Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!tygra!dave From: dave@tygra.ddmi.com (David Conrad) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: pascal GIF viewer Keywords: GIF pascal graphics Message-ID: <1991Jan6.110422.1967@tygra.ddmi.com> Date: 6 Jan 91 11:04:22 GMT References: <1991Jan5.044730.6631@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <11652@j.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Moore Software, Detroit, MI Lines: 28 In article <11652@j.cc.purdue.edu> zhou@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Albert Zhou) writes: >Since people use different languages on different machines with different >monitor/terminal, I think the best way is not to write a viewer program, >but to explain in a few words how image is encoded in GIFF [sic] files. Then >one can write a view/decoder in any specific environment. That should be `GIF files'. Look for the following at WSMR-SIMTEL20: PD1: Filename Type Length Date Description ---------------------------------------------- GIF.ARC B 52,853 26Feb88 Interchange graphics formats GIF89A.ZIP B 22,805 15Nov90 Specifications of GIF89A standard from CIS GIFDECOD.GIF B 6,912 15Jan89 GIF drawing explains decoding of GIFs GIFDOC.ARC B 89,706 01Aug88 Specification of GIF standard from CompuServe GIFENCOD.GIF B 8,320 15Jan89 GIF drawing explains encoding of GIFs -- David R. Conrad | "The good book says it's better to give than to receive, dave@tygra.ddmi.com | I do my best to do my part. uunet!tygra!dave | Nothin' in my pockets, I got nothin' up my sleeve, Land: 432 Alter Rd. | I keep my magic in my heart." Detroit, MI 48215 | -- Triumph -- = CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Computer Conferencing and File Archive = - 1-313-343-0800, 300/1200/2400/9600 baud, 8/N/1. New users use 'new' - = as a login id. AVAILABLE VIA PC-PURSUIT!!! (City code "MIDET") = E-MAIL Address: dave@DDMI.COM