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Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine?

From "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine?
Date 2017-02-05 12:22 -0600
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"Mark Lemmert" <mark.lemmert@gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently downloaded the Buckshot conversion tool and it seems to work 
> really well for converting images to hi-res and double high-res.

If you take a closer look you will see that Buckshot uses my conversion 
tool, Bmp2DHR (does the actual conversion).

You're welcome.

> rather than possibly reinvent the wheel going through the learning curve 
> of writing a double-hi res routine

Read this document... there are some links that will help you to not attempt 
to reinvent stone wheels that been improved upon:

Some Considerations for Display and Conversion of Apple II Double Hi-Res 
Graphics

http://www.appleoldies.ca/a2b/DHGRColors2017.htm

Perhaps you need to learn to write in a more modern language than 
unstructured BASIC or machine code... try these links..

http://www.appleoldies.ca/a2b/DHGRColors2017.htm#_Toc471812435

In particular...

http://www.appleoldies.ca/bmp2dhr/silly/

http://www.appleoldies.ca/bmp2dhr/sprites/

http://www.appleoldies.ca/cc65/docs/dhgr/dhishow.pdf

http://www.appleoldies.ca/cc65/docs/dhgr/dhiworld.pdf

You are pretty safe to ignore everything else unless you want to fall down a 
rabbit hole and be crushed by old stone wheels.

Bill 

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Anyone have a double high-res routine? Mark Lemmert <mark.lemmert@gmail.com> - 2017-02-02 14:37 -0800
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    Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine? Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2017-02-03 13:34 -0500
      Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine? Mark Lemmert <mark.lemmert@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 13:29 -0800
        Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine? Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2017-02-03 17:03 -0600
          Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine? denisbytezone@gmail.com - 2017-02-03 16:39 -0800
            Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine? "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2017-02-05 13:56 -0600
  Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine? "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2017-02-05 12:22 -0600
    Re: Anyone have a double high-res routine? Mark Lemmert <mark.lemmert@gmail.com> - 2017-02-06 10:36 -0800

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