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From: smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith)
Subject: Re: Good GIF files to convert to BMP
Message-ID: <1991Mar31.174040.1336@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Keywords: GIF, BMP, Wallpaper
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 17:40:40 GMT
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steven@Transact.COM writes:
>When I posted asking for good BMP's for wallpaper, several people suggested
>getting some GIFs and converting them.  So I've got the conversion utility,
>but don't know where to find the GIFs.  Anyone got any good suggestions?

I've got a better idea for you...try using Fractint to display any
image that's better than VGA.  I normally use Cshow to view all my
.gif files, but Cshow only goes up to 640x480x256.  For higher
resolutions, Fractint will display up to 1280x1024 or so.  I've
got a few 1024x768x256 .gif files, and with my noninterlaced Orchid II
and Sony 1304 they are UNBELIEVABLE.  I can put my nose 6" from the
screen and it looks solid as a rock and I can make out fine details,
better than a photograph in my opinion!

Well anyway, to answer your question... try these sites:

juy.fi (128.214.7.5)
uunet.uu.net /tmp/war (war images)
c.scs.uiuc.edu
wuarchive.wustl.edu /mirrors/msdos/gif (you can get CSHW823A.ZIP here
             which is what I mentioned above)
rogue.stanford.edu (36.80.0.138-141: the last 3 numbers in this address
      seem to move around!)-- /pub/images
garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.12.37) /pc/gif

I would start with wuarchive.wustl.edu, then go to 36.80.0.138.
Have fun!

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