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From: hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: An Amiga Conversion Facility (2 of 3) LONG!
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.190208.5779@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Date: 18 Apr 91 19:02:08 GMT
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Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington
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In article <1813@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes:
>In article <791@tnc.UUCP> m0154@tnc.UUCP (GUY GARNETT) writes:
>>           A Conversion Utility for the Amiga (Part 2 of ?)
>>            (A modest proposal from "Wildstar"; 200 lines)
>
>This is all very nice. But it has already been done. Why do it
>again?
   
    But Perry, the current implementations of this type of program is
neither PD nor are there specs for TADPRO modules. I see this type of
program to be very useful for the average person that can pay the
bucks for a commercial program.

    I see this as a very programmable "engine: for automatic file
conversion. I could write a front end in let's say CanDo! that would
display IFF pics. Now the program could redily display ANY picture
type if there exists a conversion module to port to IFF. Or as a
simple PD version of xxxPRO. We might not have 4Cast RIP modules or
even TARGA ones, but we could do IFF types, Postscript and FTXT.

   There will prolly be some "special" cases. For POSTSCRIPT we could
use Adrian Aaylwards POST.library and for DCTV we could use the
DCTV.library that was just put up on BIX. And perhaps at a later date
we could adapt it to support "Active regions" in the new graphically
oriented version of EMACS that is being worked on.

  PD software seems to me to be the most satisfying form of artistic
expression ......


>Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.''



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 adam hill --  hill@evax.uta.edu        ASOCC - University of Texas at UTA
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