Re: GIF program authors? (Jonah Stich, Thomas Dorris)

[grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)]

In article <SKNKWRKS.93Apr9234404@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu> sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) writes:
>>I have had even less success with GIF-View... darned if I can find where
>>it checks the filenames for an exact  .GIF  filename suffix.
>
>All GIFs are supposed to have that extension...how else would you be
>able to tell what they are when you move them to a different machine?

Scott, I think you missed the point...

ISO 9660 CDs have filenames like   PICTURE.GIF;1
which means that programs like GIFview that require the conventional
.GIF  (only) suffix can't be used with a CD-ROM drive.

Even worse is GIF3200, which insists on TXT or BIN type files.  All files
on an ISO 9660 disc are considered type $00 (unknown), and darned if I
can find the code to fix that one.

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Grover Thomas       grover@emunix.emich.edu   (Nifty quotes currently down)