Screen Capture in DOS

[Stan Brown <stbrown -at- NACS -dot- NET>]

Scripsit sherron -at- HERRON -dot- CTEXT -dot- COM in TECHWR-L Digest:

>Salve populi,

>I need a way to capture a graphical display from the video screen
>running in DOS, and save it as a manipulable file such as *.bmp,
>*.pcx, or even *.eps.

>My usual work environment is OS/2, but the application in question
>will only run in a DOS full screen session.

>I'd appreciate any information leading to the arrest and conviction of:
>1)      A screen capture program that runs in DOS.
>b)      A way to make PRINT SCREEN print to a file.

The SimTel software repository is usually a good place to search for
things like this. You can access it by
    ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/
or  http://www.coast.net/SimTel/

One of these should do the trick:

SimTel/msdos/gif/
scr2gif2.zip   27520  8  900927  Capture EGA/VGA screens, then convert to GIF

SimTel/msdos/graphics/
pcxut.zip      69410  8  901223  PCX screen capture & viewing programs

SimTel/msdos/printer/
lpt2dsk.zip     6873  8  870325  Capture LPT output to a disk file

SimTel/msdos/screen/
scthf158.zip  137474  8  950925  ScreenThief: Screen capture to GIF/PCX/TIF/BMP

SimTel/msdos/vga/
vga2eps.zip    33963  8  920807  Capture VGA 640x350/640x480 screen to EPS file

>Extra points for creativity awarded for not ending your reply with
>"Hope this helps."

Done.

Regards,
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems      Cleveland, Ohio  USA      +1 216 371-0043
email: stbrown -at- nacs -dot- net                   Web: http://www.nacs.net/~stbrown