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#Spectrum 512 file format

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#3559From: Darrick WestNov 11, 1990 8:41 PM
Does anyone know where I could docs on the file format for the Spectrum 512 paint program for the Atari? I would like to write a program so I could view some these files on my Amiga. The Brother has spoken->Darrick West
#3634From: Harry CallesisNov 12, 1990 8:45 PM
Darrick – There's a file over in AtariArts forum that has all the popular ST formats explained. You're not going to like Spectrum format much – they choose between 3 different palettes per scan line to get the 512 colors on screen at once. It's quite invloved, which is one of the reasone I didn't include it in my program here (PICCHG.LZH, not sure which library) that converts Degas/Degas Elite, NEOChrome, and Tiny to IFF. One of these days I might get brave enough to try it … Anyway, I'm not sure which library in AtariArts it is, but go over there, list the library names (with LN) and choose one that sounds right 8^). That's what I did. And good luck on the conversion program. Harry
#3650From: Christopher LapriseNov 13, 1990 2:25 AM
Perhaps if you converted the Atari files to GIF format first, and then used a GIF->SHAM converter on the Amiga, you could get optimum results.