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From: francis@magrathea.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke)
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Subject: Re: Reading + displaying color PICTs on an SE
Keywords: PICT  32-bit Color QD
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Date: 25 Nov 90 21:01:00 GMT
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In IM V (pg V-86), it says that a version 2 picture can be
displayed on a Mac with 128K or larger ROMs, even without
CQD, provided you're running System 4.1 or later; those
systems provide a patch to parse the new pictures, converting
CQD color commands to "a suitable black-and-white representation".

While I can't claim to have tried it, this would seem to say
you can just use the Toolbox and depend on being able to draw
your PICTs, no matter what.  (Of course, if somebody is trying
to run under a *really* old System, too bad; but that old a
System is going to give many other problems besides. :-)

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