Topic       : The GFA-BASIC Toolkit - Volume 1
Author      : John L. Hutchinson
Version     : GFA_TKV1.HYP v0.50 (7/14/2008)
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BRIEF:  Load a Tiny format picture file

 FILE:  GET_TINY.LST

 CALL:  get_tiny(pic$)

PARMS:  pic$ is the path/filename of the picture to be loaded.

 INIT:  None

  USE:  Call this procedure to load a TINY format picture file from disk and
        display it on the current physical screen.

   EX:  get_tiny("A:\GRAPHICS\TIGER.TNY")

  REM:  TINY format picture files are compressed graphics that vary
        considerably in length. Not as popular a format as in the past, having
        been largely supplanted by the Degas Elite compressed graphics format.

 NOTE:  Ensure pic$ includes the complete path/filename of the picture file to
        be loaded and displayed. This routine uses a temporary 32K buffer to
        hold the picture data.

HINTS:  This routine is quite slow when run in the interpreted mode (up to 14
        seconds to load, decompress and display a single TINY format picture
        from floppy disk). Compiling will improve the speed by more than 50%.

 ALSO:  get_elite

   BY:  Jim Burton