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From: cci8j@harlequin.cs.Virginia.EDU (Carmen C. Iannacone)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Problems with Gif2Bmp and ZSoft's PC Paintbrush...
Keywords: Frustration, GIF files, Da Vinci.
Message-ID: <1990Sep12.211223.24944@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 12 Sep 90 21:12:23 GMT
References: available upon request.
Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
Reply-To: cci8j@harlequin.cs.Virginia.EDU (Carmen C. Iannacone)
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
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Hello everyone,

	I'm using a standalone DOS exe file called gif2bmp.exe.  It claims
to convert GIFs to BMP files, but everything I convert shows up as bizarre
mutilations of the original.  "Smiling Faces" turn into "Beelzebub on 
Holiday."  Even the Mona Lisa corrupts...

	I noticed the same effect when I went from GIF -> PCX (via Hijaak)
and then from PCX -> BMP via Windows Paint.

	Should I expect to see reliable renderings of 256 color gifs in my
lifetime (and I'm pretty young, if I do say so myself...)?

	Also, if you've read this far and are a user of PC Paintbrush as 
bundled with the 400 dpi MS Mouse, can you explain why I FRIEZE.EXE is
returning "Can't init virtual memory"?  The setup pgm is pretty pathetic,
so if you are running PC Paintbrush on a 382 w/4 MB ram, could you send
me your PAINT.BAT file, and any horror stories you've encountered using
it under windows 3.0.

	Thanks for everything, I had a great time.  The food was delicious.

	Carmen (cci8j@virginia.edu)

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