FileID -- A File IDentifier program. V 1.20

WHAT IS IT?
The program identifies and gives information about a variety of
file types. These currently include GIF files and IFF files. More
may be added in the future.

WHAT DOES IT DO?	
   Picture files: Gives resolution, number of colors, and any other
	information it can determine (special Amiga display modes for
	instance).
	
	Sound files: Gives appropriate information from the header of the
	file including as appropriate: sampling rate, volume, number of
	instruments, etc.
	
	Animation files: Gives type of compression, resolution of the
	animation, timing of the animation, etc.
	
	Other IFF types: Identifies and gives a short description.
	
The GIF87a & 89a standards and all IFF formats listed in the "AmigaDos 1.3
Includes and Autodocs Manual" are supported.

COPYING THIS PROGRAM
Please feel free to modify this code and add new formats, etc. If you
do so, please leave credit to us somewhere in the file, and continue
to distribute it freely, and try to send us a copy. The source should
be portable to just about any other machine type. Versions have been
compiled with no changes for the IBM PC and Amiga Personal Computer
lines. Both executable versions and the current source code are 
available on The Coconut Telegraph BBS, listed below. 

Our version of the program (bearing our copyright) may be distributed
freely by any electronic means: BBS, network, floppy disk, etc. 

HELPFUL HINTS
If you use this program a lot you may want to rename the executable file
to something shorter like FI or FID. Anything that makes sense to you
will work.

Feel free to send us money, baked goods, scantily clad women, whatever,
when your conscience instructs you to do so. Confidentiality guarateed.
We're two attractive college students in our mid twenties, who someday
will make a lot of money. Really!

THE AUTHORS
The original author, Lloyd Eldred, can be reached at:
The Coconut Telegraph BBS (SysOp) - (703) 953-0605
GEnie - L.Eldred
Internet - Flutter@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu
US-Snail: 3942B McCoy Rd, Blacksburg, Va 24060

                                                  %% Lloyd Eldred %%

Additional author, Fred Homan, can be reached at:
The Coconut Telegraph BBS (CoSysOp) - (703) 953-0605
The TARDIS BBS - (703) 951-WHO1
FidoNet - 1:264/711
US-Snail: 511 Warren St, Apt 1, Blacksburg, VA 24060-4664

Fred Op

						   November 25, 1990
                        
VERSION HISTORY
 
 1.00 Initial release August 23, 1990
 1.10 Second release November 18, 1990
      - Added more intelligent treatment of GIFs with Macintosh
      resource forks padded to the beginning. (FLAME: If they wanted
      a fork on the file, they'd have put it in the standard!)
      - Moved the copyright notice to the program help.
      - Partial support of GIF-89a added. This new standard seems
      to follow the same format as 87a for resolution information,
      at least in the one test file that I have. I'll add more
      support as soon as I can find more formal documentation
      on the standard.
 1.20 Third release November 25, 1990
      - Complete support of the GIF89a standard.
      - Control output flags added.
         "-c" outputs any GIF89a included comments.
         "-t" outputs a single line numeric dump of resolution and colors.
         "-v" outputs any and all information on a GIF.  Can be quite long!
      - Fred Homan conned into contributing to coding.


Watch for the release of "SuperMongoNinjaReptileGIF-IFFViewer" coming
soon! (Name subject to change without notice). (Does anyone ever really
read these things anyway?)