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From: gjh@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Graham Higgins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GIF format ?
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Date: 20 Nov 90 10:19:36 GMT
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++   Does anyone one out there knwo whether the '.gif' format is supported
++   on the Atari St. I really want to be able to convert from popular standard
++   Atari formats such as Degas or Neochrome to '.gif' and back again.

Yes, try BGIF

++   And lastly does anyone know why they are called '.gif' ???!???

Graphics Interchange Format (I believe)

Graham