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=head1 NAME

B<pcx2hgr> - convert PCX files to Apple II HGR format

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<pcx2hgr> file.pcx > file.hgr

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<pcx2hgr> converts a PCX file to a BLOADable Apple II HGR or HGR2
image, including palette conversion. Input is from the given filename,
and output is to standard output.

No scaling is done. The input file's X resolution must be either 140 or
280 pixels, and the Y resolution should be either 160 or 192 pixels for
proper display on the Apple II.

The output is prefixed with a standard Apple II 4-byte BLOAD header. To
display the image, use BASIC code like:


=head1 SEE ALSO

=over

=item dos33fsprogs(1)

=item a2tools(1)

=back

=head1 WEBSITE

http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/apple/

=head1 AUTHORS

B<dos33fstools> written by Vince Weaver <vince _at_ deater.net>.

This manual page written by B. Watson for the SlackBuilds.org project,
but it may be used by anyone.