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From: unpowell@csvax.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Screen Saver?
Message-ID: <641@csvax.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Apr 88 15:36:03 GMT
References: <1524@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
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Organisation: Computer Science CSVAX (VAX1), Liverpool University


In article <1524@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, ccs011@vega.ucdavis.edu (Bill Frazer) writes:
> 
>     I was wondering if any of you could tell me where I could find
>   the specs on Dega files, or, if its not too much trouble, send
>   me a description.  Better yet, if anyone has some C source
>   (preferably Megamax, but its not neccessary) that will save the screen
>   to a Degas file please send it to me!        
> 

	A Degas file (without animation data) is 32034 bytes long. The last
32000 bytes is the actual screen image. The first 34 bytes are the resolution
and the pallettes.
	The first word of these bytes is the resolution (0,1 or 2) and the
next 32 words are the pallette registers 0 to 15.
	I don't the format of the compressed files.

C source? ... Yeuch!

        	Mark Powell
	
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