Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!apple!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: atari to amiga to sun Keywords: atari, amiga, sun, iff Message-ID: <11449@well.UUCP> Date: 29 Apr 89 06:16:51 GMT References: <396@punjab.udev.cdc.com> <6968@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: Amazon Women On The Moon (amazon@luna.COM) Lines: 21 Quote: "The Plain Man's Guide to Alien Invasion." -- Avon In article <6968@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> cfchiesa@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Christopher Chiesa) writes: >I have just been reading IFF >documentation up the proverbial wazoo, found on FF #16. [ ... ] >I believe the disk also contains C source for routines to manipulate (i.e. >read, write, etc. etc.) IFF files for all sorts of entities including ILBM >bitmaps. > Ignore this code. It is write-only (i.e. unreadable) baroque gobbledegook. Unless you can understand it (which, from all indications, is doubtful), you will get nowhere with it. #define SHAMELESS_PLUG What's more, if I get my wish, that code will be officially declared as obsolete, and be replaced by the Ferguson/Schwab IFF parser. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor