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From: turk@Apple.COM (Ken "Turk" Turkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Mac PICT2 specs
Message-ID: <9713@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Aug 90 08:00:09 GMT
References: <4421@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: Advanced Technology Graphics, Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, USA
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In article <4421@milton.u.washington.edu> benson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dan Benson) writes:
>Anyone know where I can get the specs for Macintosh PICT2 file format?
>Anyone have any code for reading/writing PICT2 files?

The PICT2 file format, PackBits (i.e. MacPaint file format), and
32-bt QuickDraw are all documented in Apple technical Notes, which
you can get from your Apple Technical Support Person.  The operator
at (408) 996-1010 should be able to steer you toward him.

The hardest thing to implement on other machines is writing out
the PixMap data structure, which is not long-aligned,
and causes problems on machines with longword-alignment requirements.
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