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From: doug@eris (Doug Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: GIF format
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Date: 20 Apr 88 00:21:08 GMT
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In article <1419@hubcap.UUCP> disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger) writes:
> [ ... ]  Someone took the initiative and posted several
>uuencoded binaries of GIF format pictures.  Now I know nothing about GIF [...]
>so I thought I'd ask this group.  A GIF reader would be dandy, a GIF to
>IFF converter would be okay too.  Any ideas?                  

Ok, I finally found what you want. Binaries (a reader/displayer *and*
a converter to IFF), a little documentation, two example pictures. No
source (although I *think* that may be available too, if I keep looking).
Shall I mail it to you? Mail bounced; let me know a really good path,
preferably starting from ucbvax.

Or...it hasn't appeared on a fish disk; should I send it to the binaries
group???

The main reason for people to be interested in this format is that
it is a machine-independent way to exchange color bitmaps. You can
release pictures (or get pictures) in a universal format. Possibly
useful for the sci.electronics discussion about a format for
schematics...
	Doug Merritt		doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug)
			or	ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug
			or	sun.com!cup.portal.com!doug-merritt