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FAIL - First Atari Image Library
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FAIL is a portable viewer of several
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family[8-bit Atari] image formats.
Currently the project consists of:
- fail2png - portable command-line converter to PNG files
- FAILWin - viewer for Windows
- plugin for http://www.xnview.com[XnView]
- (de)coder for http://www.imagemagick.org/[ImageMagick]
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Supported file formats
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[horizontal]
AP3:: 80x192, 256 colors, interlaced.
APC:: "Any Point, Any Color", 80x96, 256 colors, interlaced.
CCI:: "Champions' Interlace", 160x192, compressed.
CIN:: "Champions' Interlace", 160x192.
CPR:: "Trzmiel", 320x192, mono, compressed.
FNT:: Standard 8x8 font, mono.
GHG:: "Gephard Hires Graphics", up to 320x200, mono.
GR8:: Standard 320x192, mono.
GR9:: Standard 80x192, grayscale.
HIP:: "Hard Interlace Picture", 160x200, grayscale.
Both 16009- and 16012-byte formats are supported.
HR:: 256x239, 3 colors, interlaced.
HR2:: 320x200, 5 colors, interlaced.
ILC:: 80x192, 256 colors, interlaced.
INP:: 160x200, 7 colors, interlaced.
INT:: "INT95a", up to 160x239, 16 colors, interlaced.
MIC:: Standard 160x192, 4 colors.
MCP:: "McPainter", 160x200, 16 colors, interlaced.
PIC:: "Koala MicroIllustrator", 160x192, 4 colors, compressed.
PLM:: "Plama 256", 80x96, 256 colors.
RIP:: "Rocky Interlace Picture", up to 160x239.
SXS:: 16x16 font, mono.
TIP:: "Taquart Interlace Picture", up to 160x119.
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Feedback
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If you are interested in the FAIL project, please subscribe its
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fail-users[mailing list].
This list is for users and developers.
Once you subscribe, you can post comments, ideas and questions about FAIL.
Use http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=258474[tracker]
to submit bug reports, feature requests and small code patches.
History
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FAIL 1.0.1 (2010-08-25)::
Windows setup has been created. A coder for ImageMagick has been created.
MCP, GHG and HR2 formats are supported. Build process has been improved.
FAIL 1.0.0 (2009-08-25)::
Initial release.
Authors
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Piotr Fusik {failwww!<fox@scene.pl>}::
Idea, FAILWin programming.
Adrian Matoga {failwww!<epi@atari8.info>}::
Programming.
Pawel Szewczyk {failwww!<ripek@op.pl>}::
FAILWin icon, testing.
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