BMP2MSX alternative ?

I emailed the author of BMP2MSX about this phenomenon some time ago and he released an updated version the very next day! If you have the latest version of BMP2MSX it should apply the correct SC8 palette.

sRGB SC8 Palette for PaintShopPro & PhotoShop:
http://map.tni.nl/downloads/articles/sc8_palette_srgb.zip

Others:
http://map.tni.nl/downloads/

I have old program in Basic to convert BMP to SC8, but BMP file must be: OS/2, 256x212, 72dpi, 256 colours.

10 KEYOFF:CLS
12 COLOR15,1,1
16 PRINT"BMP to SCREEN8   ARNOLD KURZYNSKI 1997"
18 PRINT
20 PRINT"  BMP - OS/2"
22 PRINT"  256 X 212  72 X 72 dpi"
24 PRINT"  8-bit 256 colours"
28 PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT:PRINT"  Press any key"
30 A$=INPUT$(1):CLS
120 DIM KL(255)
140 ON STOP GOSUB 350
150 STOP ON
160 LOCATE0,0:PRINT"Filename":LOCATE0,1:INPUTN$
165 NN$=N$+".bmp"
180 OPENNN$AS#1LEN=1
190 FIELD#1,1 AS A$:C=27
192 LOCATE0,3:PRINT"Reading table of colours"
193 LOCATE0,5:PRINT"Decoding:"
200 FOR T=O TO 255:GET#1,C:B=ASC(A$)\64:C=C+1:GET#1,C:G=ASC(A$)\32:C=C+1:GET#1,C:R=ASC(A$)\32:C=C+1
210 KL(T)=32*G+4*R+B
212 LOCATE7,5:PRINTUSING"###%";INT(T/2.55)
220 NEXT
230 SCREEN8
240 LI=0:PC=55066!
250 PC=PC-256
265 FOR K=0 TO 255:GET#1,PC+K+1:VPOKELI,KL(ASC(A$)):LI=LI+1:NEXT
285 IF LI=54272! THEN 330
290 GOTO 250
330 CLOSE
332 BEEP:NM$=N$+".sc8"
335 BSAVENM$,0,54271!,S
350 SCREEN0
360 END

monkey = penguin

Btw, you can use the code tag to post source code and avoid the character misunderstanding.

And they're not monkeys, but penguins, Konami's eternal MSX symbol, you, you, non-history-knowing analogue beast