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From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: 3200 Gif converters
Keywords: DreamGrafix, DreamWorld, 3200
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Date: 27 Nov 90 00:22:56 GMT
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In article <1990Nov26.055040.14047@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> yk4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Yong Su Kim) writes:
>Another solution might be to write a 3200 gif converter for the GS
>using C so that it runs under standard UNIX. The programmer could
>design it such that it accepts standard UNIX binary files as gifs,
>process them using various optimization algorithims for 3200 colour
>mode, and then output a binary file which can then be downloaded to my
>GS. All I would have to do is change the filetype and then I would be
>able to view the conversion. This would be much much quicker and it
>would probably allow for superior conversions. 

Better yet, write a C program that takes a GIF file and turns it into
raw picture data--two 16-bit words for picture size, followed by a
stream of 24-bit pixel data.  Yes, this would create huge files on
your UNIX box, but you then write a separate program to take the
24-bit color data and munge it for whatever graphic mode you
want--Hi-Res, double Hi-Res, 320-mode super Hi-Res, 3200-color, or you
could even use the 24-bit decoder in conjunction with a converter for
almost any graphic mode on any computer.  (You won't see it, but damn
this line noise I'm getting! :-( )

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