From: deepthaw@CORTEX.remove-vkv-this

To: Digital Man
What have you used to successfully create BMP's in the format needed for XBin images? I'm toying with ImageMagick now, but it claims to not go below 8 colors.

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From: digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-h0f-this

To: deepthaw
Re: More XBin questions
By: deepthaw to Digital Man on Sat Nov 14 2020 04:20 pm

What have you used to successfully create BMP's in the format needed for XBin images? I'm toying with ImageMagick now, but it claims to not go below 8 colors.

MsPaint->Save As... type = Monochrome Bitmap.
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From: deepthaw@CORTEX.remove-9dn-this

To: Digital Man
Re: More XBin questions
By: deepthaw to Digital Man on Sat Nov 14 2020 04:20 pm

What have you used to successfully create BMP's in the format needed for XBin images? I'm toying with ImageMagick now, but it claims to not go below 8 colors.

As usual, I sent this then dug in and figured it out. Using ImageMagick:

convert -colors 2 inputfile.jpg BMP3:outputfile.bmp

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