mrnukem Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Because I have no life and am bored a lot I recently starting creating picture disks with GIF images to view on my TRS-80 Coco3 using a viewer with a slide show function and now want to do the same with my Atari system but am having a hard time finding a GIF viewer with a slide show function for my Atari. Using a stock Atari 65 XE. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTIA Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I just checked through my disks, and I once had a program called "Gif32". But the disk was blank. Maybe you could look for that title. However, I don't remember whether it had a slideshow function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Because I have no life and am bored a lot I recently starting creating picture disks with GIF images to view on my TRS-80 Coco3 using a viewer with a slide show function and now want to do the same with my Atari system but am having a hard time finding a GIF viewer with a slide show function for my Atari. Using a stock Atari 65 XE. Thank you Have not tried this, but looks promising: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/PDA/Atari8Viewers.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hello mrnukem If you'll settle for jpeg, try Raphael J. Espino's viewers. sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnukem Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hello mrnukem If you'll settle for jpeg, try Raphael J. Espino's viewers. sincerely Mathy That is perfect. I got the slide show version working with pictures I created on a disk image. Cool to see modern pictures on my 65XE. Thanks you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnukem Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Well small problem came up after using this for a while. On my 65XE the built in screen saver color cycle starts and the slide show viewer is not overriding it. Is there an easy way or quick application I can run to disable the built in pesky screen protector? Edited March 11, 2011 by mrnukem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) If you convert the GIFs to ColorView RGB files (using JView), you can use ColorSquashView (included with ColorViewSquash) to cycle through them. All available here: http://www.umich.edu/~archive/atari/8bit/Graphics/Converters/ Edited March 11, 2011 by ZylonBane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Is there an easy way or quick application I can run to disable the built in pesky screen protector? If you know some 6502 assembly... The color cycling is the o.s, the so called "ATRACT" mode. It's location is $4D (77). It's activated after about 8 minutes if no (ASCII) key is pressed. Pressing a key will reset this but you can also reset it (storing a 0 at that location) yourself. This can be done by creating a VBI or make a hook into an existing one and reset it there, or just reset it in a routine that will be executed every now and then, like when loading a picture. 6502 code: LDA #0 STA $41 In BASIC this would be: POKE 77,0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 6502 code: LDA #0 STA $41 You probably mean: LDA #0 STA $4D The one you wrote above turns off SIO noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 You probably mean: LDA #0 STA $4D The one you wrote above turns off SIO noise. Wel, uh.. I have a special keyboard where the "1" is located next to the "D" key, which is... not true actually. But no I/O noise can be useful too? No? :-) tldr; $4D is the right location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnukem Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 That goes beyond my skill level. Could I talk any of you into making a small executable I can run before I run the viewer to bypass it. I tried the Poke statement but the viewer wont run with basic enabled. Thanks again for all the replies and suggestions. One I get my 16MB .ATR image full I will upload it to this message for folks to enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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