Apple II Graphics (Apple //e and Apple IIgs Inclusive)

Apple II Bitmapped Graphics Converters

Produced by Bill Buckels

Introduction

Lo-Res and Double Lo-Res Graphics

Hi-Res Graphics

Double Hi-Res Graphics

Super Hi-Res Graphics

Mini-Pix (PrintShop and PrintMaster)

Miscellaneous

Introduction

This webpage provides information for Graphics Converters that I written primarily for the Apple II Computer, with the exception of my ClipShop utility which also targets a number of Legacy Graphics formats including Apple II graphics. Most of these are provided as part of the AppleX Aztec C65 Apple II cross-compiler distribution, but can be used without the compiler. With the exception of ClipShop, most of these are command-line utilities. They are all written in the C Programming Language.

Many of these utilities began life in the late 1980's, and with a short hiatus here and there, have been maintained and added-to and distributed (with source code) and free for all to use ever since, with the exception of ClipShop which comes as an uncrippled 30 day trial version without source.

Between all these utilities, bitmapped graphics conversion to every Apple Computer supported graphics mode on an Apple //e and Apple IIgs is provided (including the VOC). The AppleX Aztec C65 sample code also provides loaders and demos for all the stock Apple II Graphics images produced by these converters with very few exceptions. Some of these utilities also support round-trip bitmapped graphics conversion to windows BMP format, and additional features not available elsewhere.

The source code for the most part is Ansi C compatible to varying degrees and could be ported by a competent C programmer without much effort to other platforms and compilers that support the C programming language. Most of the executables discussed on this page are either MS-DOS or Win32 compatible or both.

While other Apple II graphics converters are available that to varying degrees equal or surpass the converters I provide in some way or another, the set of Apple II converters I have written and documented here probably comprise the most robust and actively maintained set of Apple II Graphics converters for the Windows user for converting from MS-DOS and Windows Bitmapped Graphics by any single author on the planet. Since most are part of the AppleX Aztec C65 distribution this fact combined with AppleX's related demos, makes AppleX Aztec C65 the best all around C compiler for doing Apple II 6502 bitmapped graphics programs on the planet (especially for the planet of the Windows user).

Please see the documents etc. available from this page for more information and watch this page for updates.

Bill Buckels
February, 2014

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