ADEX IMG

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File Format
Name ADEX IMG
Ontology
Extension(s) .img, .rle

ADEX .IMG is a raster graphics format associated with ChromaGraph graphics cards by ADEX Corporation.

The third-party Image Alchemy software supports the format at least as far back as v1.5.1, so the format dates to 1991 or earlier.

Ed. note: Almost all the information in this article comes from non-authoritative sources, mainly Image Alchemy.

Contents

Discussion

It's difficult to find any information about ADEX ChromaGraph. We can confirm the existence of:

  • A product named "ADEX ChromaGraph II"[1]
  • A company named Adex Corp., of San Jose, CA, whose products include ADEX ChromaTron monitors and ADEX 8514 graphics boards[2][3]

Identification

Files are observed to start with ASCII "PICT", followed by the byte 0x00 (for a non-compressed image) or 0x01 (RLE compressed).

Software

References

  1. http://www.mcamafia.de/mcapage0/adflist5.htm
  2. http://cd.textfiles.com/ems/emspro20/disk4/PRODUCTS/TEXT/DATABASE.TXT
  3. PC Magazine article, June 25, 1991, p. 110-
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