MSX BASIC graphics

File Format
Name	MSX BASIC graphics
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics MSX BASIC graphics ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.grp, .sc2, .sc5, .sc6, .sc7, .sc8, .scc, others

Latest revision as of 10:29, 16 November 2024

MSX BASIC graphics refers to a family of raster graphics formats associated with MSX computers, and apparently MSX BASIC in particular. They appear to be the MSX version of BSAVE Image.

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Format name	Format details	Ext.	Signature	File size
Screen 2	256x192, 15 colors	.SC2 .GRP	`FE 00 00 FF 37 00 00`	14343 or 16391
Screen 3	64x48, 15 colors	.SC3	`FE 00 00 ?`	?
Screen 4	256x192, 16 colors	.SC4	`FE 00 00 ?`	16391
Screen 5	256x212, 16 colors	.SC5 .GE5	`FE 00 00 ?`	?
Screen 5 Interlaced	256x424, 16 colors	.SC5 .S15	`FE 00 00 ?`	30375
Screen 6	512x212, 4 colors	.SC6	`FE 00 00 ?`	?
Screen 6 Interlaced	512x424, 4 colors	.SC6 .S16	`FE 00 00 ?`	?
Screen 7	512x212, 16 colors	.SC7 .GE7	`FE 00 00 FF D3 00 00`	?
Screen 7 Interlaced	512x424, 16 colors	.SC7 .S17	?	?
Screen 8	256x212, 256 colors	.SC8 .GE8 .PIC	`FE 00 00 FF D3 00 00`	?
Screen 8 Interlaced	256x424, 256 colors	.SC8 .S18	?	?
Screen 10	256x212, 12,515 colors	.SCA .S10 (MSXViewer5 Screen Converter)	`FE 00 00 ?`	54279
Screen 10 Interlaced	256x424, 12,515 colors	.SCA .S1A	`FE 00 00 ?`	?
Screen 12	256x212, 19,268 colors	.SCC .SRS .YJK .S12 (MSX Screen Converter) .SCS (PIC2MSX / PICMSX)	`FE 00 00 FF D3 00 00`	54279
Screen 12 Interlaced	256x424, 19,268 colors	.SCC .S1C	`FE 00 00 ?`	?

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[edit] Sample files

http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/graphics/ → samp7.pma, samp8.pma
Xee forum thread → MSXImages2.zip
http://marmsx.msxall.com/msxvw/oldmsxvw/imgs.zip
dexvert samples — image/msxBASIC

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Graph Saurus

[edit] Links

Xee forum thread (taken down)

@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
 |Screen 8 Interlaced || 256x424, 256 colors || .SC8 .S18 || ? || ?
 |-
-|Screen 10 || 256x212, 12,515 colors || .SCA || <code>FE 00 00 ?</code> || ?
+|Screen 10 || 256x212, 12,515 colors || .SCA .S10 (MSXViewer5 Screen Converter) || <code>FE 00 00 ?</code> || 54279
 |-
 |Screen 10 Interlaced || 256x424, 12,515 colors || .SCA .S1A || <code>FE 00 00 ?</code> || ?
 |-
-|Screen 12 || 256x212, 19,268 colors || .SCC .SRS .YJK *.S12 (MSX Screen Converter) *.SCS (PIC2MSX / PICMSX) || <code>FE 00 00 FF D3 00 00</code> || ?
+|Screen 12 || 256x212, 19,268 colors || .SCC .SRS .YJK .S12 (MSX Screen Converter) .SCS (PIC2MSX / PICMSX) || <code>FE 00 00 FF D3 00 00</code> || 54279
 |-
 |Screen 12 Interlaced || 256x424, 19,268 colors || .SCC .S1C || <code>FE 00 00 ?</code> || ?
@@ Line 50: / Line 50: @@
 * [[RECOIL]]
 * [http://msx.jannone.org/conv/ MSX Screen Converter]
-** converts common image formats to MSX BLOAD format.
-** accepts for input: [[JPEG|JPG]], [[PNG]], [[GIF]].
-** accepts for output: Screen 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12.
 * [http://www.msxblue.com/temp2/PIC2MSX.zip PIC2MSX (GUI) and PICMSX (CMD)]
-** converts common image formats to MSX BLOAD format.
-** also accepts [[BMP]] for input in addition to [[JPEG|JPG]], [[PNG]], [[GIF]].
-** also accepts Screen 3 for output in addition to Screen 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12.
 * [https://marmsx.msxall.com/msxvw/msxvw5/download/MSX_Viewer_5.2.3_Win.zip MSXViewer5 Screen Converter (MarMSX)]
-** views MSX BLOAD images and also converts common image formats to MSX BLOAD format.
-** accepts the same set of input formats as PIC2MSX / PICMSX.
-** also accepts Screen 10 for output in addition to Screen 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12. But the Screen 12 images converted by PICMSX look more natural than the Screen 10 images converted by this program.
-** also accepts V9990 GScreen and SymbOS formats for output.
-** it needs a set of DLLs to work, download: [https://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=55098&use_mirror=osdn&filename=dlls.zip&72680947]
 == Sample files ==

MSX BASIC graphics

Latest revision as of 10:29, 16 November 2024

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