NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/applicat/10264

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From: [e-mail] (Daniel T Cantrell)
Subject: Re: Amiga GIF viewer wanted....
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:48:46 GMT
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In article <eb139.727538005@fred> [e-mail] (MAHMOOD Z) writes:
>Beng new to teh AMiga scene, and considering purchasing an A1200 in the near future,
>I would like to know if there are any good Amiga GIF readers out there as I have
>loads of disks worth of GIFS fort use on the PCs here at the University/
>I assume that Amiga has more other popular graphic formats such as IFF....
>is there a PD utility available that converts GIF --> IFF ?
>TTFn
>Zaheer

Actually if you are getting an A1200, I would suggest using the GIF datatype
that someone just released on the C.S.A.announce (?) board.  It works quite
well, and since it is just a class, works with any program that knows to look
for it.

This means you can use multiview (comes with the AmigaOS) and leave them in
GIF format which uses less space than most others.  Also you will be able
to load them directly onto your workbench screen.

Not sure where this file is, but it was posted on a couple C.S.A boards about
a week ago in uuencode form, and has probably bet uploaded to the major
amiga ftp sites.  the file was called gif_dt I believe.  If you have problems
finding it let me know and I'll send you the file.

Dan