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From: stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PC FILE FORMATS
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Date: 15 Nov 90 01:03:24 GMT
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cs00chs@unccvax.uncc.edu (charles spell) writes:

> In article <11053@milton.u.washington.edu>, mork@blake.u.washington.edu (Davi
> > 
> >    Is there a collection of PC file formats (Lotus, Paradox, etc)
> >    on the net?
> 
> I have heard of a book that has PC file formats in it (forgot name, sorry).

   There was such a book. I remember it. I didn't need it then, had no use
for it, so I didn't buy it. Now I need it, and it is nowhere to be found.

   I have found a similar book, that is lighter technically. "Data
Exchange" by Steven Ross, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-053923-5. It covers some
info on many word processors and a few spreadsheets.

> I am not sure how up to date it is. I am looking for a book describing
> graphics file formats also. IF anyone has any ideas please post. I am

   The book "Bit-Mapped Graphics", by Steve Rimmer, Windcrest, ISBN
0-8306-3558-0, covers many of the graphics formats, including code for
file viewers. It is rather light on TIFF. It also covers how the PC
wants graphics data. I found this book very useful, even though I only
wanted to write graphics to an unsupported VGA mode.




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