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From: gousha@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Charles Gousha)
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Subject: Re: GIFs on the Mac, again
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Date: 6 May 91 06:27:04 GMT
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>In article <1991May3.215805.15155@rice.edu> tjonker@rice.edu writes:

>>So now I try to look at them on my Mac at home. ... I started up Giffer
>>..., but when I tried to open it, Giffer complained the "This file is
>>not in GIF format", or something to that effect.

>I think the Mac needs some stuff added to the beginning of a GIF file
>before you can view it.  I'm not sure because I don't own a Mac, but
>I've seen programs that strip this stuff off so you can view Mac-viewable
>GIFs on other systems.  ... What's the
>correct, full procedure for transferring GIF files from a uuencoded
>file to a format viewable on the Mac?

I don't think there is anything stripped off for Mac GIFs.  I've ported
GIFs from Suns, IBMs, Amigas, and Unix, and never had a problem.
My guess is that the porper format for GIFs is exactly the same regardless
of the computer it's done on (as it should be).

Still, it does sound like there are problems in the file itself.
The GIF programs, as far as I've seen, will open any file you give it,
and only give error messages over the data itself.  A thought - 
were any characters stripped off in the transmission?  CR's changed
into LF's?  There shouldn't be any problem if the GIF is uuencoded,
but one never knows.  Heck, it might just be a bad transfer.

Oh, GIFconvertor 2.2.6, the replacement for 2.2b6, is now out.

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