Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!im4u!swrinde!petro!atrium!chanst
From: chanst@atrium.UUCP (Steve T Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Can U Grab Screen Image Anytime??
Summary: Nope.. not yet!
Keywords: Even while a game is running??
Message-ID: <190@atrium.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 16:15:17 GMT
References: <1633@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Organization: Atrium @ The Alamo
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In article <1633@ssc-vax.UUCP>, dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes:
> Is there any software out which can grab the screen, and save
> it as an IFF image?  I also need to be able to grab the
> screen at ANY TIME, which means I want to grab it when
> I'm running games which take over the machine.
> 
GRABbit from Discovery Software would grab the screen and save it as
an IFF image.. but it won't let you grab when you are running games
that takes over the machine.

> This would require that the software survive a reboot,
> since alot of games *have to* take over the machine
> in order to run.
> 
Yes.. And that screen grabbit has to sit there in low memory
waiting for the user to do a warm boot and then activates, right?
You have just described the current SCA virus!
Now why would anyone want to write a thing like that.. I just don't
feel right about programs hanging around and activating at warm boots..
Had a few disks killed by the virus.

> If there is currently nothing available which can
> do this, it should be possible to write, eh?  If
> vd0: can survive a reboot, then surely it should
> be possible to create a process ( the screen grabber )
> which could also survive, and be called up while
> a game is running.
>
Yes, it is possible to write such a beast... Yes.. it would
also be possible to create a process that sits in low memory
waiting for a warm boot and a key to activate. 

> Sure would be neat to be able to run a game, capture
> the screen image whenever you want, save it as an
> IFF image, and then edit it in Deluxe Paint, or
> what-have-you.
>
Yes, it would be, but my programming skills are not that good
yet.. still learning.. 

> Thanks in advance...
>
You are welcome.
 
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