GIF 0.0: Graphics Interchange Format^(TM) 1987 to 1993

Publications

• "Remains of the Disc, or Respinning the History of CD-ROMs and GIF 0.0." In Infrastructures of (Non-)Knowledge, edited by Kristin Flugel et al., pp. 159–181. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2026. <https://www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/11/1c/a8/oa9783839478462.pdf>.
• "GIFs Galore CDROM: An object of digital visual culture around 1990." Virtuelle Lebenswelten, Virtuelles Objekt des Monats, January 6, 2025. <https://www.virtuelle-lebenswelten.de/blog-post/virtuelles-objekt-des-monats-gifs-galore-cdrom>.
• "Was heißt Originalerhalt digitaler Bilder? Authentizität und Materialität von frühen GIFs im Internet." ARCHIV. theorie & praxis, no. 1, 2024, pp. 47–52. <https://www.archive.nrw.de/sites/default/files/media/files/Archiv-theorie-praxis1-2024-Internet.pdf>.

GIF/MIDI Player

In 2026, nothing is keeping me from "inventing" a MIDI Application Extension. If you embed a valid MIDI data stream with Application Identifier MIDIPLAY and Application Authentication Code 1.0 as a regular Application Extension Block in a GIF file, this player will render the image and playback the MIDI tracks (using PicoAudio 1.1.2).

Status

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