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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2833.0. "IFF -> IBM PC?" by CARTUN::BELL () Mon Aug 14 1989 23:09

    Yet another Network search problem.
    
    Can anyone point me to an IFF -> IBM PCjunior
                              IFF -> IBM PC
                              IFF -> IBM PC/AT
    
    	converter?
    
    I have a friend who wants to see some of my pictures.
    
    --mikie--
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2833.1BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonTue Aug 15 1989 15:3118
    you need to provide a little more info...
    
    what kind of graphics adapters do the PC and PC/AT have?
    (MDA,CGA,Hercules,EGA,VGA)
    
    Can the PCjr do any of those?
    
    Previous notes describe various attempts to do that, success depends
    on what kind of IFF picture files you want to view since there isn't
    an exact match for the Amiga modes in the ibmpc graphics adapters.
    
    I use PCVIEW, it displays in EGA mode (16 colors out of a palette
    of 64, 640x350).  It is on a recent fish disk.  Comes with MANDRIL.LBM
    which is IFF 640x400, 16 colors.
    
    -Dave
    p.s. IFF can store a lot more than just pictures, but from the context
    I assumed you were only referring to the picture format.
2833.2More info...and questionsGIAMEM::I_SHAWI love rainchecks...Wed Aug 16 1989 11:3620
>    what kind of graphics adapters do the PC and PC/AT have?
>    (MDA,CGA,Hercules,EGA,VGA)

	He has EGA.
    
>    I use PCVIEW, it displays in EGA mode (16 colors out of a palette
>    of 64, 640x350).  It is on a recent fish disk.  Comes with MANDRIL.LBM
>    which is IFF 640x400, 16 colors.

	Does this work on the Amiga or the IBM?  I would assume the IBM because
it's pretty stupid to have your Amiga display pictures meant to be displayed
on an IBM, which were converted from the Amiga in the first place.

	So is PCView an IBM execute file?  Can I port in down to his IBM and 
then run it, or is it in source and has to be compiled?

	How well is the picture converted (good quality)?

thanks,
--mikie--
2833.3BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonWed Aug 16 1989 11:548
    I believe it it part source and part object code you can link with,
    in addition to having the ibm exe file.
    
    It tries to display in 16 color EGA mode.  HAM IFF pics look awful
    in that mode.
    
    -Dave