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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ftp help
Message-ID: <9879@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 20 Mar 89 04:30:39 GMT
References: <8903181900.aa01309@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8903181900.aa01309@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> DOUG@ECL.PSU.EDU ("Douglas H. Hughes") writes:
>Can anyone tell me exactly what a GIF file is for?

It's a popular "universal format" for storing images such as one would
display on a PC.  There are some Apple II programs that can display (or
convert to standard Apple format) such files.  SHRCONVERT is one.