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From: -Rich-@cup.portal.com (Richard Sherman Payne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: GIF from Mac to II
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Date: 28 Mar 89 03:30:56 GMT
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I have had problems viewing GIF files transferred with (I think) Red Ryder in  
the past. The problem is a 128 byte header file that some MAC software 
appends to the beginning of the GIF file, ignororing COMPUSERVE's 
specifications, and making a nonstandard GIF. It can be quite a problem
stripping those first 128 bytes. First type the file, and compare it to a 
GIF file that you can view. If the GIF87a is well into the file, you may 
have to remove the header. I may write a BASIC program to do that, it might
be slow, but simple, and easy to distribute. If you cannot remove the 
header, let me know, and I will write the program.

						Rich

					-Rich-@cup.portal.com