jaapv@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Jaap Verhage) (01/24/91)
A while ago, in article <994@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> I wrote: >The subject line says most of it: I'm looking for a program which >can be compiled under Unix 4.2BSD to view GIF files. The program >must expect a Tektronix 4010/4014 terminal - that's what Kermit can >emulate on my VGA-equipped PC. I do wonder if this is at all >feasible over a 2400 bps telephone line from the Unix host (a >Convex C210) to me at home, but we'll see about that when the time >comes :-) .... To this, Brad Davis replied: >A Tek 4010/4014 is a vector device, GIF is a bitmap. You would send >15 times the amount of data in the GIF file if you were to try to draw >it in 4010 mode. Download the GIF file with kermit and view it >locally (unless you have plenty of time and money). >-- >Brad Davis ..!uunet.uu.net!cs.utah.edu!cai.utah.edu!b-davis > b-davis@cs.utah.edu, b-davis@cai.utah.edu >One drunk driver can ruin your whole day. Yuck ! That's just what I *didn't* want to do. However, I guess Brad's right. Let me try again: anyone know of a GIF file viewer under Unix 4.2BSD that will display it's stuff on a VGA screen? Thanks for your time. -- Regards, Jaap. Jaap Verhage, Academic Computer Centre, State University at Utrecht, Holland. jaapv@cc.ruu.nl +<-*|*->+ I claim *every*thing and speak for myself