LoadImage is one of my more sophisticated approaches to the problem of
IFF-ILBM  pictures.   Why  is  there  any  problem?  you may ask.  The
problem  is the EA '85 documentation and the public-domain source code
which  remind  me  not  of  1985  but of 1885.  The style used both in
documentation  and source code is somewhat "strange" and does not help
the  beginner very much in his effort to "get something out of DPaint,
Images  or  the Animator" (Jim Kent).  The documentation does its best
to  explain  why  the source code is how it actually is, but sometimes
even  the  best  is not good enough.  The EA-IFF '85 routines are very
flexible and sophisticated but only the experienced programmer is able
to evaluate their qualities.  My question is:  why isn't there _a_n_y_
simple and understandable IFF-ILBM-loader?  The beginner usually wants
to load and display a picture, he doesn't need the other IFF routines.
LoadImage  tries  to  offer  this chance, but I suppose that a general
approach to improve the IFF documentation would be the better idea.  I
really hope that this criticism will have its effect.

Note:   if don't have 1MByte of chip ram you will probably not be able
to load the Madonna.pic.

                         Olsen