This is a quick port of the Portable Bit Map + package to the 
Atari ST. Because of the original size of the full package it has been 
trimmed and clipped down to the smallest fully functional set of programs. 
It is quit possible, and most likely, that each user will trim it down at 
least by a factor of 3 for his/her particular implementation. 

	Most of the package has been tested and found to be fully 
functional on a 4 meg 1040. I ran all the programs successfully using a
Bash shell window under Gemini V1.1 (eagerly awaiting V1.2). With all 
my accessories installed and a large Bash, I have about 3 meg free. The only
that ran out of memory was PNMROTATE, but the most common rotation is by 90
degrees and this can be done in nearly no memory by using PNMFLIP -r90. 

	I did not include any Laser Printer support do to lack of space, 
but if people need something from the PBM+ package that I left out 
(there is a lot) then either compile it up from the sources or drop me a 
note. By the way this way compiled on a Sparc 1 using Jwahar's GCC 1.39!
Howevere there seemed to be a bit of trouble handling I/O redirection with
binary files using gnu.olb PL58 , so I used Edgar Roeder's RTL, which works 
flawlessly, but gives larger executables.  

	An example of creating a image suitable for printing on an epson 
compatible dot matrix printer from say a gif file would be as follows. 
1.     giftoppm cat.gif   >cat.ppm
2.     ppmtopgm cat.ppm   >cat.pgm
3.     pgmtopbm cat.pgm   >cat.pbm
4.     pbmtoepson cat.pbm >cat.eps
then dump cat.eps to your printer.

			--or--

1.     giftoppm cat.gif | ppmtopgm | pgmtopbm | pbmtoepson >cat.eps
then dump cat.eps to your printer.

	These programs are memory hogs, and can generate huge files, 
so 4 meg is best, also a very fast hardisk is recommended. I use a Syquest 
with no problem. By the way the fcontenst of teh archives are 

1. pbm-bin.zoo 	- binaries of the Portable Bitmap   part of the PBM+package
2. pgm-bin.zoo  - binaries of the Portable Greymap  part of the PBM+package
3. pnm-bin.zoo  - binaries of the Portable Anymap   part of the PBM+package
4. ppm-bin.zoo  - binaries of the Portable Pixelmap part of the PBM+package
5. pbm-man.zoo  - man pages for all of the above.
6. pbm-readme   - this file.

					Scott Kolodzieski
					
					scott@sparc1.stevens-tech.edu