KC> for(i=0;i<256;i++)
KC>         fread(&palette[i],4,1,in);
KC> printf("File position: %ld\n",ftell(in));
   I can't see the bug, but I think you ought to do this:
fread(palette, 1024, 1, in);
   instead of the read loop. That will load all the data
   into your array in one read instead of 256 of them.

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