARE THREE.BLOCKS 
LONG.  YOU USE THE FRONT SIDE.OF THE PRI
NT SHOP DISK TO LOAD THESE.IMAGES.  THE 
ONLY THREE-BLOCK IMAGES.WE HAVE PUBLISHE
D ON LOADSTAR ARE ON.LOADSTAR #41.  ALL 
OTHER IMAGES HAVE.BEEN THE TWO-BLOCK VAR
IETY...    WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE IMAGES 
WE.PUBLISH TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR
.READERS, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF.PRIN
TER YOU HAVE.  THIS IS WHY WE.HAVE COME 
UP WITH THIS PROGRAM, PRINT.SHOP CONVERT
ER.  IT TRANSFORMS THE.TWO-BLOCK IMAGES 
ON THE LOADSTAR DISK.INTO THREE-BLOCK IM
AGES.  THIS.PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLI
SHED ON.LOADSTAR #30..    PS CONVERTER W
ILL ASK FOR THE.FILENAME OF THE IMAGE TO
 CONVERT..THE BEST WAY TO SEE THE FILENA
MES OF.ALL OF THE IMAGES ON THE LOADSTAR
.DISK IS TO PRINT OUT THE "READ IT".FILE
 FOR THE PRINT SHOP IMAGES.PROGRAM.  AT 
THE END OF THE TEXT FILE.IS A LIST OF TH
E IMAGES...    THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM 
ON THE.LOADSTAR DISK TO CONVERT MANY OF 
THE.IMAGES.  THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND THAT
.YOU COPY THE WHOLE PRINT SHOP IMAGES.PR
OGRAM AND FILES ONTO A SEPARATE,.FORMATT
ED DISK USING THE "COPY IT".FUNCTION FRO
M OUR MENU.  THEN YOU CAN.CONVERT AS MAN
Y IMAGES AS YOU WISH.ONTO THAT DISK.  TH
E CONVERTED FILES.WILL HAVE A 'N.' PREFI
X TO THE NAME..    THE DRIVE WILL RUN WH
EN YOU ENTER.A NAME AND THEN A STRING OF
 DOTS WILL.SHOW YOU THAT THE PROGRAM IS 
WORKING..THIS IS NOT REAL SPEEDY SO BE.P
ATIENT, PLEASE.  WE CONSIDERED.MAKING PS
 CONVERTER AUTOMATICALLY.CONVERT ALL OF 
THE IMAGES ON THE DISK.BUT WE FIGURED A 
GENERIC PROGRAM THAT.WILL CONVERT ANY OF
 YOUR COLLECTED.IMAGES WOULD BE MORE USE
FUL...    THAT'S ABOUT ALL THERE IS TO I
T..YOU CAN CONVERT ANY TWO-BLOCK FILE.WI
TH PS CONVERTER.  IF YOU CONVERT A.TWO-B
LOCK BASIC PROGRAM OR TEXT FILE.DON'T BE
 SURPRISED IF YOU GET.GARBAGE.  PS CONVE
RTER, AS WELL AS.THE PRINT SHOP PROGRAM,
 CHECKS FOR.BLOCK SIZE ONLY...    WE MEN
TIONED ONCE IN A PAST ISSUE.THAT WE WERE
 WORKING ON A PROGRAM.THAT WOULD CONVERT
 THREE-BLOCK IMAGES.TO TWO-BLOCK IMAGES.
  THIS IS NOT.TRUE.  WE HAVE DECIDED THA
T ANY.PROGRAM THAT WOULD DO THIS WOULD.N
ECESSARILY LOSE SOME OF THE PICTURE.DATA
.  THERE'S NO WAY FOR A MACHINE.TO DETER
MINE WHICH PIXELS ARE.IMPORTANT AND WHIC
H ARE NOT...    SINCE THE IMAGES WE PUBL
ISH ARE.ALL THE TWO-BLOCK KIND, YOU NOW 
HAVE.ACCESS TO EITHER FORMAT.  ENJOY....
....DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES..PS CON
VERTER       PS CONVERTER.ML.T.PS CONVER
TER..        **** END OF TEXT ****.
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