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From: pk6811s@acad.drake.edu
Subject: Gifscii Reprogramming Project
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 15:07:21 GMT

Several weeks ago I posted Gifscii, a GIF-Ascii converter partly based on
ASCGIF, but with an improved conversion routine.  I have received several
responses - some nice, some spice, and seen some obviously Gifscii-converted
images posted here, which is very rewarding.

Based on some helpful critiquing and also some ideas of my own I am reworking
the code for Gifscii to include the following features:

    - gif89 support
    - brightness & contrast controls
    - panning in small & large increments
    - <<insert your suggestions here>>

There are also some bug fixes (yeesh) and c-code improvements that are
needed.

Because of the large interest in this program I would like to enroll the
assistance of c-programmers on several different platforms to see if
we can create a portable-source version of Gifscii, and make executables
available on some ftp site.

Now I'm just a novice c-programmer, so hopefully volunteers would be
more experienced in order that a quality product emerges.  Please reply to:

Paul Kline
pk6811s@acad.drake.edu