CompuServe RLE

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* [http://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80/Software/Model%204/A/Assorted%20RLE%20Files%20(19xx)(Author%20Unknown)%5bRLE%5d.zip Assorted RLE Files.zip]
 
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== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==
 
* [http://staticweb.rasip.fer.hr/research/compress/algorithms_run-length_coding.htm#examples CompuServe standard for RLE file format] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140721001738/http://staticweb.rasip.fer.hr/research/compress/algorithms_run-length_coding.htm#examples archived])
 
* [http://staticweb.rasip.fer.hr/research/compress/algorithms_run-length_coding.htm#examples CompuServe standard for RLE file format] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140721001738/http://staticweb.rasip.fer.hr/research/compress/algorithms_run-length_coding.htm#examples archived])

Latest revision as of 03:20, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name CompuServe RLE
Ontology
Extension(s) .rle

CompuServe RLE is a bi-level image format that was used by the CompuServe on-line service. In some ways, it is the predecessor of GIF.

The image dimensions are 256×192 or (rarely?) 128×96. Images are RLE-compressed.

Files consist entirely of ASCII characters, though some are control characters.

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[edit] Identification

Files begin with bytes 0x1B 0x47 0x48 (256×192) or 0x1B 0x47 0x4D (128×96).

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