#: 20205 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Aug-94  02:35:51
Sb: HP500 dump
Fm: John Strong 72270,1555
To: Larry Olsen

Subject: HP500 screen dump To: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467

Larry,

        Painter (SPAINT) has a DeskJet 500 dump.  I did it in landscape format.
and dithered the colors to 32 level gray scale, not too bad looking, however
the aspect ratio is a bit off compared to CM-8 on my MM/1.  Between my brother
and I, we have 4 CM8s and the screen sizes are different on each one!  Which
one should I try to match???

        A friend offered to loan me his 550c, so I could do a color dump for 
Painter, however as you mentioned the manuals are poor when it comes to
programming info (I think they want to sell you another manual if you are a
programmer).  The problems associated with color space conversion is more than
I care to mess with at this time, maybe after the rest of the program is
finished I'll change my mind.

        As you know, Painter is programmed in assembly, so the technique I used
wouldn't help you much. (primarily a lookup table)

        BTW, Painter should be done soon! (I hope .)  And I will be doing
a mailing to announce its release.  So, if you know of anyone interested in it,
have them send me their address.

        BTW, how is your battleship game comming along?

        John R. Strong
        StrongWare