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- This is a quick port of the Portable Bit Map + package to the
- Atari ST. Because of the original size of the full package it has been
- trimmed and clipped down to the smallest fully functional set of programs.
- It is quit possible, and most likely, that each user will trim it down at
- least by a factor of 3 for his/her particular implementation.
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- Most of the package has been tested and found to be fully
- functional on a 4 meg 1040. I ran all the programs successfully using a
- Bash shell window under Gemini V1.1 (eagerly awaiting V1.2). With all
- my accessories installed and a large Bash, I have about 3 meg free. The only
- that ran out of memory was PNMROTATE, but the most common rotation is by 90
- degrees and this can be done in nearly no memory by using PNMFLIP -r90.
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- I did not include any Laser Printer support do to lack of space,
- but if people need something from the PBM+ package that I left out
- (there is a lot) then either compile it up from the sources or drop me a
- note. By the way this way compiled on a Sparc 1 using Jwahar's GCC 1.39!
- Howevere there seemed to be a bit of trouble handling I/O redirection with
- binary files using gnu.olb PL58 , so I used Edgar Roeder's RTL, which works
- flawlessly, but gives larger executables.
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- An example of creating a image suitable for printing on an epson
- compatible dot matrix printer from say a gif file would be as follows.
- 1. giftoppm cat.gif >cat.ppm
- 2. ppmtopgm cat.ppm >cat.pgm
- 3. pgmtopbm cat.pgm >cat.pbm
- 4. pbmtoepson cat.pbm >cat.eps
- then dump cat.eps to your printer.
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- --or--
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- 1. giftoppm cat.gif | ppmtopgm | pgmtopbm | pbmtoepson >cat.eps
- then dump cat.eps to your printer.
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- These programs are memory hogs, and can generate huge files,
- so 4 meg is best, also a very fast hardisk is recommended. I use a Syquest
- with no problem. By the way the fcontenst of teh archives are
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- 1. pbm-bin.zoo - binaries of the Portable Bitmap part of the PBM+package
- 2. pgm-bin.zoo - binaries of the Portable Greymap part of the PBM+package
- 3. pnm-bin.zoo - binaries of the Portable Anymap part of the PBM+package
- 4. ppm-bin.zoo - binaries of the Portable Pixelmap part of the PBM+package
- 5. pbm-man.zoo - man pages for all of the above.
- 6. pbm-readme - this file.
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- Scott Kolodzieski
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- scott@sparc1.stevens-tech.edu
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