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  1. Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.graphics:8161 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:32126
  2. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!psgrain!m2xenix!agora!robart
  4. From: robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob)
  5. Subject: Re: Dans uploaded OS/2 Screens SUCK!
  6. Message-ID: <BzqpEK.5o6@agora.rain.com>
  7. Organization: a gora
  8. References: <1992Dec15.135043.26904@usl.edu> <42598@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <BzFMs2.316@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
  9. Distribution: world 
  10. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:27:55 GMT
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  13. In article <BzFMs2.316@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
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  15. >Yes, there are DOS and OS/2 programs that show IFFs, like GWS, CSHOw
  16. >and a bunch of others.  But modern graphics programs are tryiing to cut
  17. >down on the standards mess by supporting BMP for windows/os2, GIF,
  18. >because it's a telecommunications standard (and it's not a PC
  19. >standard!), and a few others.  IFF doesn't fall into this category,
  20. >being proprietary and Amiga-geared.
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  22.  
  23.   IFF isn't proprietary, especially ILBM.
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