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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 12 May 1996.

                            
    
    
Answer: How to scan image into ASCII art?
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Answer: How to scan image into ASCII art?

                    

                        From tfj...@Lehigh.EDU
                        · rec.arts.ascii
                        · 12 May 1996 00:00                                                    · View full thread
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u
>     I have just downloaded Macgifscii, but when I tried to use it, send me an
>error: "Not a 87a Gif file". The file was a gif file and I don't know what to d
o
>now. Does anyone knows what kind of files I have to use. Or what I have to do w
ith
>my GIF files????????
>

There are (at least) 2 types of .gif files, gif87a and gif89a. Gif89a is the
more recent standard, and most gifs you find today are in that format. I don't
know what to tell you to use to change gif89a's to gif 87a's.
                __________________
               /|   Thad Jaszek   |
              | |                 |
              | | tfj...@lehigh.edu |
              | |_________________|
              |/_________________/



                    

                

            

        


        

            

                

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From: tfj...@Lehigh.EDU
Subject: Answer: How to scan image into ASCII art?
Date: 1996/05/12
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