ppm2AGA16

Short:        High quality ppm/JPEG to AGA converter
Author:       Guenther@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de
Uploader:     Guenther studbox uni-stuttgart de
Type:         gfx/pbm
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

This program converts ppm, pgm and pbm files to IFF-ILBM
with support for AGA graphics modes. Binaries to support
the JPEG file format are included. To convert other formats
you will need the NETPBM package available on Aminet.

History
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1.0 - 19-Apr-1994
    
    - first public release


1.1 - 5-May-1994

    - added -2 option
    - one-pass processing is now the default in HAM6/HAM8 mode
      (use the -2 option to get the same results as version 1.0)
    - added -D option to display the picture during processing
    - the documentation now contains my correct EMAIL-address


1.2 - 15-May-1994

    - autoscroll bug fixed (forgot to set the SA_Overscan Tagitem)
    - added -VGA option


1.3 - 4-June-1994
 
    - added -jpegAGA option for creating map-files for the program jpegAGA


1.4 - 6-October-1994

    - added support for the MAPDIR environment variable to be conformant with
      jpegAGA 1.1 or higher
    - you can now use Floyd-Steinberg dithering in the HAM8-mode
    - added -SMR option to let you choose the screenmode much better

1.5 - 19-November-1994

    - fixed a possible Enforcer hit
    - added option -b Name as needed by PhotoCDAGA

1.6 - 8-January-1995

    - the picture screen will be set to the background before closing it
    - pictures in HAM6 mode are now shown correctly on AGA machines
    - when HAM pictures are moved around the errors at the left side will be
      much smaller