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From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: BAD NEWS FOR MAC -> NEXT PEOPLE
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>   The real issue is a file format that allows graphics, text, images, and
>   so forth to be stored without any significant limitations, yet still
>   be editable (which means that any application should be able to open
>   the file and read the data into its own data structures).  

Sounds like Amiga's IFF to me.  It's the only file format I've heard of
that supports sampled sound, bitmap graphics, structured graphics,
musical scores, animation, and core dumps in the same format. -- Darren

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