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JPEG 2000 / XL viewer for DOS (Users)

posted by Zyzzle, 04.09.2023, 03:12

> Anyway, why do it in DOS, why not convert them to a DOS friendlier format
> in Linux, Windows or Mac?
>
> Or if it has to be in DOS (why?), can't you use HX to run Windows command
> line executables?
Well, for the "completeness" and mental exercise. But, you're right, I forgot about HX. I suppose some repositories (github?) may exist of compilable code in simple C or such, of JPEG-2000 readers. However, I've also heard that there are royalty / licensing problems which would be one reason why no such DOS viewer was ever put out. I'm more concerned with "proof of concept" than I am with royalty issues, especially since this is for personal use only. A quick look didn't bring up anything in simple C, which could be compiled with Watcom.

The intention is to read "books" / magazines of .jp2 images posted on archive.org in DOS (downloaded to disk), since these scanned images are higher-quality than the PDFs which only use regular JPEG images.

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