HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cshort@nmsu.edu (Spmg*d, Lord of Potted Meat Product)
Subject: iff24 to ppm/pgm/pbm or anything
Organization: Computing Research Lab
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:50:31 GMT


hey, are there any utilities to go from iff24 (24 bit ilbm) to
anything usuable on the un*x end. pgm/ppm/whatever....

any clues would be most appreciated.

c.
--

                                                                      |S
  |------------------------|                                          |P
  |don't fear the hippie   |-------------------------------           |L
  |he's got mind control-dm|    spamgod is: cshort@crl.nmsu.edu       |E     
  |------P|-----i was driving at the speed of light and turned on my  |E
         E|   headlights. the light piled up on my windshield like----|N ----|
         A|   wet toilet paper.            ----------------|Yak Cheese Abuser|
	 C|				                   |-----------------|
         E|
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: lakin@Csli.stanford.edu (Fred Lakin)
Subject: Why does xloadimage mung the color map for each image, but xv doesn't?
Organization: Stanford University CSLI
Distribution: alt.graphics.pixutils
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 04:14:11 GMT

Another in the dumb question series. 

I can have many xv viewer windows lying around, each displaying a
different gif or jpg file. All images look OK. But with multiple
xloadimage viewers, each seems to need a different colormap. The
result is that the xloadimage window which is the current focus looks
OK, but all the visible pieces of other image windows [either xv or 
xloadimage] look psychedelic ...

How come?

much tnx,
-f

lakin@csli.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: wiggins@raedwald.cs.odu.edu (Samuel E Wiggins)
Subject: MPEG
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:56:19 GMT

Anyone know where I can get software to display MPEG format animations via
ftp?  Is it freeware, shareware, commercial,... what?
Thanks.
From: janp@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jan-Pieter Tevel)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: Re: word perfect pic conversion software?!?!
Keywords: wpg to whatever?!
Date: 30 Sep 92 10:30:22 GMT

almquist@chopin.udel.edu (Squish) writes:

>Anyone know or have any converts to convert to and from WPG format?  Like
>convert to and from GIF, PIC, WPG, PS, etc etc etc.  Thanks!

I would like to know that too. I know of several programs that
can handle Wp-bitmap, but I want a program that can handle
Wp-vector too.

Jan-Pieter
---
        "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Your Monitor !!!"
        Eindhoven University Of Technology   The Netherlands
                   E-Mail : janp@stack.urc.tue.nl
        "Gweetings, qwazy wabbits"       "More Mail, Please"
                       Cuidado para EL-TIGRE
From: rwed@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (N7YVM)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: Re: Bitmap Formats
Date: 30 Sep 92 00:45:11 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization

In article <BvB1tD.q5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> duff@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>I was hoping that someone on this group could help me locate some common
>file formats, such as .BMP, TIFF, and GIF.  If anyone could direct me, would
>you please?

TIFF Revision 6.0 (Final - June 3,1992) is available from the developers,
Aldus Corporation. 
For a copy of the TIFF 6.0 specification, it says, call (206) 628-6593.
Also gives a couple of addresses if you're so inclined.
Aldus Corporation
411 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104-2871
CI$: GO ALDSVC message section #10
Applelink: Aldus Developers Icon

Ive puzzled out much of the bmp format and gif format from hex dumps, 
but Am interested in finding the official specs too... 

Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: almquist@chopin.udel.edu (Squish)
Subject: word perfect pic conversion software?!?!
Summary: any converts?
Keywords:  wpg to whatever?!
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 18:14:29 GMT

Anyone know or have any converts to convert to and from WPG format?  Like
convert to and from GIF, PIC, WPG, PS, etc etc etc.  Thanks!

- mike
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick)
Subject: Re: Word Perfect pic conversion software
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 10:19:50 GMT

Graphcnv which comes with WordPerfect handles many formats, a number of
which PBMplus can read and write.  graphcnv /h will give you a quick
rundown of options.  (graphcnv -h in the unix version)

                            Jim Lick		       
Work: University of California	| Play: 1236 Camino Meleno
      Santa Barbara		|       Santa Barbara, CA 93111-1007
      Dept. of Mechanical Engr. |	(805) 964-2088 voice/msg
      2311 Engr II Building     |	(805) MUD-SPY1 data
      (805) 893-4113            |       jim@tcp.com
      jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu	| This space intentionally left blank
From: rrosen@cesl.rutgers.edu (Robert Rosenbaum)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: pbmtog3
Summary: difficulty using pbmtog3 from pbm utils
Keywords: g3 fax convert pbm
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:36:04 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


	I wish to use pbmtog3 program to create faxes, but I am
having difficulty.  The files created with the command "pbmtog3
foo.pbm > foo.g3" produces a file which is not recognized by xv,
xloadimage, display (ImageMagick), or my fax modem.  To date, the
only thing I found which recognizes this file is g3topbm, which
recreates foo.pbm in the wrong size and with white space to the right.
I was under the impression that a g3 is a class of TIFF file, and that
better TIFF viewers should be able to display g3's.  Indeed, I have
been able to view faxes received by my faxmodem with TIFF viewers,
but these programs will not show g3's created by pbmtog3.

	What am I doing wrong?  do I need to prepend a header of some
kind?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Rob
rrosen@caip.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: walrath@faw.uni-ulm.de (Wayne K. Walrath)
Subject: Re: Would like PCX and TIFF image formats
Organization: FAW (Research Institute For Applied Knowledge Processing, Ulm, Germany)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 08:43:33 GMT

In article <92265.154246F0O@psuvm.psu.edu>, <F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
|>    Well, the subject line pretty much says it all :-).  I'd like to get
|> my hands on the specs for the PCX and TIFF formats.  I've heard they are
|> available on the net.  Could some kind soul please tell me where to
|> find them?
|> 
|>                                                              [Tim]
Try looking at zamenhof.cs.rice.edu in pub/graphics.formats 
The last I recall they had both PCX and the final TIFF 6.0 specs.

-wayne
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: mpd48941@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Duff)
Subject: BMP format
Summary: BMP format
Reply-To: duff@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 03:31:57 GMT

I'm sorry, but I just realized that I lied in my last post.  I don't, in fact,
have the BMP format on file anymore.  Sorry if I got your hopes up.

Duff

Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: tomw@stephanie.megatek.uucp (Tom Wright)
Subject: Re: Dithering of Bitmaps
Reply-To: megatek!tomw@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:35:32 GMT

In article <1992Oct3.115734.10067@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de> WRANA@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Wrana Claus) writes:
>I'm interested in algorythms for dithering gray scaled Bitmaps.
>It would be nice if anybody in this group could give me some
>hints about literature that covers my problem
>
>Thanks
>  Claus Wrana, University of ULM

i don't have the exact citation, but there was a good article by knuth (sp?)
in "transaction on graphics" roughly 3-4 years ago that started out with a
nice overview on dithering gray scaled bitmaps. then it went on to describe
good ways to output gray scaled images on laser printers (which are not
continuous tone). the issue has a dithered mona lisa on the cover if you
have open stacks at your library.

regards,
tom

Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: jmeijeri@cs.ruu.nl (Jack Meijerink)
Subject: BMP format
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:01:19 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
Keywords: BMP


Hello,

Can someone tell me how the BMP format is? I know that there's a 16,256,16M
color format and that the data is not compressed. I also found the bytes that
tell the width and height. But what are those other bytes, how do I know what
format the picture is in and where starts the data?

Please reply by e-mail.

Thanks,
Jack

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                           | "The three most dangerous things in the world |
| Jack Meijerink            | are a programmer with a soldering iron,       |
|                           | a hardware type with a program patch and      |
| jmeijeri@praxis.cs.ruu.nl | a user with an idea."                         |
|                           |          _The Wizardry Compiled_ by Rick Cook |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: "david anjo" <david.anjo@canrem.com>
Subject: framegrabbers
Reply-To: "david anjo" <david.anjo@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: alt
Date: 4 Oct 92 22:16:07 EST

Original Subject... FRAMEGRABBERS  At 17:43 On 10-04-92

RE: Frame Grabbers, recommended, etc.

PM>>Has there been an exhaustive list of framegrabbers posted within
PM>>the last little while? If so, could someone please send it to me.
PM>>If not, please reply with your recommendations and experiences and
PM>>I will compile and repost the results.

I've been using Digital Vision's Computer Eyes family of products for 
about four years now. Started with the B&W, moved up to the Pro and have 
been using the R/T for about half of that time.

Relatively inexpensive (under 500 Canadian), simple installation (multiple 
IRQ and addresses available), clean 8 bit and better captures (I work 
almost exclusively in 24 bit). Supports most popular video sub-systems 
(including Tseng Hi and True Color variants), either RCA or S-Video input 
and works in DOS or Windows 3.x. Even has multiple frame capture 
capability (via CINE utility); no 30 fps (more like 8 bit, 10-15 fps), but 
more than acceptable.

Support is excellent (live, CI$ or their own BBS). All in all, certainly 
better than entry level, fully capable of professional results.

17:14  04/10/92  David Anjo
                 david.anjo@canrem.com

--- WinQwk 2.0b#285
--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 20:25:16 EDT
From: <GNR100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: MPEG FOR DOS

  Where can I get a MPEG player thet runs under MSDOS?  I tried MPEGXING,
but it crashed.
      Can anyone help?

      Gordon Rogers
         gnr100@psuvm.psu.edu
From: tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: File Format Questions: READ THE FAQ
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:31:12 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

C'mon guys, try exerting a little effort before you bother the entire world
with a question.  If you consulted either the alt.graphics.pixutils or the
comp.graphics FAQ articles, you'd find out that a wide variety of file
format documents are available for FTP.  See attached extract from the
most recent comp.graphics FAQ.

				regards, tom lane

----------------

8) Format documents for TIFF, IFF, BIFF, NFF, OFF, FITS, etc.

You almost certainly don't need these.  Read the above item 7 on free
image manipulation software.  Get one or more of these packages and
look through them.  Chances are excellent that the image converter you
were going to write is already there.  But if you still want one of the
format documents, many such files are available by anonymous ftp from
zamenhof.cs.rice.edu in directory pub/graphics.formats.  It is also
mirrored at ftp.cosy.sbg.ac.at in dir /pub/mirror/file-formats/graphic.

These files were collected off the net and are believed to be correct.
This archive includes pixel formats, and two- and three-dimensional object
formats.  The future of this archive is uncertain at the moment, as Mark
Hall <foo@cs.rice.edu> will apparently no longer be maintaining it.

A second graphics file format archive is now being actively maintained
by Quincey Koziol (koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu).  The latest version exists at
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in /misc/file.formats/graphics.formats.  Apparently,
neither of these is complete, you might want to check both.

FITS stands for Flexible Image Transport System, it's an image file
format most often used in astronomy.  Refer to the sci.space FAQ for
more information if needed.
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
From: borchert@walt.MsState.Edu (Chris Borchert)
Subject: General purpose scaling routine
Organization: /home/grad/borchert/.organization
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:55:17 GMT

I am looking for a general purpose scaling algorithm.  We have one to do major
and minor tick marks on a time vs. freq graph, but in extreme cases of
picture compression or expansion, the ticks are on top of each other or miles
apart.  I know that lots of graphics programs use such algorithms, but is there
a really good one out there that could be integrated into someone else's code?
Maybe its stand-alone, or maybe part of another program?

Any suggestions will be appreciated, 
Chris Borchert
borchert@CS.MsState.Edu
--
Chris Borchert
borchert@CS.MsState.Edu
Newsgroups: alt.graphics,alt.binaries.pictures,alt.binaries.pictures.d,comp.graphics
From: bruce@ncs.com (Bruce E. Parkin)
Subject: Need Maps of the World/US/States
Organization: National Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 19:57:38 GMT

I am going to be working on an X GUI project that will involve
displaying maps of the world and several countries, at different
scales and detail and complexity. 

Can anyone tell me where I can find maps in an image format
such as GIF or other standard, or does anyone have what I am
looking for stored away on there disk and be willing to share
them with me? 

And/or C code drawing some basic outline maps in Xlib? 

Color would be best, but I'd be interested in bitone also.

Thanks in advance. Please reply via e-mail since we do not
subscribe to all of the News groups this is being posted to.
By the same token I apologize if I have posted this to the
wrong News group by accident.

Bruce E. Parkin
bruce@ncs.com
	or
uunet!ncsys!bruce

Xref: sparky alt.graphics:364 comp.sys.mac.misc:17223
From: marcus@westminster.ac.uk (Marcus Harvey)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: graphic design newsgroup???
Keywords: need an argument settled
Date: 30 Sep 92 11:34:09 GMT
Organization: University of Westminster

In article <BuwBw5.Atu@cs.dal.ca> graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) writes:
>where is the best place to post graphic design questions and articles?
>I can't find any obvious groups in the listing (of all groups).
>thanks
>mike
>-- 
>**************************************************************************
>Bjork sounds so good, that if I were a singer trying to make a living today    
>I'd shoot myself in desperation of ever equalling her  -  Barbara Ellen, NME

Seems to me that a group like this needs setting up 'toot sweet'.

Marcus Harvey, University of Westminster IRS
JANET: marcus@uk.ac.westminster
INTERNET: marcus%westminster.ac.uk@ukacrl

                                                          ...Bubble Up!
From: olga@csiatl.Gwinnett.COM (olga from the volga)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
Subject: Re: Stranger in my driveway; license search
Date: 2 Oct 92 11:06:08 GMT

axman@acadia.Kodak.COM (Mike Axman) writes:

> 
> I know that the issue of determining someone's identity from their license
> plate has been discussed at length here, but I didn't pay close attention
> because I never expected to need the info :-(
> Well, now I think I do; here's the story.  
> As I was spending a leisurely day at home yesterday, feeding the baby, a 
> gentleman pulled into my driveway and proceeded to take a picture of my 
> house (without leaving his car).  I could not think of any legitimate reason
> why he should be doing this and quickly jotted down his license number as 
> he drove away.  I wanted to run out and confront him, but had my hands full 
> of hungry baby :-)
> 
> In the state of New York, what are my options for trying to determine his 
> identity and why he is photographying my home?
> 
> I realize this goes against the grain with many of you, but hey, he 
> violated my privacy first; I just want to call him up and find out why.
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Axman  
> CD-Imaging Advanced Development
> Eastman Kodak Company
> axman@kodak.com
> 
> 
> DISCLAIMER:
> Kodak gives me this Net access for free, but they aren't 
> responsible for my postings.


Why didn't you call the police at once.  He came into your driveway?  
He was trespassing!

olga@csiatl.gwinnett
YOW!
From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
Subject: DMV and Privacy
Date: 4 Oct 1992 11:54:52 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


   I can't quite believe this is happening but I just read 
 about it:

  A bill has passed both Assembly and Senate here in
  California and is waiting for governor signature that
  allows the DMV to =sell= information about all
  drivers in the state, =including=

   name, mailing address and residence address

  to a list of commercial direct mail marketing companies,
  who are then to =promise= not to let any of this
  information out into other hands.

  Tell me this is a bad dream, please.
  The bill is AB2543 and I will look up the exact wording.
  How does this help anti-stalking precautions?

-- 
Capt. Kirk: let's head for that planet, third from the sun, it
            looks promising.... |-)
From: mikew@apple.com (Mike Wiese)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
Subject: SSN required to get drivers license in CA?
Date: 29 Sep 92 07:36:15 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
X-Xxdate: Tue, 29 Sep 92 08:35:57 GMT
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6ED556DD0010C85@wiese.apple.com>

I recently moved to California and the application form for a drivers
license quotes some federal and state laws which they claim allows the
state to require your SSN to get a license.

Can someone please explain why and if this is legal?

mike
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
From: paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul Pomes - UofIllinois CSO)
Subject: Re: Stranger in my driveway; license search
Reply-To: Paul-Pomes@uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:30:56 GMT

tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:

>In any case, you can take the license plate number over to the same
>place you go to get your driver's license/license plates and pay a small
>fee to get the owner information. Here in Illinois, it's the Secretary
>of State's office. Incidentally, we have a new law here which requires a
>several day (10?) waiting period between the time of the request and the
>time it is granted, during which the owner of the vehicle is notified
>that the request has been made. This is part of the recent "anti-
>stalking" laws Illinois has passed in response to the Rebecca Schaeffer
>murder. A good idea, IMHO, but it would be even better if they would
>simply not give out the information AT ALL. :-(

At one time I looked into obtaining a machine-readable copy of all Illinois
DMV records.  It isn't too hard for another state institution, just 
expensive.  It would have been interesting to put the license plate values,
conveniently indexed by SSN, into our local ph (electronic white pages)
server as an indexed (searchable) field.

Unfortunately the state doesn't like competition.  It wants the exclusive
right to make the information available to third parties.  

/pbp
-- 
"A well-schooled electorate, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the People to keep and read Books shall not be infringed."
	-- J. Neil Schulman
From: howard@titan.hal.com (Howard Gayle)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
Subject: Easier to rent $2200 lens than video
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:59:37 GMT
Reply-To: howard@hal.com (Howard Gayle)
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc., Campbell, California
NNTP-Posting-Host: titan.hal.com

I just rented a Hasselblad 120 CF lens from a local camera
store.  This lens currently sells for $2214 new in New York.
All the stored wanted was my name, address, phone number, and a
credit card.  They didn't ask for any other ID, nor did they
try to verify my address or phone number.
--
Howard Gayle
HAL Computer Systems, Inc.
1315 Dell Avenue
Campbell, California 95008
USA
howard@hal.com
Phone: +1 408 379 7000 extension 1080
FAX  : +1 408 379 5022
Newsgroups: alt.privacy,alt.society.civil-liberty,misc.legal
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Most Corrupt Federal Law Enforcement Agency?
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 14:50:37 GMT


What is your definition of "corrupt"?  Do you mean they don't follow
their own rules?  Or do you mean simply *evil* from the word Go?

Which one(s) (if any) *never* initiate the use of force?  They aren't
evil.  Which one(s) (all?) do?  They *are* evil.
The I.R.S. is an organization _solely_ dedicated to the initiatory use
of force for purposes of extorting money from those who *earned* it (by
producing product(s) or providing service(s) of value to a _willing_
consumer population).  As such, it is thoroughly Evil, though it may not
necessarily be corrupt.
Most of the other agencies at least in part concern themselves with
protecting people's rights.  The I.R.S. can make no such claim, because no
one is entitled, by right, to the fruits of the labors of another.
If you kill an I.R.S. agent, you are performing a public service, are not
a threat to society, and if I'm on your jury at the [unnecessary] murder
trial which would follow, you'll walk, with my thanks.

-JTT
From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
Subject: Re: evading phone taps
Date: 6 Oct 1992 08:51:45 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


  Mr. Ward, you have certainly written a fascinating scenario.

One question I have (am a neophyte)...why does posting an
  RSA public key on radio or Internet
  =preclude= FBI, NSA, etc from the discovering the
  content of subsequent communications?

-- 
Capt. Kirk: let's head for that planet, third from the sun, it
            looks promising.... |-)
Xref: sparky alt.privacy:1883 alt.society.civil-liberty:6048 misc.legal:17721
Newsgroups: alt.privacy,alt.society.civil-liberty,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Most Corrupt Federal Law Enforcement Agency?
From: jherndo@eis.calstate.edu (John Herndon)
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 18:05:36 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:
> Immediate Candidates include the DEA, CIA, FBI, Dept of Justice(by
> virtue of the INSLAW Case), FPSA (Federal Protective Services Agency),
> IRS. Feel free to add to the list. I vote for DEA myself.
> 

DEA... no way.. check into the FBI or Secret Service... There you will
find who plays dirty... and who doesn't...  

Newsgroups: alt.privacy