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[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/7/04 10:50:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
alxevans at concentric.net writes:

> GIF also supports multiple images in a 
>  file (though it is only rarely used, and is not widely supported).

Gif also supports animation, with multiple images "playing" in sequence over 
and over.  I have a few saved files like this.  They are pretty compact, being 
made from colored line drawings (one shows a piano action working).
  
> The only advantages that I can think of that TIFF has over GIF 
>  is that it allows for more than 256 colors

Yes, GIF suffers for high quality color photos because it forces everything 
into 256 colors, making for a "grainy" look on smooth surfaces.  I doubt 
anything we'd be archiving for Coco relevance would matter about this -- not that 
many photos, and they're mostly shades of gray, where GIF shines.

And we know Coco screen saves won't go over 256 colors (usually 4 or 16)!
--Mike K.