Re: Transfer of gif files

[edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSbigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On 26 Sep 1997 01:38:14 GMT, df@adelaide.dialix.com.au (David Francis)
wrote:

>My uncle uses an IBM; he has sent me one or two scanned family photos by 
>first translating them to gif files. I'm able to download these, use 
>Super Convert to translate them into SHR pix and can then use them in my 
>Apple II GS.
>
>But if I try to do the same, ie scan my photos, use Super Convert to make 
>them into gif files then send them to my uncle, all he gets is graffiti.
>
>Can anyone suggest why this doesn't work?

Well, there are at least 4 different kinds of .GIF--you may be
choosing the wrong one on one end?

GIF 87a (interlaced)
GIF 87a (non-interlaced)
GIF 89a (interlaced)
GIF 89a (non-interlaced)
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