Targa/TIGA/??? was Re: TMS340x0

Jim Leonard trixter at oldskool.org
Mon Dec 18 17:04:00 CST 2006


Kelly Leavitt wrote:
> I remeber the AT&T TARGA. Output was to a RGB monitor. Input via tablet with a puck and a wand. They had it running on a Wyse PC/286. I wrote a converter to the Amiga IFF and PC GIF, but I can't find the source any more.

I worked on one of those; some small investigation showed that the .TGA 
files were 16-bit raw with a header (ie. no compression).  Can't 
remember if it was 5-5-5 or 5-6-5 but would be very easy to test based 
on the output of the converter...
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