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From: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: .GIF or .MAC to IFF
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Date: 24 Oct 89 19:56:26 GMT
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Network Comment: to #4656 by bjc@pollux.UUCP

> In article <10149@venera.isi.edu> schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes:
>> Does anyone know how I can transfer .GIF or .MAC pictures into a format that
>> can be viewed on the Amiga? Or alternately a program that will show those
>> formats on an Amiga.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> - Sean Schur
> 
> 
> AmigaArts Forum on CompuServe has software to do all of these.  AMGIF can
> transfer the GIF pictures to IFF.  We also have HAMGIF and VERTGIF.  More
> recently, we have SHAMVIEW which converts GIF pictures to "sliced ham",
> and then displays them in very high resolution.  SHAMVIEW has been released
> in two or three versions that are not totally compatible, so if you use it,
> be sure to get the viewer in the same version as the picture you want to
> show.
> 
> Betty
 
If you don't have an account at C$erve or don't want to spend the bucks online
there, you can also find all the above mentioned files (it's VIRTGIF) on my
system in it's Data Library.  The name is Pro-Graphics and the number is
listed below in my signature.  Up to 2400 bps.

-- Bob
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