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- #: 24587 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 06-Mar-91 23:17:44
- Sb: #GIFF's
- Fm: Randall Miller 73717,151
- To: all
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- HELP....how do I get the GIF program t work?... it wont seem to load up any of
- the GIF images after I get the GIFFY.IMG program running it simply states that
- the programs are: "62 file not found 00" but I know the files are there as tey
- are listed when "$" is used problem is that they are SEQ programs? but the
- program for viewing SEQ programs (at least I think it is?) is also a SEQ
- program and I cant seem to load it up...how do I do this? it wont load up with
- a simple load " ",8 simply states no file exists so... how do I load up and run
- GIF programs onto my commie.. I have no idea ... I am wandering around in a fog
- staring blankly at my keyboard... any help will be appreciated. THANKS
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- #: 24589 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 07-Mar-91 07:40:44
- Sb: #24587-#GIFF's
- Fm: Sysop/Betty Knight 76703,4037
- To: Randall Miller 73717,151 (X)
-
- Dear Randall,
-
- We have several GIF viewers in CBMART's LIBrary 10. GIFFY.IMG will only
- display NAME.GIF files if they are PRG type files on your directory. The
- GIFFY.BIN will display NAME.GIF files which are either PRG or SEQ types.
- The GIFREU.BIN file will display either PRG or SEQ .GIF files using an REU.
- These three programs are for the C64 or the C128 in its C64 mode. There is a
- GIF viewer for the 128 in 80 columns if you have a C128D or a C128 with the 64K
- VDC RAM modification; it's name is GDS.BIN, also in LIB 10.
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- If you are using VIDTEX4.2's B-Protocol the GIFFY.IMG should download
- automatically as a PRG type file because the .IMG extension knows from the
- Image Header whether it is a PRG or SEQ type. If you are using XMODEM Protocol
- and download an .IMG file you will need to tell your XMODEM program that it is
- a PRG file. Also If downloading an .IMG file with XMODEM and your XMODEM
- program does not automatically delete the six-character Image Header then you
- will need to use a short program in CBMART's LIB 1 that will strip off those
- six characters. In LIB 1 its name is: BINIMG.BIN and there is also a
- BINIMG.DOC file and you will note that it is a .BIN file for your XMODEM
- protocol program to download as a PRG file.
-
- There is also a short utility file, in CBMART's LIB 1 named: SEQPRG.IMG
- which will change the program files that downloaded as SEQ files to PRG type so
- you can load and run them. If you are using VIDTEX4.2 B-Protocol and you are
- downloading a .BIN file, when VIDTEX asks for a file name for your computer you
- need to enter the name plus a ,p ( E.G. GIFFY.BIN,P ) and then the GIFFY.BIN
- file will download as a PRG type file.
-
- Randall, the above is too much detail probably, so we would suggest that
- you download from LIB 10 the GIFFY.BIN as a PRG type program as described
- above which will view both SEQ and PRG .GIF files. Also when you run the
- GIFFY program and it asks for your GIF file just enter the name withOUT the
- .GIF, even though it must be .GIF on your disk.
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- #: 24590 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 07-Mar-91 18:56:35
- Sb: #24589-#GIFF's
- Fm: John Iannetta 73510,2152
- To: Sysop/Betty Knight 76703,4037 (X)
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- Betty,
-
- The only reason that "GIFFY.IMG" will not display SEQ files is that in
- line 210 of the program, ".GIF,P,R" is concatenated with the entered filename.
- DOS will thus give a FILE TYPE MISMATCH error. But if the "P" is replaced with
- any character that is not a valid file type or direction byte, both SEQ and PRG
- GIF data files may be displayed. So I suggest that anyone who has "GIFFY.IMG"
- change the ".GIF,P,R" in line 210 to ".GIF,Q,R" and do a SAVE WITH REPLACE.
-
- John
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- #: 24606 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 11-Mar-91 12:00:10
- Sb: MESSAGE ERROR
- Fm: John Iannetta 73510,2152
- To: Sysop/Betty Knight 76703,4037 (X)
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- Betty,
-
- I want to apologize to you, and publicly, for an error in a recent
- message to you. I suggested a change in line 210 of "GIFFY.IMG" to allow both
- SEQ and PRG files to be displayed. That part was alright. But I made a
- further suggestion that a SAVE WITH REPLACE then be done to "GIFFY.IMG". As
- stated, that should NOT be done. "GIFFY.IMG" must first be RUN, in order to
- LIST line 210. That alters the program greatly, moving BASIC bytes downward and
- ML bytes upward to produce a RUNable, LISTable BASIC program. In that form,
- one should NOT SAVE the program. BUT any changes then made WILL be executed,
- as long as the program is in memory. But BEFORE the program is RUN, POKE
- 3263,81 will let one view both SEQ and PRG files. Also, POKE 5227,48:POKE
- 5228,48:POKE 5253,48 will cause the border color only to change to black at the
- end of the display, instead of flashing. That may be deemed desirable by some.
- Then, without RUNning the program, a SAVE WITH REPLACE may be safely done. And
- the diskette file will incorporate the changes made. I sincerely apologize to
- anyone who may have followed my advice, winding up with an unusable version of
- "GIFFY.IMG". I satisfactorily tested the proceedure just outlined. I didn't,
- unfortunately, check my original method.
-
- John
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- #: 24591 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 07-Mar-91 21:35:52
- Sb: #24590-GIFF's
- Fm: Anthony Marsh 72127,2301
- To: John Iannetta 73510,2152 (X)
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- That is sort of what I did with the version I modified to go with the REU. All
- I did was enter spaces instead of ,P,R. The default is READ anyway and it will
- match any filetype that way. I don't think we tampered with the original, but
- it could be done easily in a capture buffer. BTW, are you interested in
- programming for GIFs? I have sent the info on the new 89A format to the guy who
- wrote GDS, but it looks like a bear to program. I hope to get him online here
- and he may need help including the 89A features on the 128. Tony
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- #: 24573 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 03-Mar-91 14:35:05
- Sb: #c128 weather maps
- Fm: Sysop/Betty Knight 76703,4037
- To: Anthony Marsh 72127,2301 (X)
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- Dear Tony,
-
- I downloaded a new GIF 89A from PICS and GIFFY.BIN will not display it. In
- fact, neither will CompuServe's PC3.ld (MS-DOS) which is an older version. So
- unless we get an updated GIFFY.BIN, I want CBMART not to have any of the new
- GIFs.
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- We would like to have a few new GIF files in CBMART's LIBrary 10, but
- since they are so large, could you let me know how many characters each one
- will require so I can make certain we have sufficient LIBrary space. Would it
- be all right with you if we did these one at a time? I think the 320 x 200 x
- 16 would be the best. What do you think? I appreciate that you are willing to
- upload some GIFs. Thanks again and take care.
-
- Sincerely,
- Sysop/Betty Knight
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- #: 24575 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 03-Mar-91 22:02:44
- Sb: #24573-#c128 weather maps
- Fm: Anthony Marsh 72127,2301
- To: Sysop/Betty Knight 76703,4037 (X)
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- Yup, that's pretty much the way I see it too and why I haven't uploaded many
- more. There are a bunch of new ones, but they are marginal with GDS, which is
- what I use to screen them. I think 640 is ok, but 256 color do not come out
- well. I will upload a few new ones. Most are less than 25K. Tony
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- #: 24593 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 08-Mar-91 08:32:20
- Sb: #24575-c128 weather maps
- Fm: Sysop/Betty Knight 76703,4037
- To: Anthony Marsh 72127,2301 (X)
-
- Dear Tony,
-
- I have plenty of space in LIB 10 for any new GIFs you are willing to
- upload. Thanks for all of the files you have uploaded. Take care.
-
- Sincerely,
- Sysop/Betty Knight
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- #: 24756 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 28-Mar-91 17:04:56
- Sb: #24573-#c128 weather maps
- Fm: Ed Flinn/Sysop 76703,4032
- To: [F] Wayne N. Keyser 72070,330 (X)
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- Wayne,
- We've got two programs for making "big" photo scraps in our LIB 13. BIGCLP.B
- IN is BigClipper V2.1 by Nick Vrtis. PSCRAP.BIN is Paint-Scrap V2.0 by Dennis
- N. Seitz. Each has their adherents. I think I like BIGCLP better, but that's
- not to knock PSCRAP. Both are in ARC format, and run in GEOS 64 and 40-column
- GEOS 128.
- When importing the over-size scraps into the geoPaint that comes with GEOS
- 2.0, you can "scale" them to size, tho it may be easier to do that reduction in
- 'Publish, and print with a 'Paint driver, as you suggested. The 'Paint drivers
- are *such* useful tools!
- We've got quite a few tools for converting other formats to geoPaint.
- MAC2.BIN is Joe Buckley's program for converting Macpaints. Be aware, tho,
- that Macpaints are usually stored in a Mac compressed format. There are a
- number of such formats, and relatively few tools for expanding them. GETPIT.ARK
- in LIB 13 is a set of tools and instructions for expanding the PackIt
- compressed files (.PIT files) in CP/M mode on the 128. .PIT files are very
- rare now. On the CP/M forum, there is a package for expanding StuffIt
- compressed files (.SIT files.) I've had some problems with that package, and
- it doesn't handle some of the compression modes of the most current version of
- StuffIt.
- GEOGIF.BIN in LIB 13 converts GIF files to monochrome geoPaints. It's an
- SFX (like SDA, but runs in both 64 and 128 mode) file.
- GRSTRM.BIN in LIB 13 is another goodie from Joe Buckley, for converting
- Doodle, HI-Res, Print-Shop, PrintMaster and NewsRoom files to geoPaint and
- photo scraps. Combine that with some of the tools from LIB 10, that'll convert
- other formats *to* Doodle, and you've quite a conversion toolkit.
- Hope this helps. If you've got more questions, just holler. <grin>
-
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- <ed>
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- #: 24773 S10/Graphics Util & GIF
- 29-Mar-91 10:27:12
- Sb: #24756-c128 weather maps
- Fm: Wayne N. Keyser 72070,330
- To: Ed Flinn/Sysop 76703,4032 (X)
-
- Thanks for (as ever) the wealth of information!
-
- One thing I'm (looking right past and) missing: Are Doodle, Hi-Res, PrintMaster
- and Newsroom graphics kept in libraries in other sections? Which ones,
- primarily? Thanks again!
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