".GIF" files

[The QRPer]

>From article <1991Feb6.152706.9487 at ombrage.mi.org>, by steveb at ombrage.mi.org (Steve Barber):
> In article <57 at morwyn.UUCP> forrie at morwyn.UUCP (Forrie Aldrich) writes:
>>I'm looking for a way to view standard ".GIF" files on the 3B1...
>>there MUST be a way... but I have no idea, and would appreciate it
>>if someone out there could let me know.
> 
> Yes, there's a way.  Download the PBMPLUS utilities, and then pick up
> my pbmto3b1 program from osu-cis.  You'll need libpbm.a from the PBMPLUS
> stuff to compile pbmto3b1, and you'll need the other PBMPLUS utilities to
> do the format conversions.  Once you've got it all built, you can do this:
> 
> giftoppm < filename.gif | ppmtopgm | pgmtopbm | pbmto3b1
> 

This is what I do on my system as well.  Now for the 64 dollar question:

Is there a way of viewing ".GIF" files on the 3B1 that doesn't take
3 minutes per picture?  :-)

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