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- GifBlast for The Amiga
-
- With the arrival of the AGA chip set, GIF is rapidly becoming a popular
- file format on the Amiga. So naturally, it is important to be able to
- archive these files as efficiently as possible. And where raw file
- compression is concearned, nothing comes close to GifBlast (~30% on
- average).
-
- While browsing through the days load of new files on my favourite BBS, I
- stumbled into the source code for this popular PC program, so I decided to
- prepare a version for the Amiga. This is the result. Finally, Amiga users
- can enjoy the benefits of loss-less GIF compression!
-
- There are two versions enclosed in this archive. One for plain 68000
- machines, and one for those with more processor power (68020 or higher).
- You can get an overview of the syntax for GifBlast by entering "GifBlast"
- on its own. As of yet there is no GUI frontend for the program, nor is it
- particulary useful for WB users.
-
- Please note that I make no representations whatsoever, as to the usability
- of these executables, as I did not write any of the source code. I simply
- compiled the existing source program with my own C compiler, to obtain an
- Amiga executable. However, I have tested GifBlast on my own [68040]
- system, and it performs very well.
-
- Oh, one final note: Arm yourself with a lot of patience. Unless you have
- at least a 030 running at a decent speed, you can expect some quite
- staggering compression and decompression times. GifBlast isn't exactly the
- worlds fastest program :-)
-
- Happy crunching!
-
- (Sysops, please leave this message in the archive, so that new users will
- know the background of the Amiga version of GifBlast)
-
- -Michael Berg, 2:230/816.8@FidoNet
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