PCX
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'''PCX''' was the native format of a DOS-based program PC Paintbrush, and was for a time (especially the late 1980s) a very popular image format among users of IBM PC compatibles and the PC/MS-DOS operating system. Much clip art was distributed in this format. However, it was tied closely to platform-specific attributes such as the particular graphic modes available in early PCs, and later lost ground to more platform-independent graphic formats like [[GIF]], [[JPEG]], and [[PNG]]. | '''PCX''' was the native format of a DOS-based program PC Paintbrush, and was for a time (especially the late 1980s) a very popular image format among users of IBM PC compatibles and the PC/MS-DOS operating system. Much clip art was distributed in this format. However, it was tied closely to platform-specific attributes such as the particular graphic modes available in early PCs, and later lost ground to more platform-independent graphic formats like [[GIF]], [[JPEG]], and [[PNG]]. | ||
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| + | == Identifiers == | ||
| + | * PCX v0: {{PRONOM|fmt/86}} | ||
| + | * PCX v2: {{PRONOM|fmt/87}} | ||
| + | * PCX v3: {{PRONOM|fmt/88}} | ||
| + | * PCX v4: {{PRONOM|fmt/89}} | ||
| + | * PCX v5: {{PRONOM|fmt/90}} | ||
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Revision as of 00:07, 15 March 2013
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Overview
PCX was the native format of a DOS-based program PC Paintbrush, and was for a time (especially the late 1980s) a very popular image format among users of IBM PC compatibles and the PC/MS-DOS operating system. Much clip art was distributed in this format. However, it was tied closely to platform-specific attributes such as the particular graphic modes available in early PCs, and later lost ground to more platform-independent graphic formats like GIF, JPEG, and PNG.
Identifiers
Sample files
References
- PCX (Wikipedia)
- Format description (Game Modding Wiki)
- Page on PCX on fileformat.info, with some pseudocode
