gary@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (gary duhaney) (08/30/90)
Just when I thought I figured out how to view gif files on my mac something else happens. It all started when: I didn't know how to change a gif file giffer106.sit into an excuteable file for my mac. this program is a gif viewer, or so it claims to be(about to delete it for lack of patience). I finally figured out that I should use unsit to remove the StuffIt files( or at least thats what I think I should have done). I then ported them over to my mac using NCSA telnet binary, and Macbinary enabled. I now have 3 files from the giffer106.sit, a .data, a .info and a .rsrc file. Don't know if there is any other part of the puzzle that I'm neglecting to do. But anyway Giffer1.06.rsrc runs on my mac IIcx (using Supermac color monitor). But everytime I try to load a gif file on it all I see are lines of useless graphics. I get the giff file by doing the following. Grab the files off the net. cat them in their respective order. then uudecode the resulting file, then I port it over. I have even tried manually removing all the junk in the file that the rn places in it after it saves the article, but to no avail. I'm about to till somebody(Eddie Murphy). Thanks in advance. gary gary@corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu
wiml@milton.u.washington.edu (William Lewis) (08/31/90)
In article <822@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU> gary@corwin.UUCP (gary duhaney) writes: >Grab the files off the net. cat them in their respective order. then >uudecode the resulting file, then I port it over. I have even tried >manually removing all the junk in the file that the rn places in it >after it saves the article, but to no avail. Your post wasn't 100% clear, but you also do need to remove the signatures, etc. -- before you uudecode it, it should be one long stream of unintelligible lines (M67fvKJH36532...whatever.) You ca search for lines that don't fit by doing /^[^M]<cr> in vi; the only such lines (that don't start with M) should be the "begin" and "end" lines, and one or two shorter lines right before the "end" line. -- wiml@blake.acs.washington.edu Seattle, Washington | No sig under (William Lewis) | 47 41' 15" N 122 42' 58" W |||||||| construction
avery@netcom.UUCP (Avery Colter) (09/03/90)
gary@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (gary duhaney) writes: >I didn't know how to change a gif file giffer106.sit into an >excuteable file for my mac. this program is a gif viewer, or so it >claims to be(about to delete it for lack of patience). I finally >figured out that I should use unsit to remove the StuffIt files( or >at least thats what I think I should have done). I then ported them >over to my mac using NCSA telnet binary, and Macbinary enabled. Uhhhhhhh...... This sounds like you used some kind of unsit program on this file while it was still on the Unix machine. Have you tried just porting the .sit file into your Mac, and then using the Stuffit program on your Mac to decode it? And yes, .sit does indicate that you are dealing with a Stuffit file, and it should be unpacked with the most recent working version of Stuffit you can get your hands on. -- Avery Ray Colter Internet: avery@netcom.uucp | {apple|claris}!netcom!avery o/~ Mama, mama, mama, keep those skinny girls at home, o/~ `Cause this skinny boy wants a BIG FAT BLONDE! - The Rainmakers