From:	Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: pcx files in allegro
Date:	Sat, 22 Feb 1997 20:14:38 +0000
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Tod Molstone writes:
>I am using corel photo paint 5.0 and am trying to view pcx files made in
>photo paint using allegro.  But every time I try to use load_pcx it
>keeps returning NULL.  But I can use the example pcx files with allegro
>just fine.

Would these files contain truecolor images, by any chance? Allegro only
supports the 256 color version of the format.

If they are already 256 color images, send me one of them and I'll try
to figure out what the problem is.

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