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Non-Mac PICT Parsing?

    06-Mar-91 08:21:16
Fm: Ed Ludwig 71210,1545
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
Dear Mr. Syndesis Corp, Opcode 0x009a and 0x009b are the new opcodes DirectBits and DirectBitsRgn (respectively) that were added to support 32-Bit direct rgb pixel maps. These are described in the documentation for 32-Bit QuickDraw. I guess it was intended by Apple that these opcodes would be self-terminating (0x000000ff) because the information (32-Bit direct rgb pixel maps) would be pretty much useless to anyone not expecting it. Ed Ludwig, Abbott Systems Read action !re Enter reply. (/EXIT when done) 1: Where did you ge tt this information? It sounds like thn order to intpererpret PICT 2: an d partcicularly PICT2 on a non-Mac, I'm going to need to know abou 3: t some of these 'reserved' opcodes like $009A. WhI'm curio 4: us – if PICT handling is done somewhat transparently 5: on inside a Mac program, then how are y'all able to answer m 6: y questions about the details of PICTs on disk? 7: /post Message # 41247 posted