devwebcl Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Anybody has a dump of it ? Ads: http://manillismo.blogspot.cl/2015/12/scott-adams-graphics-editor.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHobbit Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I don't have a dump of it, but I do have a fairly pristine looking copy of the disk version and manual. It's been in various attics for the past 20 or 25 years but I recently got hold of a 1050 and it seems to load up ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I don't have a dump of it, but I do have a fairly pristine looking copy of the disk version and manual. It's been in various attics for the past 20 or 25 years but I recently got hold of a 1050 and it seems to load up ok. Is there anyway you could copy it? Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tane Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I scanned the manual, just need a copy of the disk and cassette. http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-sage-scott-adams--graphics-editor_31577.html Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 preservation material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Odd that something by the man would not have been 'around'..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHobbit Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Is there anyway you could copy it? Allan Unfortunately it looks like I spoke too soon. I was able to load the editor a couple of times, but when I tried to copy the disk I started getting errors and now it won't even spin up. I'm afraid to try again in case I make it worse, maybe it can still be recovered with a Kryoflux or something low level like that? If it's worth trying then I can send the disk to someone with the proper kit and skills. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 always make a copy or dump of old disks before using them.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Found in my archives. The Autorun.sys file doesn't have an init or run address... ScottAdamsGraphicsEditor.atr 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) Wow, respect for everyone who created graphics with this tool. Not only the speed is discouraging but also e.g. the filling leaves a lot be desired. Unbelievable Scott Adams produced some of his first graphic adventures with it. Edited February 17, 2019 by Irgendwer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) There are certainly better graphic arts programs out there...in fact, one of several reasons I'm finally learning to program is I want to hack a lot of the classic graphic text adventures to improve the graphics. redo some, some just touch-up with more colors with DLI's and whatnot, but since most are compressed graphics I need to learn to extract them, improve and then make my own compressed graphic pics to replace the originals...I may use this program to help load some up and then transfer to better programs like Rambrandt or Graphic's Magician which allow DLI's. But using graphic programs that only have joystick control is out of the question, I need to be able to use the touch tablet, I avoid graphic programs that only use joystick input like the plague. Ooh! 50 colors and shades! NOT! They mean 4-5 colors and 45-46 patterns of the 4-5 colors mixed...patterns make everything look flat and ugly. Edited February 17, 2019 by Gunstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Found in my archives. The Autorun.sys file doesn't have an init or run address... ScottAdamsGraphicsEditor.atr Thanks AtariGeezer for posting this. Allan 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Thanks AtariGeezer for posting this. Allan I appreciate it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Found in my archives. The Autorun.sys file doesn't have an init or run address... ScottAdamsGraphicsEditor.atr I looked at the autorun.sys, and I see this header according to Altirra's disk explorer: 00000000: $FFFF 00000002: Load $5BA3-6E94 I still can't get it to load, (but I have only tried the Altirra OS's since on a laptop without my usual ROM set atm...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I looked at the autorun.sys, and I see this header according to Altirra's disk explorer: 00000000: $FFFF 00000002: Load $5BA3-6E94 I still can't get it to load, (but I have only tried the Altirra OS's since on a laptop without my usual ROM set atm...) Yes, it does work on A800 emulator and a Incognito 800. I think Altirra expects an init address or it crashes??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Yes, it does work on A800 emulator and a Incognito 800. I think Altirra expects an init address or it crashes??? Ah... Well being that there's BASIC example programs on there, maybe the intent was for it to ONLY load the routine code into RAM, then return control to BASIC which can load programs that use the ML libraries. I WAS able to boot to a BASIC prompt if it was enabled actually.. I tried again with BASIC enabled. Then RUN"D:EDITOR.BAS got me "Scott Adams Graphics Editor, Copyright 1982 by A.I." prompted for file name, I entered D:SHIP.PIC and got a pic! there's some frame swapping displaylist action going on, flickering every other scan of the screen between 2 different colour palletes, so a frame grab in altirra only gets half the colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nezgar Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Learning something new every day. Altirra frame blending is the solution to get a screen grab from this. E = Erase screen S = Save P = Palette edit. choose register # 0-7, modify chroma/luma with joystick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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