Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!peregrine!zardoz!dhw68k!macintosh From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.mac Subject: Macintosh Technical Notes - 171 _PackBits Data Format Message-ID: <21730@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: 3 Apr 89 03:00:30 GMT Sender: macintosh@dhw68k.cts.com Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 129 Approved: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) [Macintosh Technical Notes - 171 _PackBits Data Format - 2/89] This Technical Note describes the format of data packed by the Toolbox utility _PackBits. Although you can simply unpack these files using the _UnPackBits call, we provide this information here for the terminally curious and for those manipulating MacPaint documents or PICT files by hand. Warning: This information is subject to change. 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