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From: suarez@aquarius.as.arizona.edu (Jose Suarez)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Transferring GIFs between Mac, MS-DOS, and Unix or Sun environments.
Keywords: GIF, Graphics
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Date: 6 Feb 91 10:33:59 GMT
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In article <18486@brahms.udel.edu> speers@brahms.udel.edu (David Speers) writes:
>Why do GIF files that work fine in a Unix environment not work in a Mac or
>MS-DOS environment?  Is there a way to resolve this?

Are you sure you're transferring them to your Mac via binary mode?  I don't 
know if ALL modem file transfer protocols support binary transfers, but Kermit,
which I use, sure does.  I transfer Unix GIF files to my Mac all the time that
way.

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