OT:Graphic wizards help: What file format is this?

[Ruatha]

I've spoken with him and he thinks he has the old drives at home, he'll go storage hunting and I'll get the drives later, the program that made these pictures should still be there.
According to him it is vector based pictures, that should suit the size and content of the files.
When I solve this mystery (If I do), I'll post again.

[Ruatha]

Now I've got the disks at home, two of them.
I digged out my old 486 and tried to connect them, no go!

These discs are antiques, they must be from a 286!
They use the MFM/RLL interface and can't be connected through the IDE/ATA interface!

I guess I'll have to try and find me a 286 if I'm going to resolve these mysterious picture formats.

[Ruatha]

I downloaded Lotus 1-2-3 v2.2 Dos Version and ran that program. But that doesn't have any graphic part in it, which Version is the first to have the capacity to make/open PIC files?

[Gryphin]

This link list several "dos viewers"
http://www.nic.funet.fi/mirrors/simt...phics-pre.html
I am not able to test them.
Good luck.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
This link list several "dos viewers"
http://www.nic.funet.fi/mirrors/simt...phics-pre.html
I am not able to test them.
Good luck.

Trued one of them so far, "Imagepro", it says the files aren't Dr Halo PIC files...

I'll try "Picem27" next...

[Ruatha]

I've identified the program.
It's IBM Picture Maker 1.01
Now I just need to find a way to view the pictures.......
If anyone has a viewer for IBM picture maker please contact me!

[David E. Gervais]

Ruatha, this site has a program that can read and convert Picture Maker files...

Image Alchemy

I hope this helps. (the site takes a long time to load for me, but it did eventually load.)

Cheers!

[ September 17, 2003, 23:35: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Ruatha]

Now I can open them. I just need to find a good screen dump program as the Print Screen key doesnt work when I run that old dos program, and it refuses to run in a window.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
Ruatha, this site has a program that can read and convert Picture Maker files...

Converter Program

perhaps they have a demo? just a sec, I'll look..

Cheers!

Thanks, I've seen that site nad I don't belive they are selling the program, only a service, pay them for each converted picture...

[David E. Gervais]

Ruatha I edited my original post. A new site with a software demo called Image Alchemy.

Gee it looks like we're Online here at the same time.

(so why aren't you in the #se4 chat room at gamesnet? lol )

[ September 17, 2003, 23:38: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]