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From: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re:  A2 --> TIFF or GIF
Message-ID: <2047@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 89 16:09:58 GMT
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Reply-To: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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>I've seen several requets for programs converting GIF files to Apple format.
>Does anyone know of any that go the other way?  Or to TIFF?  I want to send
>to a Mac, so I can send to a Sun.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>
>And assuming we don't have a GS?

It sounds like you are not interested in converting the GIFs at all, in which
case SHRConvert isn't going to do diddly/squat.  All you need to do, then,
is use Apple File Exchange on your Mac system disk 6.0.x or higher to move
the file from your ProDOS (not DOS3.3, I hope!) disk to your Mac HFS disk.

GIF files are not a specific machine format.  GIF stands for Graphics
Interchange Format.

If you have a nonGS Apple II, then IIGIF by Jason Harper (same dude, I think,
that wrote SHRConvert) will allow you to convert GIF files into classic or
double hires.  Actually, I prefer this program over SHRConvert 2.1.  IIGIF is
FAST and does some tricks that SHRConvert obstinantly doesn't have.  It will
abort a GIF conversion anytime you want.  It will scale pictures to fit on a
screen, and you can actually do interesting aspect ratios. 

Dave Seah (dseah@wpi.wpi.edu, dseah@wpi.bitnet);