GRASPRT
(ver 3.10a)
Abandoned Freeware


GRASP stands for "GRaphic Animation System for Professionals".  
The original GRASP toolkit allowed you to combine *.TXT scripts,
*.PIC (PC Paint) picture files, and *.FNT font files together 
into a single CGA (with sound) *.GL animation file, which could 
be displayed with the "GRASPRT.EXE" viewer.  In this way, a *.GL 
file is similar to an automated Power Point presentation.  

Later versions of GRASP supported EGA/VGA, and allowed additional 
filetypes to be wrapped into a GRASP file.  *.GL files predate 
the more common *.FLI files, and were often used by computer 
geeks to share snippets of animated adult content.  

This is the last version of the original GRASP runtime viewer.  
It was superceded by the beta program "GRASP4", that itself  
was superceded by a program called "GLPLAY" (which was mostly 
backwards compatable with GRASP4). However by the time these 
newer runtime programs were released, *.GL files were passe'.    

From the commandline, type:  GRASPRT [filename].GL  


file = NGRASPRT.zip


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Old GRASP runtime
(ver 1.10c)
Abandoned Freeware


Animations made with the oldest shareware version of GRASP sometimes 
include a CGA animation element that does not reproduce correctly on 
the newer versions of GRASPRT, GRASP4, or GLPLAY (due to the severe 
difference between 80's and modern video technologies).  Because of 
this, I am including a complementary outdated original version of 
the runtime viewer, that can play these oldest *.GL files correctly.  

NOTE: Use GRASPRT version 3.10a to display all your other *.GL files.  


file = OLDGRASP.zip