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- From: dave@admiral.uucp (Dave Litchman)
- Subject: Photochrome problem (was Re: GIF/RAW/RCS/SPC ETC.
- Organization: The Admiral's Unix System & The Grid BBS
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 07:09:49 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.070949.27227@admiral.uucp>
- References: <1992Dec16.154036.2457@sae.com> <20DEC92.17531573@meena.cc.uregina.ca> <1h554sINNge3@golem.wcc.govt.nz>
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- I snagged a copy of Pchrome 3.0 from a.a, and tried it out on my old 1040 ST
- (no e). Worked just fine, great in fact, even better than my old viewer,
- DigiSpec (and to think, I paid $50 for DigiSpec).
-
- But I wanted to see the 32k color mode. So, I trekked down to my "local" dealer
- (about 30-40 miles away) since he has an STe, plus he carries 'Migas, so I
- figured, great chance for a head to head comparison...
-
- Unfortunately, all I had in terms of pictures were old 256 color GIFs. Well,
- no problem, there was a 24 bit IFF on the 3000 they had set up. So, I got the
- salesguy to transfer it to a DOS-format disk, and I loaded it up. No go. It
- would display just a bunch o' garbage on the screen. So, I figure "Ok, it
- can only handle MOST IFF's, I guess not 24-bit ones...".
-
- So, we go back to the 3000, and convert the pic, via ADPro, into Targa format.
- This, I KNOW Pchrome can display. So, back to the STe,and load up. Still
- no dice. More garbage on the screen. Well, by now, the store was closing, so
- I had to leave.
-
- What's the deal? I can accept that it didn't do it in IFF format, the docs
- say it doesn't handle every one, but it's supposed to do Targa files, isn't
- it? I mean, the option is there on the screen!
-
- The machine I tried this on was a Mega4STe, in 8 Mhz mode. I tried it in
- 16 Mhz-buffered mode, but it wouldn't even display GIFs at that speed, not
- surprisingly.
-
-
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