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Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 21 Jun 1994.
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FAQ - ASCII Art Questions

FAQ - ASCII Art Questions

rec.arts.ascii · 2 messages · 21 Jun 1994 - 22 Jun 1994
OK, I have Gifscii now.  Having big trouble converting, however.

Scarecrow's FAQ mentions that some programs capable of viewing GIFs can
save in the 87a format (what am I talking about?).  Please, which
programs?  Can I find them in Turbogopher?  What are the magic commands? 
I can convert to GIF, TIFF, PICT, etc, but having trouble beyond that
point.  I'm on a  Mac Quadra 800, and I can use Canvas 3.5, Adobe
Photoshop and Omnipage Pro, among others.  No luck so far.  Can someone
give me simple instructions, as though speaking to a small child?  Maybe
I could send the GIF to someone who has the inclination to mess with it?

Many thanks, and Happy Solstice,

Phoenix

In article <2u7i2r$di...@gagme.wwa.com> Bob Allison, bob...@gagme.wwa.com writes:
>

>   If you're using a Mac, you might want to look into GIFConverter.  It
>is shareware, so you can try it and see if it works for you.


Saving as a GIF with GIFConverter gets me an error message:"Not an 87a GIF
file..." when I try to use Gifscii.  Can GIFConverter convert to ASCII, and
I'm just not finding the commands?  Please, step-by-step instructions?

Phoenix

PS. Sorry about multiple posts;  r.a.a does not behave like other
newsgroups here.

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