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    From deepthaw@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Saturday, November 14, 2020 16:20:24
    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@1:103/705 to deepthaw on Saturday, November 14, 2020 16:48:14
    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@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Saturday, November 14, 2020 19:07:04
    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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