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From: clouds@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: 256 color gif scaling w/o VGA
Summary: a roundabout method, but it may work
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Date: 3 Oct 90 14:51:51 GMT
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>In article <90274.163809CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu> CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
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>>  I have the need for some msdos software which will take a gif file of
>>640*480*256 or other large sizes and convert it to a file of 320*200*256.
>>I have seen some software to do this but it requires a vga board to do so.
>> I only need the basic rescaling program, to be run on a very small pc.
>

Hum.. well, if you can get from GIF to TIFF or PCX, you could use the 
CONVERT program that comes with Deluxe Paint II Enhanced. It does 
resizing, palette reduction, and a couple of other nifty things, and
as far as I can tell it would run with a mono card on an XT... all you
will see is text prompts. 'Course, then you have to get back to GIF  :-)

Deluxe Paint II Enhanced is from Electronic Arts, lists for $135, street
price under $100, and it's a great paint program--supports many many monitor
cards too.

--Kathy

(Sorry about the roundabout reply--I'm a net.novice.unskilled.in.unix)



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