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From: joe@ut-sally.UUCP (Joe Hitchens)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: MacPaint file compression scheme
Message-ID: <2545@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 20:54:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 20:54:23 1985
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Does anyone know the exact way that the Macpaint style picture files
are compressed and stored?
I know about the 512 byte header.  I want to know just how the bit-image
is compressed so I can create/read them manually WITHOUT packbits and
unpackbits.
Any help with this would be tremendously appreciated.

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(repeat: WITHOUT packbits & unpackbits!)