Steve Blackstock
Random Dot Software
40 Bartlett Ave.
Lexington, MA 02173
 
Giffer version 1.12  (Sep 23, 1991)
 
Giffer, an image display program for the Macintosh II, is Copyright
1987-91 by Stephen Blackstock, who reserves all rights to its
distribution and sale.
 
Giffer is Beerware.  If you like it and use it, please send me a case of
beer (or $20 so I can buy one).  If you do send me something, I'll make
you a registered user of Giffer, and that will entitle you to receive
news about Giffer updates.  (Please also tell me what version you have!)
I plan to work on Giffer more, so this update news might be beneficial
if you like the program.
 
Giffer is an image display program for the Macintosh II family of
computers.  It works best in 256 color (8-bit) mode, but will work in 16
color (4-bit), 4 color (2-bit) and 2 color (1-bit) modes as well.
Giffer also works in 24-bit mode, but 24-bit images will not be
displayed in full color (they will be dithered to 256 colors).  (GIF
currently does not support 24 bits of color, so there would be no way to
save a 24-bit images in GIF.)  It is a memory-intensive program, so it's
nice to have as much memory as you can get to run it.  However, it will
run with the standard 1 Meg.
 
1.12 (8/91) - Fixed bug which caused off-screen dialogs on IILC.  Added
support for Flex images.
 
1.11 (6/91) - Added color icons for System 7.0.  Improved System 7.0
comaptibility.  Fixed bug which caused crash on Mac LC.
 
1.10b1 (3/91) - Added limited support for TIFF.  Allowed Giffer to read
GIF 89a revision files (needs significant testing).  Fixed the Open
command so that it will allow any file to be selected when the option
key is held down as the menu selection is made.