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Article #45649Re: In need of GIF advice
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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1990 20:45
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1990 20:45
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In article <22133.25cb4e4e@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> crabtree@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>I need some assistance on Gif files and the Macintosh. Most of the Gifs that
>I download from Sumex are fine, but if I try files from any other FTP site, I
>always end up with a screen full of garbage... {remainder deleted}
One possibility is the file transfer format. I've found several anonymous
FTP sites which expect binary file transfer whereas sumex expects you to use
text (the default) transfers. If you are transferring from a "binary" site
using a text protocol, the results could be garbage.
Bob Pugh
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!blackbird!news From: news@blackbird.afit.af.mil (News System Account) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: In need of GIF advice Message-ID: <1503@blackbird.afit.af.mil> Date: 5 Feb 90 20:45:54 GMT References: <22133.25cb4e4e@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Reply-To: rpugh@galaxy-43.UUCP (Robert D. Pugh) Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH Lines: 10