Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!purdue!gatech!hubcap!ghosh
From: ghosh@hubcap.UUCP (Amitava Ghosh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: compression algorithm used my MAC on macpaint documents
Message-ID: <1003@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 88 13:55:55 GMT
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Lines: 15
Keywords: macpaint, PackBits, compression

I believe that all macpaint documents are stored in compressed form.
I know how i can uncompress it on the Mac using UnPackBits routine.
I have a need , where I would like to do the uncompressing on the mainframe
after I have transferred the compressed document over (since it will reduce
the amount of data I would have to transfer). Can anyone tell me or point
me to a source where I can find out the compression algorithm. I have looked
in Inside Macintosh and I was unable to find any info. Also, does someone
have info on the format of the Macpaint document itself. 
 Thanks in advance for any info.

 Amitava Ghosh

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