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From: rrd@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ray Depew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Chip stuff...etc.
Message-ID: <7360087@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Mar 91 16:16:55 GMT
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> Also, why is it when I make a TIFF file into a grob it gets really
> large?

I'll ask you the same question I asked Paul Wareham:  HOW BIG IS YOUR
PICTURE?  A picture as big as the 48's display, 131 x 64 pixels, takes 1098
bytes when stored as a grob, and 2193 bytes when stored as a string.  A
300 x 200 pixel picture takes 7610 bytes when stored as a binary, and 15K
when stored as a string.

A question like "why does TIF2GROB make such a huge file" is difficult to 
answer unless you can tell us how big the picture is.

Regards
Ray Depew
HP ICBD -- IC's By Decree
rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com