On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 08:31:23PM -0400, kpneal@pobox.com wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 05:58:17PM -0500, Richard Rauch wrote:
> > I am not familiar with gifresize, but I vaguely recall seeing some old
> > references to GIF software removing the LZW compression, due to Unisys
> > patent claims.  That may be what you are seeing.  What were the
> > dimensions of the image after resizing?  (If you multiply the width
> > times the height, do you get anything close to the size of 24570 byte
> > filesize you wound up with?  (^&)
> > 
> > There are lots of better formats that GIF:
> > 
> >  IFF: Made GIF obsolete before GIF was even created.  (^&  Not
> >       widely used, and does not compress as well.
> 
> Specifically, IFF ILBM format. "InterLeaved BitMap"

Touche'.  (^&  Yes.


> There are other IFF formats that aren't pictures. (In case anyone
> gets confused on a google search). There was even an IFF patch format
> for binaries (updates to SAS/C on the Amiga used this, for example).

Really?  I don't remember that.  I remember FTXT, SHAM, 8SVX, a couple
of 3D formats, SMUS, ANIM, ...

Then again, I used Aztec C and DICE, not Lattice C-cum-SAS/C.



> Ah, memories.

They're not what they used to be.


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