Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!claris!drc
From: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What is a GIFf file?
Message-ID: <4472@claris.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 88 14:34:16 GMT
References: <439@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Reply-To: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA
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In article <439@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> jweeks@umnd-cs-luke.d.umn.edu (John A. Weeks III) writes:
>
>What is a "gif" file???
>
>I downloaded a file from some archive that had a filename something
>like: "gif.name.hqx".  I was under the impression that is was a 
>graphics file.
>
>After converting with BinHex4.0, I cannot open the file.  I peeked
>at it's file type, it is "GIFf".
>
>Anyone know what this is or how to open it?
>

GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format and was developed and is
copyrighted by CompuServe and H&R Block.  There are a number of public domain
and shareware programs that read and understand the gif format, the most
popular ones that I've seen being CompuServe Navigator (Commercial telecomm
product for accessing CI$), Giffer (beerware), and Vision Lab (Free at the
moment, commercial later).  There are also programs for the PC, Amiga, Atari,
and others available on CI$ that understand these files.

Dennis Cohen
Claris Corp.
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