Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!cbmnlux!ecl001!ajbrouw From: ajbrouw@ecl001.UUCP (Albert-Jan Brouwer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: PBMplus support utilities Message-ID: Date: 12 May 91 18:45:57 GMT References: <1991May11.150332.470@news.iastate.edu> Organization: Pelt Computers Lines: 34 In article <1991May11.150332.470@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: >In article , ajbrouw@ecl001.UUCP (Albert-Jan Brouwer) writes: > > >I've uploaded 24toPPM and PPMto24, as well as a PPM previewer, to > >ab20.larc.nasa.gov. The archive is called ppm.lzh. > >Could you also post the source codes for these programs? I use PBMPlus >on UNIX systems and transfer the output files to my Amiga, because the >DECstations allow me to convert images that are much bigger than my A500 >can handle. I'm sorry. They've been implemented them in assembly. Sure, C (and soon perhaps C++) is the way to go, but over the years we built this really nice development environment with resource tracking, care free error reporting, transparent buffered file I/O, etc. etc. This makes it easy to churn out small tools/programs like these eventhough it's assembly. > If I had an A3000 with 12M of memory, that would be a different story, > but I do not have such a system Note that the conversion is "streamed", it doesn't require a lot of memory, only lots of disk-space. > / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / >/ ISU COM S Student | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU / -- Albert-Jan Brouwer "It is bad luck to be superstitious." Pelt Computers OudeDelft 121, 2611 BE Delft, The Netherlands Tel: +31 15 143824 FAX +31 15 146916 UUCP hp4nl!cbmnlux!ecl001!ajbrouw