KSBOLDUAN@amherst.bitnet (The Blue Adept) (01/08/90)
Hello all! Before the new year, I posted a question about how to download .gif files to the Mac. Well, the answer, as so many of you told me, is to make sure to set the file type to BINARY before transferring the files. Gifs are stored in binary format and if you don't do that then you lose the 8th bit and it corrupts your file. Just type BINARY while logged on to an anonymous ftp site will set the file correctly. I transfer the files first to my Vax and then to my Mac. To do the latter transfer, I just use Kermit and make sure to set the file to Binary (NOT MacBinary). Some of you asked where I had found certain gif archives. Well, here is the latest list that I have. I usually go to wuarchive.wustl.edu. They have an INCREDIBLY large selection. Good luck to all you Giffers out there and THANKS again to EVERYONE!!! who answered my query. Kevin Bolduan '91 Amherst College KSBOLDUAN@AMHERST Bitnet =================================== a.cs.uiuc.edu 128.174.252.1 TeX, dvi2ps, gif, texx2.7, amiga, dsl.cis.upenn.edu 130.91.6.12 GIF, IBM hubcap.clemson.edu 130.127.8.1 GIF, RFCs lut.fi 128.214.25.8 GIF, PD sources modified for hp-ux, merlin.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.3 ConcurrenC, Xinu, mac, GIF nyssa.cs.orst.edu 128.193.32.17 GIF, games, misc. surya.waterloo.edu 129.97.129.72 GIF, tiff format, gif2ras umn-cs.cs.umn.edu atari, apple II, GIF uxc.cso.uiuc.edu the Internet, recipes, GIF vmd.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.98 Hurricane Hugo GIF pictures wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 GNU, X.11R3, GIF, IEN, RFCs, TeX,