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From: scott@dali.gatech.edu (Scott Coulter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Graphic image files and TP
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Date: 29 Sep 90 11:45:02 GMT
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In article <37776@ut-emx.uucp>, mjensen@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Marc S.
Jensen) writes:
|> I'm looking for code (Preferably in TP5.5, but can also use c or
8088
|> assembler) to read/write the most commonly used graphic file
formats,
|> i.e. TIFF, GIF, etc. Does anyone have this kind of code, or know
where
|> I might get a hold of a description of those file formats?
|>  
|> Marc Jensen

As I had mentioned a couple months ago on this group, I'm currently
working on such a beast (toolkit to read/display/manipulate
GIF/TIFF/PCX
in Turbo Pascal 5.5) currently.  Unfortunately, I was unexpectedly put
on a very time-consuming new project at work, so my GIF/TIFF toolkit
has
been "on hold" for a while now.  I still hope to do some work on at 
least the GIF read/display routines in the next month or so.
I will attempt to keep this newsgroup informed of my progress.

My apologies to anyone who was anxiously awaiting my code; as a grad
student who works part time, I don't have much control over my
schedule.

As to the file format documents, I'm sure they're ftp-able, as I have 
them all, but don't remember from where I grabbed them.  My copies are
all on my machine at home, and I'll be uploading them soon since I've
already promised to mail one to somebody.  I guess I could entertain
a *very* limited number of mail requests (I have the GIF, TIFF, & PCX
specifications).

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Georgia Institute of Technology 
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