Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Allanon
From: Allanon@cup.portal.com (Arnie Big-A Elkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: GIF viewers/conversion programs
Message-ID: <13635@cup.portal.com>
Date: 17 Jan 89 11:30:55 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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Does anyone out there know of any GIF viewers besides GIFSHOW(from
Zaphodyne) or SHOWGIF(origin unknown)? Both of these programs appear to
be limited to displaying 16 colors. While I realize this is the
limit for the ST in low-res mode, with programs like Spectrum 512 and
Quantum Paintbos around, one has to wonder why there are no GIF 
programs available to view all the 256-color GIFs floating around.
Failing a viewer, does anyone know of a program which will convert
GIFs to Spectrum, or for that matter, any other format which supports
more than 16 colors? I have heard that DigiSpec will do this, but
I do not have a digitizer, and it seems rather a waste to spend money
on a program which makes use of hardware I do not own. Any information
along these lines will be appreciated. Thanks,

Arnie Elkins
Allanon@cup.portal.com
or
sun!cup.portal.com!allanon