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Re: Turbo Pascal Graphics. HELP!

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From: Timo Salmi
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 1991 06:00
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In article <5349@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> rostowda@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David Rostowsky) writes:
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>Im using version 5.5 of Turbo Pascal to do some graphics for a program that
>I am writing. I want to save the screen to disk, but when I do an ImageSize
>command, I get an error. I realize that if the image is going to take up more 
>than 64K I will get the error, but what I want to know is there a way around
>this memory restriction??????  How do I go about saving almost a whole 
>screen of graphics??

The obvious solution is to save the screen in parts, each one < 64K. 
It is simple as that.  And it works.  Usually four parts is enough,
but this naturally depends. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi        
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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
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Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal Graphics. HELP!
Keywords: Screen Savings
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Date: 8 Feb 91 06:00:06 GMT
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