Re: a problem with ASCGIF.EXE conversion program
From Scott E Gilbert <sco...@CS.Arizona.EDU>
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· 5 Feb 1994 20:23 · View full thread
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In article <cma...@netcom.com>, Mike Austin <cma...@netcom.com> wrote: >On Fri, 4 Feb 1994 16:04:43 GMT, Antoni S. Gozdz 21131 (ton...@nyquist..bellcore.com) wrote: >: Netters, > >: I was happy to receive, after a long search, ASCGIF.EXE v. 1.9, a >: GIF->ASCII conversion program. However, here is what happens when >: I try to run it on my Dell Dimension XPS/466V (16MB, QEMM 6.0): > >: Ascgif Ver 1.9 >: Signature = "GIF87a", Width = 1656, Height = 1723 >: Global colour map contains 2 entries. >: Not enough memory > >Same thing on my frinds IBM, but worked perfectly on my Amiga after I added >prototypes. > [.sig deleted] I'm really not an expert on this, but someone else asked this question a few weeks ago, and the response they got was that it depends whether your machine is big endian or little endian. There was a quick fix for he problem, but I have forgotten that (sorry...) Basically what it boils down to is that in one format the program tries to allocate WAY more memory than it needs because it is reading a number wrong. (Cheesy explanation, but like I said: I'm no expert.) Anyone else remember the article I'm referrig to several weeks ago in alt.ascii-art? Hope this is of some use. Have a good one. Please ignore the following: My brain dead newsread thinks it is doing the newsnets a favor by not letting me post notes that have more included text than new text. As such I have to write empty useless stuff like this in order to get anything relevant posted. [No flames please!] -- \\======= Scott Gilbert ========\\ \\ sco...@caslon.cs.arizona.edu \\ \\ sco...@gas.uug.arizona.edu \\ \\==============================\\
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