ColoRIX

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'''ColoRIX''', or '''RIX''', is a raster image file format associated with the ''ColoRIX VGA Paint'' and ''EGA Paint'' applications for MS-DOS.
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'''ColoRIX''', or '''RIX''', is a raster image file format associated with the ''ColoRIX VGA Paint'' and ''EGA Paint'' applications for MS-DOS, developed by RIX SoftWorks. There are at least two versions of it. Images may be compressed or uncompressed.
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Character graphics might also be possible. The .scz file extension is reportedly for "ColoRIX 16 color text mode".
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== Identifiers ==
 
== Identifiers ==
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Known file extensions include .sca, .scb, .scc, .sce, .scf, .scg, .sci, .sck, .scl, .scn, .sco, .scp, .scq, .scr, .sct, .scu, .scv, .scw, .scx, .scy, .scz.
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Many filename extensions have been reported or observed. Most are listed below. Extensions beginning with "SC" are generally used for full-screen images, with the third letter a code for the screen mode.
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! Ext. !! Mode !! Remarks
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|.RIX || ? || Used generically?
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|.SCA || ?
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|.SCB || ?
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|.SCC || ?
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|.SCD || 320x200x16
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|.SCE || 640x200x16
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|.SCF || 640x480x256
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|.SCG || 800x600x16
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|.SCI || 320x200x256
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|.SCK || 320x400x256
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|.SCL || 640x400x256
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|.SCN || 800x600x256
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|.SCO || 1024x768x256
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|.SCP || 640x480x16
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|.SCQ || 360x480x256
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|.SCR || 640x350x16
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|.SCT || 640x400x16
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|.SCU || 1024x768x16
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|.SCV || ?
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|.SCW || 640x350x256
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|.SCX || ? || Seems to be used for various image sizes.
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|.SCY || ?
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|.SCZ || Text mode?
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|.VMG || various || Default extension for non-fullscreen images saved by VGA Paint
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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==

Revision as of 16:51, 14 April 2023

File Format
Name ColoRIX
Ontology
Extension(s) .sc?, .scf, .sci, .scr, .scx, .rix, .vmg, others

ColoRIX, or RIX, is a raster image file format associated with the ColoRIX VGA Paint and EGA Paint applications for MS-DOS, developed by RIX SoftWorks. There are at least two versions of it. Images may be compressed or uncompressed.

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Identifiers

Many filename extensions have been reported or observed. Most are listed below. Extensions beginning with "SC" are generally used for full-screen images, with the third letter a code for the screen mode.

Ext. Mode Remarks
.RIX  ? Used generically?
.SCA  ?
.SCB  ?
.SCC  ?
.SCD 320x200x16
.SCE 640x200x16
.SCF 640x480x256
.SCG 800x600x16
.SCI 320x200x256
.SCK 320x400x256
.SCL 640x400x256
.SCN 800x600x256
.SCO 1024x768x256
.SCP 640x480x16
.SCQ 360x480x256
.SCR 640x350x16
.SCT 640x400x16
.SCU 1024x768x16
.SCV  ?
.SCW 640x350x256
.SCX  ? Seems to be used for various image sizes.
.SCY  ?
.SCZ Text mode?
.VMG various Default extension for non-fullscreen images saved by VGA Paint

Identification

The VGA Paint version of the format begins with ASCII characters "RIX3".

[TODO: Other versions]

Specifications

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Sample files

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