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[11:02:53] <debrouxl> TI-Z80 question for you: at viewtopic.php?t=8753&p=120421#p120421 , persalteas is asking about "PicArc" in Celtic and other programs.
[11:03:47] <Iambian> I can't understand french, and Google translate is being a major pain.
[11:03:52] <debrouxl> He asks what this really is. He writes that looking around on the Internet, can see that Celtic, DoorsCS and others support it.
[11:04:07] <debrouxl> But he seemingly cannot find what it really is.
[11:04:23] <debrouxl> Is it something intended to introduce the "special" commands ?
[11:04:31] <debrouxl> (that is a question of mine)
[11:04:57] <Iambian> Ah. That's because I never really released "PicArc". It was just merged with the Celtic III project at some point because I had leftover space in the app.
[11:05:45] <debrouxl> OK
[11:05:50] <Iambian> It uses separate commands because I wanted to distinguish between Celtic III's use of program reading/editing commands versus those used to mess around with image (pic) files.
[11:06:09] <debrouxl> Thanks, I'll tell him
[11:06:22] <debrouxl> (quoting and translating you)
[11:06:58] <Iambian> At its core, PicArc is essentially image database software.
[11:08:23] <debrouxl> So, with a focus on 1) working around the limitations of the TI-Z80 BASIC wrt. images, and 2) providing extra functionality (image database) on top of that ?
[11:08:42] <Iambian> Yes.
[11:09:09] <debrouxl> OK, thanks for replying
[11:10:21] <Iambian> As a side note, the image database thing can store its data compressed (RLE).
[11:10:53] <Iambian> Grabbing data from the database is transparent. You don't need to know what form it is in.
[11:11:11] <Iambian> Erh. Wait. Did I use that word right?
[11:12:21] <debrouxl> Hmm ?
[11:12:43] <Iambian> Nevermind. PicArc was originally released on unitedti.org , IIRC.
[11:13:18] <Iambian> http://www.unitedti.org/forum/index.php ... entry84080
[11:13:31] <Iambian> It generated no response.
[11:16:08] <Iambian> But I thought it was just too good not to include in Celtic III.
[11:16:43] <debrouxl> OK, thanks for the thorough answer. I'll now reply to persalteas on TI-Planet
[11:16:59] <Iambian> And then the nightmares started when I tried to get it to simulate xLIB ...
[11:17:16] <Iambian> You can blame DJ_O for that.
[11:17:41] <Iambian> Then the rest is history. I don't think I'm ever going to pick up that project again.

Ah. That's because I never really released "PicArc". It was just merged with the Celtic III project at some point because I had leftover space in the app.

It was just merged with the Celtic III project at some point because I had leftover space in the app.

Nickel. De toutes façons j'avais aussi posé la question sur Omnimaga, je vais avoir droit a la réponse en double