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by jrsamples
Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:40 pm
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: Colorpaint File Conversion
Replies: 6
Views: 5723

Re: Colorpaint File Conversion

Wow I just tried this. It worked fantastic! I was able to load up all my images and make screen captures of them. Interestingly Colorpaint was apparently designed to display only about a floppies' worth of files in the file menu, so I had to swap some out of the folder to get at all of them. Thank y...
by jrsamples
Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:43 pm
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: Colorpaint File Conversion
Replies: 6
Views: 5723

Re: Colorpaint File Conversion

yeah I was wondering if it is something like that.
Normally on the PCjr you pop in the Cartridge and then still boot up DOS.
After you got a DOS prompt you would type "g" and that would kick off Colorpaint.
I guess the "g" stood for graphics or something.
by jrsamples
Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:15 pm
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: Colorpaint File Conversion
Replies: 6
Views: 5723

Re: Colorpaint File Conversion

I set machine=pcjr in the preferences file.

then mount a drive to where the cartridge rom dump is.

then the command boot = colorpnt.jrc (or whatever the name of the cartridge dump is).

Everything seems to work except the File menu.
by jrsamples
Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:21 pm
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: Colorpaint File Conversion
Replies: 6
Views: 5723

Colorpaint File Conversion

I have been on a seemingly endless quest for a long time to somehow convert some old images I created long ago with the Colorpaint cartridge. I've tried different approaches: Downloading screen capture programs - these never seem to be able to dump a Colorpaint screen. Photographing the screen - wor...