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Re:You Don't Know GIF – An analysis of a GIF file and some w... by brk on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:57AM (#30626928)
I remember downloading the BOB_89A.GIF file from a local BBS eons ago. I've been trying to find it again for the inevitable pronunciation war threads. Now it looks like the text overlay component that was part of the spec is hardly supported anymore.
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Re:You Don't Know GIF – An analysis of a GIF file and some w... by banana_giraffe on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:13PM (#30631833)
Thank you for that filename, I had tried to dig up what it was, but my memory on where I got it, much less the name, was too fuzzy to remember.

For those that are curious, here's what it looks like when viewed with an era-appropriate viewer like CompuShow:

https://imgur.com/a/YUrodHD

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Re:You Don't Know GIF – An analysis of a GIF file and some w... by nope96 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:33PM (#30630577)
Yeah, I guess BOB_89A.GIF is the CANYON.MID of that era.

I'd completely forgotten about it, but remembered it as soon as I saw it. Crazy to think that was "full screen" and seemed hi-res.

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Re:You Don't Know GIF – An analysis of a GIF file and some w... by kingcharles on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:29PM (#30633450)
Once was full-screen entertainment, now is a favicon...
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Re:You Don't Know GIF – An analysis of a GIF file and some w... by sp332 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:42PM (#30635142)
Funny enough, on Firefox for Android, I can't download BOB_89A.GIF. I can view it ok, but saving it fails.
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