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From: fjs3367@ultb.isc.rit.edu (F.J. Schwalm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: GIF for an apple][c
Message-ID: <2495@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 90 21:33:38 GMT
Reply-To: fjs3367@ultb.isc.rit.edu (F.J. Schwalm)
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Organization: Information Systems and Computing @ RIT, Rochester, New York
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>In article <2394@ultb.isc.rit.edu> fjs3367@ultb.isc.rit.edu (F.J. Schwalm) writes:
>>Or What?  I didn't hunt for an apple ][c GIF viewer so I couldn't wiew the
>>    pictures I wanted to see.  I'd like something that works for all standard
>>    GIF pictures, not on some non-standard GIF format.  It doesn't even make
>>    sense to HAVE a non-standard GIF format.  I thought standardization was the
>>    idea to begin with...
>
>It is, and in fact when I last tried IIGIF some time ago it worked fine
>with genuine GIF-format files.  However, some BBSes (notably those on
>Macintoshes) may download your GIF files with additional header garbage
>stuck on the front of the file; if the GIF viewer doesn't try to skip
>such leading garbage it won't think the file is in GIF format.  (A true
>GIF format file begins with the ASCII characters 'GIF87a'.)

Well, after numerous mail messages saying they had to be downloaded
straight to ProDOS, and a couple that even recommended Kermit 3.86 (a big
upgrade compared to what I had) I tracked down Kermit 3.86 and tried
it.  It worked.  So I guess it's time to say thanx to all that replied
for their time and trouble in solving my dilemma.  Thanx to all.

		Nutrocker --

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