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From: ian@ob1.uws.EDU.AU (Ian Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: 8-bit: PPM to Mode 2 converter, nearly!
Message-ID: <1991Jan15.060726.3857@ob1.uws.EDU.AU>
Date: 15 Jan 91 06:07:26 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: University of Western Sydney
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	The guy who wrote PBMPLUS is about to release a new version of it,
which will include a 'proper' (read 'better') way to convert a PPM file
to an 8-colour dither. So I won't bother posting my program. What I will do
is post a C program to compress these 'dithered' PPM files to 15K files (all
the easier to d/load to the Beeb!), and a BBC BASIC program to display
them in Mode 2.

	I'll also start working on a way to convert BBC screens into this
format (PPM). Once a file is in this format you'll be able to convert it to
GIF (using ppmtogif) or other formats.

					Andrew Leahy
					(who's this Ian Walsh guy!)

				Bowen Mt., NSW, Australia
				email: a.leahy@nepean.uws.edu.au
				Posted from Uni. Western Sydney - Hawkesbury