Re: GRAPHICS BBS...why bother with JPEG anymore?

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From: MCCORMICK JOSHUA C
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 00:59

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From article <1993Jan7.200849.7021@brtph560.bnr.ca>, by ppaglia@bnr.ca (Peter Paglia P925):
> In the January 1993 issue of BOARDWATCH magazine, there is an
> ad for Fracterm BBS front-end software. Its claim to fame is 
> that is supports fractal image compression, and you can download 
> and display an svga image in 10-15 seconds, as a function of the
> front end software. This allows you to browse GIFs visually online, 
> and select your downloads from the images themselves, not just
> text descriptions. 

Actually, that was in there as well quite a number of months ago. How it works
is interesting. In order to compress the image, they use a plug-in card with
a processor on it running some compression software. As I remember, the card
was a little on the expensive side. But, once the image was compressed into
a fractal image, it could be viewed by anyone with little processor load.
It looked to be quite impressive, actually.
> 
> ....I do not speak for anyone!!!
> 
Not even yourself? [grin]
>  
> 
> 
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