finn@mojo.UUCP (Finn Markmanrud) (10/31/89)
I keep seeing GIF images posted on the net, but I'm not sure I know what to do with them. I have several GIF viewers in DOS, and a ton of GIF images. Is that what these images are? (They are usually found in comp.sys.ibm.pc). If yes, - how do I get them to DOS? I know I have to uudecode the file first, but where do I go from there? Any help deeply appreciated. I'm new both to Unix and Usenet, so please excuse my ignorance. We all have to start sometime. Thanks. -- +=====================+========================+=============================+ | Finn Markmanrud | finn@nec.mojo.com | "It can't happen here." | | (508) 264 8668 | Boxboro, MA | F.Z. | +=====================+========================+=============================+
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (11/01/89)
[I tried replying, but your return address wasn't usable] In article <200@mojo.UUCP> finn@mojo.UUCP (Finn Markmanrud) writes: >I keep seeing GIF images posted on the net, but I'm not sure I know >what to do with them. I have several GIF viewers in DOS, and a ton >of GIF images. Is that what these images are? What do they say they are? GIF is one of the popular interchange formats, but by no means the only one. > (They are usually found >in comp.sys.ibm.pc). If yes, - how do I get them to DOS? I assume you have these files on a non-DOS machine (there ARE DOS machines directly participating in usenet, for whom this is obviously not a problem). The best "general" solution I've found is kermit. (see comp.protocols.kermit for more information) >I know I have to uudecode the file first, but where do I go from there? If they are uuencoded GIF images, you uudecode them and feed the resulting binary output to a GIF viewer. >| Finn Markmanrud | finn@nec.mojo.com | "It can't happen here." | ^^^^^^^^ This is a totally BOGUS address -=EPS=-