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From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: vgif GIF-viewing program (Re: "Error in EXE program" machine lockup)
Message-ID: <1795@rpp386.UUCP>
Date: 17 May 88 02:08:58 GMT
References: <5057@ecsvax.UUCP> <8638@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <888@bucket.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum)
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In article <888@bucket.UUCP> leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>In article <8638@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (RAMontante) writes:
><Also -- there was a showgif program posted a couple of weeks ago, supposed to
><be a CGA viewer.  It looks sort-of like it's in uuencoded form, but there's
><a "table" keyword and a list of printable ASCII characters preceding everything
><else.  I tried uudecoding it anyway, but the result hangs my machine so that
><I must soft-reboot.  So, What is this program?  What format?  Does it work?
>
>I've seen this sort of uuencoded file before. I've only had trouble with it
>once, and that may have been because the file was garbled. Sounds like you
>need a newer uudecode... (I haven't tried to uudecode that file yet, so I may
>be back to complain about too!)

i received that posting.  i couldn't figure out the table keyword so i
deleted all of the lines up to 'begin'.  then i uudecoded and uploaded
to our fountain clone.  it un-arc'd just fine ...

the .arc file is currently living on one of the compaq's, but if there
are enough requests i can uucp it back to this machine.  i'll post a
message here if and when that happens.

the sucker i had the most trouble with was 'fastgif'.  it's fast alright,
but it hangs the machine on non-existent or corrupted .gif files.  grrrr.

- john.
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