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From: rmacgreg@cs.strath.ac.uk (Sorcerer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GIF format ?
Message-ID: <5119@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Nov 90 14:20:06 GMT
References: <2499@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk>
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland.
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In article <2499@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> adm2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Alan David Messer) writes:
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>	And also is this '.gif' format the same as that used on Sun Work -
>Stations??
It is...
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>	And lastly does anyone know why they are called '.gif' ???!???
They are called .gif 'cos it stands for Graphics Interchange Format.

And if anybody knows where I can get a Gif viewer for the ST (or a converter)
then please let me know as well!

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