Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!news.arc.nasa.gov!ucsd!nosc!crash!pnet01!pro-gsplus.cts.com!rhood
From: rhood@pro-gsplus.cts.com (Robert Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: .gif files
Message-ID: <1991Jun22.151615.12905@crash.cts.com>
Date: 22 Jun 91 15:16:15 GMT
Sender: root@crash.cts.com
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
Lines: 19

In-Reply-To: message from twong@civil.ubc.ca

>>Actually, .gif files are for any computer, as the name implies (graphics
>>*interchange* format).  The file you need is "//gif", and I believe is a
>>public domain program.  Check local bulletin boards.
 
>I don't think so. I have the general GIF files that I view on my PCs,
>Suns, Macs at work. And then I have another set for my //e & c.  If you
>try viewing general GIF on a //e, you get junk, and visa versa.
 
Sorry - I have well over 60 double-sided 5.25" disks full of GIFs that
disagree with you.  Admitted, they don't always come out well - but that's
more a function of the limited colors and resolution of the II than
anything else.
----
ProLine:  rhood@pro-gsplus                 | "Wherever you go...there you are."
Internet: rhood@pro-gsplus.cts.com         |     -- Buckaroo Banzai
UUCP:     crash!pro-gsplus!rhood           | Wanted: An unZIPper for a II!
ARPA:     crash!pro-gsplus!rhood@nosc.mil  | If you have one, let's chat!