CompuServe RLE

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File Format
Name CompuServe RLE
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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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Files begin with bytes 0x1B 0x47 0x48 (256×192) or 0x1B 0x47 0x4D (128×96).

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