Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!masscomp!calvin!mark From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Sun (Sparc) workstations... Message-ID: <61760@masscomp.westford.ccur.com> Date: 27 Feb 91 16:58:57 GMT References: <12160@helios.TAMU.EDU> Sender: news@masscomp.westford.ccur.com Reply-To: mark@calvin.westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp. Westford MA. Lines: 27 >>>Does anyone know of a program that will convert iffs or gifs to bitmaps that >>>are usable on the Sun Sparcstation? >>On some Fred Fish disks there were programs with source for both Sun and >>Amiga to convert IFF (and some HAM) to Sun's Raster format. >Fish disk # 223 > >Iff2Sun A small utility for those of you who may have access to a > Sun workstation. Takes an Amiga IFF file and converts it to > a Sun rasterfile format. This version is an update to the > version released on disk 174, with better parsing, support > for HAM mode, and some bug fixes. Source only, as the > program needs to be re-compiled and run from a Sun. > Authors: Steve Berry, Mark Thompson Oooh, I don't know if I would use that program if I were you. The people who wrote it were COMPLETE BOZOs and had absolutely NO clue of what they doing. In fact I heard that during the conversion, the program inserts obscene subliminal images into your Sun rasterfile. No sir, I wouldn't trust those guys at all! %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~% % ` ' Mark Thompson % % --==* RADIANT *==-- mark@westford.ccur.com % % ' Image ` ...!{decvax,uunet}!masscomp!mark % % Productions (508)392-2480 (603)424-1829 % % % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~