Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!utrcu1!infnews!usenet From: kortink@utis96.cs.utwente.nl (John Kortink) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: Howdy all! Message-ID: <1991Mar26.152712.18544@cs.utwente.nl> Date: 26 Mar 91 15:27:12 GMT References: Sender: usenet@cs.utwente.nl Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 39 In article jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (JasonCarlyle Williams) writes: >[...] >OK, so assuming this post works, I have a minor gripe about Translator >I am glad to see Translator 6.36 is now out... I dare say I'll send you >some spondulicks in due course... What's that, a spondulick ? >[...] >I have just converted quite a volume of Degas piccies. >I used 3 different versions of Translator on them, I think >5.34 (?), 5.70, and 6.24. > >5.34 does pretty well on Degas, usually getting them right >5.70 would corrupt the occasional line or group of lines with random > pixels. >6.24 didn't manage to get many right at all, outputting corrupt lines > and also inserting blank lines occasionally down most images. This is WEIRD. Degas has not been changed at all if I remember correctly. But I'll take your word for it. Guess it's got something to do with RL encoding : some coders continue RL series over line boundaries when the format specifically requires it *not* to. It's a pain in the ***. >I don't know if this problem has been fixed already, but I thought you >might be interested... Especially as the cure at present seems to be >reverting several versions back!! I need the piccies you fed it. Otherwise I can do *nothing*. Send them to kortink@cs.utwente.nl (uuencoded and compressed please). To whom it may concern : please stop assuming I have all formats in all possible 'configurations'. Always send the offending pics and you can be sure I'll look at it very quickly. Otherwise : fat chance. John Kortink (kortink@cs.utwente.nl) Wot, no SIG ? No, can't find it.