🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: sci.image.processing
Article #148

Re: More what's happening - image compression

#148
From: Stu Schaffner
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:34
17 lines
1236 bytes
In article <1992Jul20.173908.20586@gvl.unisys.com>,
davef@sdosrv1.gvl.unisys.com (Dave Frymier) wrote:
> 
> As this newsgroup is getting fired up and in keeping with the 
> "whats going on" theme, I'd like to ask about the compression of 
> simple images (say 16 colors) for transmission as data.  This could
> cover most window type screen displays, and other crude but useful 
> pictorial data.  With all the data flowing around the world these days,
> it seems there would be a lot of work going on in this field.
> 

Are you familiar with JPEG?  If not, start with that; at least you'll find
an implementation soon on most machines.

Stu Schaffner, not speaking for
The MITRE Corp.
sch@mitre.org
Technical Details
Message-ID: <sch-220792113318@schaffner.mitre.org>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!schaffner
References: <1992Jul20.173908.20586@gvl.unisys.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: sci.image.processing
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!schaffner
From: sch@mitre.org (Stu Schaffner)
Subject: Re: More what's happening - image compression
Message-ID: <sch-220792113318@schaffner.mitre.org>
Followup-To: sci.image.processing
Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service)
Nntp-Posting-Host: schaffner.mitre.org
Organization: MITRE Corp.
References: <1992Jul20.173908.20586@gvl.unisys.com>
Distribution: USA
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:34:34 GMT
Lines: 17