DOUG@ECL.PSU.EDU ("Douglas H. Hughes") (03/19/89)
Can anyone tell me exactly what a GIF file is for? I downloaded one and unarchived it, and now it's just sitting on my disk in binary doing nothing.. something tells me that it won't be very useful for me.. Am I right? I have an enhanced apple//e. The archive in particular was 35.1.1.43. I believe.. What do all of the prefixes for the files me.. I've been able to figure out a few.. like ut. = utility.. and do. = doc and now I know that gi. = gif... but the rest of them are pretty meaningless Could someone upload a sort of thesaurus for these terms and post it? I'm sure that there are a lot more people like me who haven't had as much experience with the ftp sites, and don't know what they mean. Thanks for any and all help.. (once again.) :-) bitnet: Doug@psuecl.bitnet internet: doug@ecl.psu.edu or doug%psuecl.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu UUCP: psuvax1!psuecl!doug
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (03/19/89)
What is useful? You ask what use a GIF file is. Obviously if no one thought that they were of any use, they wouldnt exist on an archive. GIF files are a machine independant format to store graphic pictures. There are several programs available to display GIF. But as for use - well, one could use them in documents if your word processor permits mixing of words and graphics. They could be used as backgrounds for games. And they can be used as desktops on some machines. -- Larry W. Virden 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 75046,606 (CIS) ; LVirden (ALPE) ; osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (INTERNET) The world's not inherited from our parents, but borrowed from our children.
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (03/20/89)
In article <8903181900.aa01309@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> DOUG@ECL.PSU.EDU ("Douglas H. Hughes") writes: >Can anyone tell me exactly what a GIF file is for? It's a popular "universal format" for storing images such as one would display on a PC. There are some Apple II programs that can display (or convert to standard Apple format) such files. SHRCONVERT is one.