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Date:         Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:04:59 EDT
From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      New files on ftp.apple.com (fwd)

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:28:33 CDT
From: Steve Cisler <sac@apple.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@uhupvm1.bitnet>
Subject: New files on ftp.apple.com

----------------------------Original message----------------------------

New files to ftp from ftp.apple.com:
Thinking Robots
Smithsonian Images
=========================

Here are some new additions to the alug directory on ftp.apple.com
See the README file for the complete list.

alug/lita
size             date                file name
411443 Sep  8 11:25 Think.Robots.txt
520263 Sep  8 11:52 ThinkRobots.sit.hqx
543744 Sep  8 11:29 ThinkingRobots.bin

Three versions of the text from the Thinking Robots program at ALA
Summer 1992 including pieces by Bruce Sterling, Eric Lease Morgan
and many others.  Text, HyperCard stack for reading on a PowerBook
in binary format, and binhexed stack.

alug/Smith
total 63
-rw-r--r--  1 sac         25204 Sep  7 11:12 Chapman.txt
drwxr-xr-x  3 sac           512 May 13 17:21 apps
drwxr-xr-x  2 sac          1536 Aug 20 15:26 jfif
drwxr-xr--  2 sac          1536 Sep  7 10:37 jpeg
-rw-r--r--  1 sac         33284 May 15 09:04 jpeg-faq.txt

This directory contains sub-directories for Project Chapman,
the cooperative effort between the Smithsonian Institution and
the Apple Library of Tomorrow. The goal is to make available
images from the Smithsonian Prints and Photographs Division
using JPEG file compression and different browsing applications.
Included are descriptions of various programs as well as
sample images. More images will be added later.---

apps
total 3
-rw-r-----  1 sac          1755 May 13 17:21 alchemy.txt
drwxr-xr-x  2 sac           512 May 13 17:21 hypercard

alchemy.txt contains information about an application
for browsing JPEG/JFIF files. For DOS and Sun users.

hypercard is a directory containing a package of three
Hypercard stacks, ImageBrowser, JFIF stack, MakeJFIF.
These have been compacted and binhexed. Use with
HyperCard 2.1.

ChapmanCat.bin is a catalog of the images in HyperCard
format. Binary file.
ChapmanCat.sit.hqx is the binhexed version.

ImageBrowser allows you to browse JFIF images over a
TCP/IP network (if you are using MacTCP) or over an
AppleTalk network. The other two can be used to make
various conversions: from JPEG to JFIF (including uuencoding)
or from JFIF to JPEG. The images may be viewed, saved,
and PICT files can be compressed.

-----
Steve Cisler
Apple Library
sac@apple.com

"Beat your swords into joysticks!"--Spokesdroid for the
Military Infotainment Complex

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