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excerpt: "Editor's note on CompuServe's new GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), supporting images up to 16,000 dots per side in up to 256 colors from a 16-million color palette. Notes CompuServe's limited initial release of decoders and Don Thompson's intention to write a QL decoder once documentation becomes available."
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# CompuServe GIF Graphics Format

Editor’s note on CompuServe’s new GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), supporting images up to 16,000 dots per side in up to 256 colors from a 16-million color palette. Notes CompuServe’s limited initial release of decoders and Don Thompson’s intention to write a QL decoder once documentation becomes available.