gif files IBM->MAC

Can anyone locate a program that converts IBM data to MAC data on the 
internet. When I get files from the net, I can't view them because 
they're in IBM format. Or is gif format universal to all computers? I 
appreciate greatly any help anyone can give. Muchos gracias!

Jason Liu

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* Unravel it, trammel it, walk upon it, in any way diminish and vitiate * 
* it, and you are diminishing and vitiating the most esential and       *
* marvelous thing that we have got in this country---liberty."          *
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In article <2ovqq7$ep...@news.u.washington.edu>, car...@u.washington.edu
(Carol Chang) wrote:

> Can anyone locate a program that converts IBM data to MAC data on the 
> internet. When I get files from the net, I can't view them because 
> they're in IBM format. Or is gif format universal to all computers? I 
> appreciate greatly any help anyone can give. Muchos gracias!
> 
> Jason Liu

Dear Jason

Get GIF converter for the MAC, it opens gif files.
Try ftp bu.edu i know they have it in a mac directory.(poss /pub/mac/....)

Martin
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In article <2ovqq7$ep...@news.u.washington.edu>, car...@u.washington.edu (Carol Chang) writes:
|> Can anyone locate a program that converts IBM data to MAC data on the 
|> internet. When I get files from the net, I can't view them because 
|> they're in IBM format. Or is gif format universal to all computers? I 
|> appreciate greatly any help anyone can give. Muchos gracias!
|> 
|> Jason Liu


Gif's are universal and can be viewed on any gif viewing program.
However some formats are not universal however the program 'Imagery' on the mac
will convert almost any graphics format to TIFF.

Roo


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Carol Chang (car...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
: Can anyone locate a program that converts IBM data to MAC data on the 
: internet. When I get files from the net, I can't view them because 
: they're in IBM format. Or is gif format universal to all computers? I 
: appreciate greatly any help anyone can give. Muchos gracias!

: Jason Liu

: *************************************************************************
: * 	"The one thing that safeguards our liberty is the constitution. *
: * Unravel it, trammel it, walk upon it, in any way diminish and vitiate * 
: * it, and you are diminishing and vitiating the most esential and       *
: * marvelous thing that we have got in this country---liberty."          *
: *************************************************************************

:                                                   (Rep. Mitchell, 1979)

	When it comes to GIF format, the file is universal. I've scanned in
GIFs using a PC, and ran it through Cshow. Then uploaded it to my account,
then downloaded it to a Mac, then ran it through GIFConverter. You don't lose 
any of the boldness or texture of the file. So, in that sense, it shouldn't
matter.
		I hope that helps you!!!

							Tyketto
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In article <CoJ...@festival.ed.ac.uk>,
Andrew Burns <p91...@cplab.ph.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <2ovqq7$ep...@news.u.washington.edu>, car...@u.washington.edu (Carol Chang) writes:
>|> Can anyone locate a program that converts IBM data to MAC data on the 
>|> internet. When I get files from the net, I can't view them because 
>|> they're in IBM format. Or is gif format universal to all computers? I 
>|> appreciate greatly any help anyone can give. Muchos gracias!
>|> 
>|> Jason Liu
>
>
>Gif's are universal and can be viewed on any gif viewing program.
>However some formats are not universal however the program 'Imagery' on the mac
>will convert almost any graphics format to TIFF.

Where do I get this program?

JL

>
>Roo
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