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From: xxw8409@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman)
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Subject: RE: .DL animation files. What are they?
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Date: 16 Mar 91 21:47:13 GMT
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>I have recently retrieved two animation files from an FTP source, both of
which
>were zipped.  When I unzipped them, the resulting files had a .DL extension.
>Can somebody please tell me what .DL files are and what I need to run them
>and where I can get it?  (I know about .GL animations, but this is a new
>one on me.) Thanks in advance.  Replies can be posted or emailed to me at
>emw@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au

DL files are just another format of animation. You need DLVIEW21.ZIP (or
newer version) to see it. Of all the .DL's I've seen the animation occurs
on a small (about 100x100) portion of the screen. They're all in color
but a key makes them into b&w. I think they originated in Italy since
the Dl-VIEWER program can be switched to either Italian or English mode

-Fractalman-
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