T.PACKER BOOT
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOADSTAR 37 S 3 | T.PACKER BOOT | PRG | Sailor, Ganheden | 22 | 10 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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00000000: 00 80 5E 55 3A 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 0D 0D 0D 20 |..^U:PICTURE... | 00000010: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D0 C9 C3 D4 D5 | .....| 00000020: D2 C5 20 D0 C1 C3 CB C5 D2 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.. ....... | 00000030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 59 0D 20 | BY. | 00000040: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 C1 4C 41 4E | .LAN| 00000050: 20 C7 41 52 44 4E 45 52 0D 0D 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A | .ARDNER..******| 00000060: 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A |****************| 00000070: 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |***************.| 00000080: CE CF D4 C5 3A 20 D4 48 49 53 20 50 52 4F 47 52 |....: .HIS PROGR| 00000090: 41 4D 20 44 4F 45 53 20 4E 4F 54 20 52 55 4E 20 |AM DOES NOT RUN | 000000A0: 46 52 4F 4D 0D 54 48 45 20 CC CF C1 C4 D3 D4 C1 |FROM.THE .......| 000000B0: D2 20 4D 45 4E 55 2E 20 20 D4 4F 20 52 55 4E 20 |. 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(SE| 00000180: 45 20 D3 49 44 45 20 32 29 2C 20 48 49 2D 52 45 |E .IDE 2), HI-RE| 00000190: 53 0D 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 53 20 41 52 45 20 41 |S.PICTURES ARE A| 000001A0: 4E 20 49 4E 54 45 47 52 41 4C 20 50 41 52 54 20 |N INTEGRAL PART | 000001B0: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 47 41 4D 45 20 49 54 53 45 |OF THE.GAME ITSE| 000001C0: 4C 46 2E 20 20 CF 54 48 45 52 20 50 52 4F 47 52 |LF. .THER PROGR| 000001D0: 41 4D 53 20 42 45 4E 45 46 49 54 0D 46 52 4F 4D |AMS BENEFIT.FROM| 000001E0: 20 48 49 2D 52 45 53 20 54 49 54 4C 45 20 53 43 | HI-RES TITLE SC| 000001F0: 52 45 45 4E 53 20 2D 2D 20 53 45 45 0D CB 45 56 |REENS -- SEE..EV| 00000200: 49 4E 20 C3 4C 4F 55 44 27 53 20 54 49 54 4C 45 |IN .LOUD'S TITLE| 00000210: 20 53 43 52 45 45 4E 20 46 4F 52 20 CB C9 CE C7 | SCREEN FOR ....| 00000220: 0D CF C6 20 D4 C8 C5 20 CA D5 CD C2 CC C5 2C 20 |... ... ......, | 00000230: 46 4F 52 20 49 4E 53 54 41 4E 43 45 2E 20 20 CF |FOR INSTANCE. .| 00000240: 52 2C 20 41 53 0D 53 48 4F 57 4E 20 42 59 20 54 |R, AS.SHOWN BY T| 00000250: 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 20 41 52 54 49 |HE COMPUTER ARTI| 00000260: 53 54 53 0D 46 45 41 54 55 52 45 44 20 49 4E 20 |STS.FEATURED IN | 00000270: C7 D2 C1 C6 C9 D8 20 C7 C1 CC CF D2 C5 2C 20 48 |...... ......, H| 00000280: 49 2D 52 45 53 0D 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 53 20 43 |I-RES.PICTURES C| 00000290: 41 4E 20 42 45 20 41 20 46 41 53 43 49 4E 41 54 |AN BE A FASCINAT| 000002A0: 49 4E 47 20 41 52 54 0D 46 4F 52 4D 2E 0D 0D 20 |ING ART.FORM... | 000002B0: 20 D5 4E 46 4F 52 54 55 4E 41 54 45 4C 59 2C 20 | .NFORTUNATELY, | 000002C0: 48 49 2D 52 45 53 20 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 53 0D |HI-RES PICTURES.| 000002D0: 47 4F 42 42 4C 45 20 44 49 53 4B 20 53 50 41 43 |GOBBLE DISK SPAC| 000002E0: 45 2E 20 20 C9 4E 20 4F 52 44 45 52 20 54 4F 0D |E. .N ORDER TO.| 000002F0: 43 4F 4E 53 45 52 56 45 20 53 50 41 43 45 2C 20 |CONSERVE SPACE, | 00000300: 4D 4F 53 54 20 50 45 4F 50 4C 45 20 22 50 41 43 |MOST PEOPLE "PAC| 00000310: 4B 22 0D 54 48 45 49 52 20 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 |K".THEIR PICTURE| 00000320: 53 20 4F 4E 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 20 20 C1 20 50 41 |S ON DISK. . PA| 00000330: 43 4B 45 52 0D 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 53 43 41 |CKER.PROGRAM SCA| 00000340: 4E 53 20 54 48 45 20 43 48 41 52 41 43 54 45 52 |NS THE CHARACTER| 00000350: 20 43 45 4C 4C 53 20 4F 46 0D 54 48 45 20 48 49 | CELLS OF.THE HI| 00000360: 2D 52 45 53 20 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 2C 20 4C 4F |-RES PICTURE, LO| 00000370: 4F 4B 49 4E 47 20 46 4F 52 0D 52 45 50 45 41 54 |OKING FOR.REPEAT| 00000380: 45 44 20 45 4C 45 4D 45 4E 54 53 20 2D 2D 20 41 |ED ELEMENTS -- A| 00000390: 20 50 41 54 43 48 20 4F 46 20 42 4C 55 45 0D 53 | PATCH OF BLUE.S| 000003A0: 4B 59 20 4F 52 20 41 20 42 4C 41 43 4B 20 57 41 |KY OR A BLACK WA| 000003B0: 4C 4C 2C 20 46 4F 52 20 45 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 2E |LL, FOR EXAMPLE.| 000003C0: 20 D4 48 45 0D 50 41 43 4B 45 52 20 41 53 53 49 | .HE.PACKER ASSI| 000003D0: 47 4E 53 20 45 41 43 48 20 52 45 50 45 41 54 45 |GNS EACH REPEATE| 000003E0: 44 20 45 4C 45 4D 45 4E 54 0D 41 20 56 41 4C 55 |D ELEMENT.A VALU| 000003F0: 45 20 41 4E 44 20 53 41 56 45 53 20 54 48 45 20 |E AND SAVES THE | 00000400: 49 4E 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 54 4F 0D 44 |INFORMATION TO.D| 00000410: 49 53 4B 2E 20 20 CF 46 20 43 4F 55 52 53 45 2C |ISK. .F COURSE,| 00000420: 20 41 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 57 49 54 48 20 | A PROGRAM WITH | 00000430: 41 4E 0D 22 55 4E 50 41 43 4B 45 52 22 20 52 4F |AN."UNPACKER" RO| 00000440: 55 54 49 4E 45 20 49 53 20 4E 45 43 45 53 53 41 |UTINE IS NECESSA| 00000450: 52 59 20 54 4F 0D 44 49 53 50 4C 41 59 20 41 20 |RY TO.DISPLAY A | 00000460: 50 41 43 4B 45 44 20 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 2E 20 |PACKED PICTURE. | 00000470: 20 D4 48 45 0D 55 4E 50 41 43 4B 45 52 20 22 52 | .HE.UNPACKER "R| 00000480: 45 41 44 53 22 20 54 48 45 20 50 41 43 4B 45 44 |EADS" THE PACKED| 00000490: 20 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 0D 41 4E 44 20 55 53 45 | PICTURE.AND USE| 000004A0: 53 20 54 48 45 20 49 4E 46 4F 52 4D 41 54 49 4F |S THE INFORMATIO| 000004B0: 4E 20 54 4F 20 50 55 54 20 54 48 45 0D 52 45 50 |N TO PUT THE.REP| 000004C0: 45 41 54 45 44 20 45 4C 45 4D 45 4E 54 53 20 49 |EATED ELEMENTS I| 000004D0: 4E 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 50 52 4F 50 45 52 0D 50 |N THEIR PROPER.P| 000004E0: 4C 41 43 45 53 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 53 43 52 |LACES ON THE SCR| 000004F0: 45 45 4E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C8 4F 57 20 4D 55 43 48 |EEN... .OW MUCH| 00000500: 20 43 41 4E 20 41 20 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 20 42 | CAN A PICTURE B| 00000510: 45 20 50 41 43 4B 45 44 3F 0D D4 48 41 54 20 44 |E PACKED?..HAT D| 00000520: 45 50 45 4E 44 53 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 4E 55 |EPENDS ON THE NU| 00000530: 4D 42 45 52 20 4F 46 0D 52 45 50 45 41 54 45 44 |MBER OF.REPEATED| 00000540: 20 45 4C 45 4D 45 4E 54 53 20 49 54 20 55 53 45 | ELEMENTS IT USE| 00000550: 53 2E 20 20 CC 45 54 27 53 20 55 53 45 0D 54 57 |S. .ET'S USE.TW| 00000560: 4F 20 50 49 43 54 55 52 45 53 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 |O PICTURES FROM | 00000570: 54 48 45 20 C7 D2 C1 C6 C9 D8 20 C7 C1 CC CF D2 |THE ...... .....| 00000580: C5 0D 46 45 41 54 55 52 45 20 4F 4E 20 D3 49 44 |..FEATURE ON .ID| 00000590: 45 20 34 20 41 53 20 45 58 41 4D 50 4C 45 53 2E |E 4 AS EXAMPLES.| 000005A0: 0D D7 49 4C 4C 49 41 4D 20 C2 41 55 4D 27 53 20 |..ILLIAM .AUM'S | 000005B0: 22 CF 55 54 50 4F 53 54 22 20 44 49 53 50 4C 41 |".UTPOST" DISPLA| 000005C0: 59 53 20 41 0D 4D 55 4C 54 49 2D 54 49 45 52 45 |YS A.MULTI-TIERE| 000005D0: 44 20 43 49 54 59 20 41 47 41 49 4E 53 54 20 41 |D CITY AGAINST A| 000005E0: 20 42 4C 41 43 4B 0D 46 49 45 4C 44 3B 20 20 D7 | BLACK.FIELD; 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(.OTICE | 000008D0: 54 48 41 54 0D 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |THAT.THE PROGRAM| 000008E0: 20 41 55 54 4F 4D 41 54 49 43 41 4C 4C 59 20 41 | AUTOMATICALLY A| 000008F0: 44 44 53 20 54 48 45 0D 50 52 4F 50 45 52 20 50 |DDS THE.PROPER P| 00000900: 52 45 46 49 58 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 4C |REFIX TO THE FIL| 00000910: 45 4E 41 4D 45 2E 29 0D 0D 20 20 D7 48 45 4E 20 |ENAME.).. .HEN | 00000920: 54 48 45 20 50 41 43 4B 49 4E 47 20 52 4F 55 54 |THE PACKING ROUT| 00000930: 49 4E 45 20 49 53 0D 46 49 4E 49 53 48 45 44 2C |INE IS.FINISHED,| 00000940: 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20 50 52 4F | THE PROGRAM PRO| 00000950: 4D 50 54 53 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F 0D 49 4E 53 45 |MPTS YOU TO.INSE| 00000960: 52 54 20 41 20 44 49 53 4B 20 4F 4E 20 57 48 49 |RT A DISK ON WHI| 00000970: 43 48 20 54 4F 20 53 41 56 45 20 54 48 45 0D 50 |CH TO SAVE THE.P| 00000980: 41 43 4B 45 44 20 46 49 4C 45 2E 20 20 D0 41 43 |ACKED FILE. .AC| 00000990: 4B 45 44 20 46 49 4C 45 53 20 57 49 4C 4C 20 48 |KED FILES WILL H| 000009A0: 41 56 45 0D 41 20 22 D0 41 43 2E 22 20 50 52 45 |AVE.A ".AC." PRE| 000009B0: 46 49 58 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C1 20 46 49 4E 41 4C 20 |FIX... . FINAL | 000009C0: 4E 4F 54 45 3A 20 50 41 43 4B 45 44 20 50 49 43 |NOTE: PACKED PIC| 000009D0: 54 55 52 45 53 20 48 41 56 45 0D 54 4F 20 42 45 |TURES HAVE.TO BE| 000009E0: 20 55 4E 50 41 43 4B 45 44 2E 20 20 C1 4C 41 4E | UNPACKED. .LAN| 000009F0: 20 48 41 53 20 41 4C 53 4F 0D 49 4E 43 4C 55 44 | HAS ALSO.INCLUD| 00000A00: 45 44 20 41 4E 20 22 55 4E 50 41 43 4B 22 20 52 |ED AN "UNPACK" R| 00000A10: 4F 55 54 49 4E 45 20 4F 4E 20 D3 49 44 45 0D 33 |OUTINE ON .IDE.3| 00000A20: 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 44 49 53 4B 2E 20 20 C3 | OF THE DISK. .| 00000A30: 4F 4E 53 55 4C 54 20 54 48 45 20 D5 CE D0 C1 C3 |ONSULT THE .....| 00000A40: CB C5 D2 0D 41 52 54 49 43 4C 45 20 4F 4E 20 D3 |....ARTICLE ON .| 00000A50: 49 44 45 20 33 20 54 4F 20 4C 45 41 52 4E 20 48 |IDE 3 TO LEARN H| 00000A60: 4F 57 20 54 4F 20 55 53 45 0D 49 54 2E 0D 0D 0D |OW TO USE.IT....| 00000A70: C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4 C8 C9 D3 20 |.... ..... .... | 00000A80: D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 3A 0D 0D D0 |....... ....:...| 00000A90: C1 C3 CB C5 D2 20 C2 CF CF D4 20 20 20 20 20 20 |..... .... | 00000AA0: 20 20 D0 C1 C3 CB C5 D2 0D C2 CC CF C1 C4 2E 38 | .............8| 00000AB0: 32 38 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D4 2E D0 C1 |28 ....| 00000AC0: C3 CB C5 D2 20 C2 CF CF D4 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 |.... ...... | 00000AD0: 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 | **** .ND .F .| 00000AE0: 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |EXT ****. |
..^U:PICTURE... PICTURE PACKE
R. BY. ALAN
GARDNER..******************************
*******.NOTE: THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT RUN
FROM.THE LOADSTAR MENU. TO RUN PICTURE.
PACKER, EXIT TO BASIC, THEN LOAD AND.RUN
"PACKER BOOT"..************************
*************.. HI-RES PICTURES CAN BE
USED IN MANY.DIFFERENT WAYS. IN THIS MO
NTH'S.THOUSAND MILER (SEE SIDE 2), HI-RE
S.PICTURES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE.G
AME ITSELF. OTHER PROGRAMS BENEFIT.FROM
HI-RES TITLE SCREENS -- SEE.KEVIN CLOUD
'S TITLE SCREEN FOR KING.OF THE JUMBLE,
FOR INSTANCE. OR, AS.SHOWN BY THE COMPU
TER ARTISTS.FEATURED IN GRAFIX GALORE, H
I-RES.PICTURES CAN BE A FASCINATING ART.
FORM... UNFORTUNATELY, HI-RES PICTURES.
GOBBLE DISK SPACE. IN ORDER TO.CONSERVE
SPACE, MOST PEOPLE "PACK".THEIR PICTURE
S ON DISK. A PACKER.PROGRAM SCANS THE C
HARACTER CELLS OF.THE HI-RES PICTURE, LO
OKING FOR.REPEATED ELEMENTS -- A PATCH O
F BLUE.SKY OR A BLACK WALL, FOR EXAMPLE.
THE.PACKER ASSIGNS EACH REPEATED ELEMEN
T.A VALUE AND SAVES THE INFORMATION TO.D
ISK. OF COURSE, A PROGRAM WITH AN."UNPA
CKER" ROUTINE IS NECESSARY TO.DISPLAY A
PACKED PICTURE. THE.UNPACKER "READS" TH
E PACKED PICTURE.AND USES THE INFORMATIO
N TO PUT THE.REPEATED ELEMENTS IN THEIR
PROPER.PLACES ON THE SCREEN... HOW MUCH
CAN A PICTURE BE PACKED?.THAT DEPENDS O
N THE NUMBER OF.REPEATED ELEMENTS IT USE
S. LET'S USE.TWO PICTURES FROM THE GRAF
IX GALORE.FEATURE ON SIDE 4 AS EXAMPLES.
.WILLIAM BAUM'S "OUTPOST" DISPLAYS A.MUL
TI-TIERED CITY AGAINST A BLACK.FIELD; W
ALT HARNED'S "BARN SCENE #1".IS A FINELY
DETAILED PASTORAL SCENE..THIS CHART COM
PARES THE SIZE OF THE.ORIGINAL PICTURE W
ITH THE SIZE THE.PACKED PICTURE:...
OUTPOST BARN SCENE..ORIGINAL
40 BLKS 40 BLKS..PACKED 15 BLKS
36 BLKS..% SAVED 62.5% 10%
.. AS YOU CAN SEE, "OUTPOST" HAS MANY.M
ORE REPEATED ELEMENTS THAN "BARN.SCENE #
1" AND THUS PACKS MUCH BETTER...THE PROG
RAM.-----------. ALAN GARDNER'S PICTURE
PACKER PACKS.FULL-SCREEN PICTURES CREAT
ED BY TWO.OF THE MOST POPULAR GRAPHICS.P
ROGRAMS, KOALAPAINT AND DOODLE... USING
THE PACKER IS SIMPLE -- JUST.TELL THE P
ROGRAM WHAT KIND OF PICTURE.YOU'RE PACKI
NG, (K)OALA OR (D)OODLE..THE PROGRAM THE
N PROMPTS YOU TO ENTER.THE PICTURE'S FIL
ENAME. (NOTICE THAT.THE PROGRAM AUTOMAT
ICALLY ADDS THE.PROPER PREFIX TO THE FIL
ENAME.).. WHEN THE PACKING ROUTINE IS.F
INISHED, THE PROGRAM PROMPTS YOU TO.INSE
RT A DISK ON WHICH TO SAVE THE.PACKED FI
LE. PACKED FILES WILL HAVE.A "PAC." PRE
FIX... A FINAL NOTE: PACKED PICTURES HA
VE.TO BE UNPACKED. ALAN HAS ALSO.INCLUD
ED AN "UNPACK" ROUTINE ON SIDE.3 OF THE
DISK. CONSULT THE UNPACKER.ARTICLE ON S
IDE 3 TO LEARN HOW TO USE.IT....DISK FIL
ES THIS PROGRAM USES:..PACKER BOOT
PACKER.BLOAD.828 T.PACKER BOO
T.. **** END OF TEXT ****.
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