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From: don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Mac file types
Message-ID: <17338@chopin.udel.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 16:57:35 GMT
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In article <128@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:
>I've seen many utilities on the IBM to convert various formats, INCLUDING PICT
>(although that one's a bit hard!). If you guys don't have enough developers
>to have support for foreign file formats, don't complain about Macs in general.
>How many machines have support for Amiga file formats? Relatively few, because
>there is much less need for file format compatibility with such a small user
>base. That is the prime factor.

     There are are a number of graphics conversion utilities available for
the Amiga.  Art Department, ADPro, and the one that comes with the HAM-E
graphics board are ones that come to mind, as well as a number of
PD packages.
	 As far as other platforms using IFF - IBM's already use it, due mainly to
the existence of the IBM version of DPaint.  However, I read recently about
a proposed multimedia file exchange standard which is oddly similar to IFF...



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