Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-sdd!tony From: tony@hp-sdd.hp.com (Tony Parkhurst) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: digiview -> IFF Message-ID: <2539@hp-sdd.hp.com> Date: 8 Sep 89 17:09:49 GMT References: <2514@hp-sdd.hp.com> <826@madnix.UUCP> Reply-To: tony@hp-sdd.UUCP (Tony Parkhurst) Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Lines: 41 In article <826@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes: >In article <2514@hp-sdd.hp.com> tony@hp-sdd.UUCP (Tony Parkhurst) writes: >>uuuuuuuhh... Well, actually, DigiView pictures ARE in IFF format, they just >>aren't immediately displayable because they use 21 planes of direct color, >WRONG! >The Digi-View 21 bit format is NOT IFF. And, does not conform to the accepted >standard specified by Commodore for deep IFF pictures. (Actually, that >standard was, in fact, defined by ASDG and modified by Justin McCormick). ^^^^ (Why doesn't this surprize me? ) Ok, please then, breifly explain the difference between Digi-View's 21 bit IFF and "REAL" IFF ? Secondly, when did it get adopted by Commiedore in relation to DigiView's format. I ask because your tone implies some past conflict over this. And, please explain why Digi-View's implementation of 21 bit IFF is not a logical extension of the currently published IFF standard (which says little about 21-bit stuff). >Note to all authors writing deep pixel manipulation programs: You are well >advised to start supporting the ASDG standard since it has been adopted by >commodore. Ooooooh. What a threatening tone. Why are you so upset about this whole thing? Or are you just being a jerk? So, since you implied that this is a well kept secret, why don't you post some details of the "standard". Does it maintain some of the sillinesses of IFF for compatibility, or did you do it "right"? -- Tony ( PS: Feel free to send e-mail, I LOVE e-mail). -- Tony Parkhurst ( tony@hp-sdd.HP.COM ) "Is this Hell? Or is this Texas?" "Both" -- Heinlein, _J_O_B: _A _C_o_m_e_d_y _o_f _J_u_s_t_i_c_e