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From: john@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: PackBits, what does it do?
Message-ID: <885@viper.Lynx.MN.Org>
Date: 6 May 88 07:39:33 GMT
References: <29435@aero.ARPA> <1026@redwood.UUCP> <9173@reed.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (John Stanley)
Organization: DynaSoft Systems
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  I'd appreceate information on what exactly the PackBits format is.
Don't bother telling me it's used to compress data, I already know
that.  What I need to know is -how-it-works-.

  I want to write some tools to read/write mac compatable compressed
files on other computers....

  Thanks....

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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