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- From: frank@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov (Frank O'Donnell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: GIF viewers and GIF89a
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:53:24 GMT
- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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- Message-ID: <frank.25.727836804@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- I've been putting together an anonymous ftp site to distribute,
- among other things, GIF files of images from JPL's space
- missions. Besides the picture files we would also like to offer
- people shareware/freeware GIF viewers for various platforms,
- including Amiga.
-
- From the faq for alt.binaries.pictures.utilities, I see some
- recommendations for Amiga GIF viewers. However, it does not make
- it clear whether these viewers will work with GIF89a files; on
- other platforms, many viewers bomb when trying to view a GIF89a
- file. (The main thing about GIF89a is that the file contains an
- embedded caption in the form of a "comment extension block."
- Files under the previous GIF87a standard just had the image.)
-
- I don't have access to an Amiga, and so I wonder if anyone can
- recommend which GIF viewers do or don't work with GIF89a files.
- (If you need to get your hands on a GIF89a file you can visit our
- ftp site, pubinfo.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.6.2); the GIFs, all of
- which are GIF89a with embedded captions, are in the directory
- /images.)
-
- Thanks much if anyone can make any comment.
-
- Frank
- frank@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov
-