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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Gifs
Message-ID: <14924@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 21 Jan 91 22:21:01 GMT
References: <D04CA2D9FFFF008D33@MACALSTR.EDU>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <D04CA2D9FFFF008D33@MACALSTR.EDU> SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU writes:
>Also make sure that there are no macintosh headers on the gif files
>{a mac program} as these mess up the Apple's gif viewers.

What I recommend for creators of GIF viewers is that they scan the
purported GIF file until the "GIF" header is seen, rather than assuming
that the header starts at byte zero.  This solves the !*(&%^$ MacBinary
header problem.