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14 Additional software for the Cassiopei
This chapter is about dedicated software. Software that was specifically written for use with the
Cassiopei and nothing else.
14.1 PETSCII_player.prg + CBM PETSCII video converter
The PETSCII player program, which can be used on all Cassiopei supported computer models, is a
player that can play highly compressed PETSCII images quickly after each other. You could call it
animation, you could call it an extremely fast slide show. These animations files did not exist yet,
therefore a special program to generate these kind of files has been written for use with MS
Windows. Unfortunately these animations are without sound, simply because the limited
throughput of the cassetteport.
Below you see a screenshot of the “CBM PETSCII video converter” program. This program
converts a regular video file into a set of image that are converted into images formed by only
PETSCII characters. The screen shows: the source image, the image converted into dithered B/W to
simulate gray scale and the finale image as it will be shown on your CBM's screen. The program
allows you to select different screen sizes and fonts as these slightly differs between the various
computer models.
The .DAT files generated with the CBM PETSCII video converter are to be played with the
PETSCII video player on your CBM computer. This program is written exclusively for the
Cassiopei.
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