These applications are a result of my port of PNG libraries and PNG utilities.
Comments can be directed to: Mark Fleming <Markf@post.queensu.ca>
Compiled 68K applications:
pngCheck - test to see if file is a correct PNG file.
pngtest - test png library, requires "pngtest.png" file in the same folder as this application.
Compiled 68K & PPC applications:
PNG to TIFF converter - convert PNG file to TIFF files.
HISTORY
96-03-08 Added Finder Balloon help decription and set the file type and
file creator on the output file.
TIFF file type is: TIFF, and creator is: JPEG Viewer
95-08-29 Update to compile on the Macintosh computer
by Mark Fleming (RMF) <markf@post.queensu.ca>
95-03-10 Created by Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
<URL:http://www.piclab.com/piclab/index.html>
gif2png: convert GIF files to PNG files.
HISTORY
96-03-14 RMF Updated the file type to mactch the latest PNG file spec's.
PNG File type is: PNGf, and creator is: HTML Viewer
96-03-11 RMF Converted to use DropShell V2.0 shell and registered the application signature 'GPNG' to allow for Drag & Drop translation and AppleScript support for GIF to PNG file translation.
96-03-08 RMF Added Finder Balloon help decription and set the file type and
file creator on the output file.
PNG File type is: PiNG, and creator is: HTML Viewer
95-08-29 Update to compile on the Macintosh computer by
Mark Fleming (RMF) <markf@post.queensu.ca>
Copyright (C) 1995 Alexander Lehmann
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications (see below), and to alter it and
redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
4. Binary only distributions of the software must include the file README
with the copyright statement. You are welcome to add a copyright
statement for your modifications and a contact address, though.
Note that this program uses the LZW decompression algorithm, which due to
patent claims probably requires you to license if you use the algorithm
in a commercial program or distribute this program on a for-profit basis.
(See http://www.unisys.com)
Alexander Lehmann <alex@hal.rhein-main.de>
Macintosh Port by Mark Fleming <markf@post.queensu.ca>