Category : Printer + Display Graphics
Archive   : VGA2CGA2.ZIP
Filename : README.1ST
VGA2CGA is a utility that converts/views colored GIF pictures (256
colors and less) [1] error-distributed, dithered, 4-color CGA or
16-Color EGA (emulated) pictures. With a special unsupported mode,
CGA users can convert/view up to 405 colors (from 16 color dither patterns). VGA2CGA saves to
You can view GIF pictures in CGA 320x200x14, and XCGA: 160x100x16 and
80x100x"405" modes.
DISTRIBUTION OF VGA2CGA.ARC MUST INCLUDE ALL THE FOLLOWING FILES BELOW.
Files: VGA2CGA .exe Main Program
VGA2CGA .doc User Manual
REGISTER.doc registration form
README .1st this document
XCGAVU .bas QuickBASIC source for viewing CGX 160x100x16 pic
VGACAP .com utility to capture any viewable 320x200x256
pic and save in .BLD and .PLT files
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/