Re: jpeg viewers

[o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (mark lyon)]

Michael Elliott (cv985@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:

: john flanders (jef@islandnet.com) writes:
: > Are there any jpeg image viewers for double hi rez on a apple2e?  I've got
: > a gif viewer, but I have to convert a jpeg to gif on a PC (yukk) before I
: > can look at it
: > 

: There are several options- you can convert them using a shell application
: called Jpegv6, but you need a shell app like Orca. Or, there is a viewer
: called JpeGS - it does a pretty good job viewing them, but you can't save
: the file into another format- one handy feature with this program is that
: if you click on a Jpeg file in the Finder, JpeGS is loaded. I think it is
: available at ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu. There have been rumors I think
: that  new version of the SuperConvert program will support Jpegs.
: -Michael

Unfortunately, none of these options will work on a //e.  I'm afraid
that converting the jpeg to a gif elsewhere, then viewing the gif 
with the //e is the only way to go.  Besides, decoding a jpeg would
be even more painfully slow on the //e than it is on the GS :(

Mark Marr-Lyon
o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu

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