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From: wales@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales)
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Subject: Re: PC Paint file format needed
Keywords: File format for PC-Paint needed
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Date: 12 May 88 03:06:53 GMT
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In article <1241@csun.UUCP> mst@csun.UUCP (Mike Temkin) writes:

    I am looking for the format that PC-Paint stores its pictures in.
    I seem to recall that it uses run length encoding, but I do not
    remember the exact format.  Any help (pointers) are appreciated.

Microsoft makes this information freely available for the asking.  I
called them a while back, and they sent me a floppy with the documen-
tation for the Paintbrush and Show Partner file formats.

(I am assuming that Microsoft Paintbrush and "PC-Paint" are the same
program, or different versions of the same program.  If this is not so,
I apologize for having wasted this net.bandwidth. :-{)

I e-mailed Mike a copy of this stuff.  It is rather long, so I hesitate
to post it to the net, but I'm willing to *mail* it to people who *mail*
me requests.

(*Please* mail to one of the addresses in my signature; automatic
replying via the "Path:" line probably will *not* work!  You have been
warned!!)

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