Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!gnh-starport.cts.com!whitewolf From: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: .gif files Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 91 07:40:26 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 |>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. |It seems that Apple GIFs have an additional header. I've ran into this |a loooong time ago and yes it is a pain having two sets of the same |picture. So I'm mainly sticking with the general gifs now. What?!? The problem maybe that you're trying to view a 256 color GIF with a mega-high res or something. GIFs are GIFs, there is no Apple GIF or general GIF... you may be having some other kind of problem, which is what I would bet on. INET: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com UUCP: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf ARPA: crash!gnh-starport!whitewolf@nosc.mil