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From: cs060128@csusac.csus.edu (H. Philip Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Convert GIF -> BMP ??
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.203637.13252@csusac.csus.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 91 20:36:37 GMT
References: <1991Feb17.161516.9589@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Feb19.225319.3963@odetics.com> <1991Feb21.154925.9559@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
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In article <1991Feb21.154925.9559@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> winstead@faraday.ECE.CMU.EDU (Charles Holden Winstead) writes:
>Does anyone know of a shareware program that will convert GIF files to BMP
>files for use as a windows background?
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think you're asking about the wallpapers, right?

>Thanks.
>-Chuck
>winstead@faraday.ece.cmu.edu

Try gif2bmp.zip by Graham Welland.  You can find it at cica in the
/pub/pc/win3/bmp directory or maybe at your local BBS.  The copy that I have
is dated Sept 89 and it works super.  Gif2bmp will convert 16 colors gif to
16 colors bmp, or 256 gif to 256 bmp.  Be cautious about this...  If your
video driver does not support 256 colors in Windows, all the 256 colors
bmp wallpaper/pictures will look funny.  If you find any wallpaper that
looks like it has been through the washing machine, don't worry -- it's
not a bug.  Select another video mode with 256 colors and the problem
should go away.  Good luck.

-Philip

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