Getting Giffer to read FTPed files ?

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From: seals
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 1990 22:20

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Hello netters !

I have been trying to retrieve some GIF formatted files from an FTP site.
They are scanned images (I think by a DOS-based system), but I presume that
GIF files are always device independent (?).

After setting the connection for binary transfer, the files was FTPed to my
site's VAX and downloaded via White Knight (and CKermit on the VAX) to my
Mac II.

The file opens, but is gibberish.  What step am I missing ?  I have used no
filtering, and I assume that CKermit has no probelms with binary data ...

Has anyone gotten (via FTP) GIF files and tried to open them using Giffer
(I tried using version 1.08) ?  Will Giffer for the Mac read GIF files from
other computer types ?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions !

Jack Lawson
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
CANADA

Bitnet:  seals@ac.dal.ca

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From: seals@ac.dal.ca
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Subject: Getting Giffer to read FTPed files ?
Summary: giffer won't open FTPed files ...
Keywords: giffer FTP
Message-ID: <2484@ac.dal.ca>
Date: 18 Dec 90 22:20:31 GMT
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Organisation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada