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 12:50, 22 August 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.

[edit] Formats

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 ?`	?

[edit] Software

[edit] Notes

[edit] MSX Screen Converter

MSX Screen Converter is a online converter.

It converts common image formats (JPG, PNG, GIF) to MSX BLOAD format..

It accepts for output: Screen 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12.

[edit] PIC2MSX and PICMSX

PIC2MSX is a GUI converter for Windows.

PICMSX is a command-line converter for Windows.

It also accepts BMP for input.

It also accepts Screen 3 for output.

Likewise, it doesn't need any Internet!

[edit] MSXViewer5 Screen Converter (MarMSX)

It's a GUI Windows app...

It also has a Linux version.

It can show MSX BLOAD images.

It also accepts Screen 10 for output. But the Screen 12 images converted by PICMSX look more natural than the Screen 10 images converted by this program.

GScreen 25 images LOOK WAY MORE NATURAL than Screen 10 and 12 images (converted with both programs (PICMSX and MSXViewer5 Screen Converter)).

It also accepts V9990 GScreen and SymbOS formats for output.

But it needs a set of DLLs to work for the Windows version, which you can download from here: [1]

[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

[edit] See also

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 .S10 (MSXViewer5 Screen Converter) || <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.
+=== Notes ===
-** accepts the same set of input formats as PIC2MSX / PICMSX.
+==== MSX Screen Converter ====
-** 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.
+MSX Screen Converter is a online converter.
-** 🚨🚨🚨!!!IMPORTANT ALERT!!!🚨🚨🚨 GScreen 25 images LOOK WAY MORE NATURAL than Screen 10 and 12 images (converted with both programs (PICMSX and MSXViewer5 Screen Converter).
-** also accepts V9990 GScreen and SymbOS formats for output.
+It converts common image formats ([[JPEG|JPG]], [[PNG]], [[GIF]]) to MSX BLOAD format..
-** 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]
+It accepts for output: Screen 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12.
+==== PIC2MSX and PICMSX====
+PIC2MSX is a GUI converter for Windows.
+PICMSX is a command-line converter for Windows.
+It also accepts [[BMP]] for input.
+It also accepts Screen 3 for output.
+Likewise, it doesn't need any Internet!
+==== MSXViewer5 Screen Converter (MarMSX) ====
+It's a GUI Windows app...
+It also has a Linux version.
+It can show MSX BLOAD images.
+It also accepts Screen 10 for output. '''But the Screen 12 images converted by PICMSX look more natural than the Screen 10 images converted by this program.'''
+'''GScreen 25 images LOOK WAY MORE NATURAL than Screen 10 and 12 images (converted with both programs (PICMSX and MSXViewer5 Screen Converter)).'''
+It also accepts V9990 GScreen and SymbOS formats for output.
+But it needs a set of DLLs to work for the Windows version, which you can download from here: [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 12:50, 22 August 2024

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[edit] Formats

[edit] Software

[edit] Notes

[edit] MSX Screen Converter

[edit] PIC2MSX and PICMSX

[edit] MSXViewer5 Screen Converter (MarMSX)

[edit] Sample files

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