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From: jap7g@mendel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Jim A. Pisano)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Help with cvtgif .PCX -> .GIF converter
Keywords: GIF, PCX, conversion
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Date: 20 Jun 89 14:36:15 GMT
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I am trying to convert .PCX (PC Paintbrush) images to .GIF images so
that I can display the same image on different monitors, something that
brain-dead Paintbrush can't seem to do :^(.

Alas, cvtgif doesn't work - I get the following message when I run cvtgif:

IMAGE.PCX  Loading...External Memory allocation overflow, 1016K requested,
289K free

I've tried this on 2 computers 1 with 1.5MB of extended memory and the other
with ~ 4MB of extended memory.  I tried using the program with my memory
configured as both extended AND expanded (LIM 4.0 & LIM 3.2) memory, but
to no avail.  I also tried to images.pcx; one was ~500K and the other was
about 300K - both files requested the same amount of RAM (1016K) which
seems pretty extreme.  Do I need a EMS board that uses bank switching 
hardware or should I run straight extended?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

-Jim
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| Jim Pisano                                   jap7g@virginia.edu            |
| Department of Psychology                     uunet!virginia!jap7g          |
| 102 Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903         |
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| Jim Pisano                                   jap7g@virginia.edu            |
| Department of Psychology                     uunet!virginia!jap7g          |
| 102 Gilmer Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903         |