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   Tristan Miller to Rob Swindell   
   Re: Converting PETSCII to (animated) GIF   
   06 Jun 21 20:20:38   
   
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   Greetings.   
      
   On 04/06/2021 11.35, Rob Swindell wrote:   
   >    Re: Converting PETSCII to (animated) GIF or (A)PNG   
   >    By: Tristan Miller to All on Tue Jun 01 2021 09:18 am   
   >   
   >   > Greetings.   
   >   >   
   >   > In the early 1990s I used to run a BBS that hosted many SEQ files   
   >   > containing PETSCII graphics, including C64 colour and cursor control   
   >   > codes.  When the files were transmitted to users at 1200 baud, they   
   >   > produced clever and beautiful animations.   
   >   
   > Do you happen to have an archive of those SEQ files available for download   
   > somwhere? They'd be useful to demo/test the PETSCII support in my BBS   
   software   
   > (www.synchro.net).   
      
      
   No, just what I have on floppies somewhere.  I haven't yet gotten around   
   to copying them to a modern PC, in part because I don't have one of   
   those specially modified drives that would let me read the flip-side of   
   a double-sided disk with Kryoflux.   
      
   Regards,   
   Tristan   
      
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