| From: | Allan Odgaard |
| Date: | 30 Aug 99 at 00:35:26 |
| Subject: | Re: datatype transparancy |
From: Allan Odgaard <Duff@DIKU.DK>
On 30-Aug-99, Rod Schnell wrote:
>> Ensure you're using picture.datatype V43+. Then ensure the decoder is not
> Especially don't use v45 picture.datatype, that's rumoured to be a virus.
V45? Where on earth did you obtain this?
>> broken (that is, doesn't have an ak-prefix ;-) )
> I allways thought it was the other way around, ak-prefix datatypes are
> better.
This is definetely not what my tests nor experience has told me. I'd strongly
recommend to install those datatypes from Gunther Nikl which can be found at
Aminet. These are giftware rather than shareware (which I find a better
concept)
> Not saying they're perfect (they're not), it just seems to me they're
> less prone to crash than most of the alternatives. ;)
I've written a lot of bug reports to mr. AK before Gunther released his
datatypes. I don't know about their current state, atleast I don't see new
versions at Aminet each week, which I used to do, so maybe he has been able to
make them stable, but Gunther's has always been that, and are also faster
here!
Sorry for my lack of objectivity, but AK-datatypes has given me nothing but
problems... and don't bother with a reply like "it works here". As there's
nothing wrong with my imagination ;-)
Regards Allan