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From: 6600phnx@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Phoenix / Fig)
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Subject: Re: Big GIF files
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Date: 20 Mar 91 23:27:38 GMT
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In article <1991Mar20.210311.15059@agate.berkeley.edu> c60b-1eq@web-1d.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) writes:

>In article <1991Mar20.035127.4576@research.canon.oz.au> graeme@research.canon.oz.au (Graeme Wong See) writes:
>>I have some big GIF files (640 x 1280 and larger). CSHOW seems to only show
>>about 1/3 of the picture. Is there any way of get CSHOW to display large GIFs
>>or alternately any other programs that can do big GIFs??

>CSHOW (at least the more recent versions) can display GIF files whose
>size is greater than the physical screen.  However, you can only view one chunk
>at a time.  After CSHOW loads the image, use the arrow keys to view other
>portions.  In some cases CSHOW will not load extremely large .GIF files due
>to insufficient memory.  However, you should have no problem with 768x1024x256,
>provided you have a VGA and 640K of free memory.

>===============================================================
>Noam Mendelson                       | "I haven't lost my mind,
>c60b-1eq@web.Berkeley.EDU            |  it's backed up on tape
>University of California at Berkeley |  somewhere."


This might seems strange but get a copy of FRACTINT and use it to load
up a background GIF.  You wouldn't think of using FRACTINT for a GIF
viewer but it works and provides more video modes than any program I've
seen, it will even scale the images if you want.  Bizzare but true ...
(you can rotate the palette also if you like ...) 

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