ColoRIX
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== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
| − | + | The VGA Paint version of the format begins with ASCII characters "{{magic|RIX3}}". | |
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== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/colorix-vga-paint-1.36 ColoRIX VGA Paint 1.36] (at Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * RIXLATE.EXE - Format conversion utility for DOS, included with, e.g., ColoRIX VGA Paint 1.36 | ||
* [[Konvertor]] | * [[Konvertor]] | ||
* [[XnView]] | * [[XnView]] | ||
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== Sample files == | == Sample files == | ||
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* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/rix/ | * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/rix/ | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/disc-passage-countriesofthe-world-1991 SCF Samples] | * [https://archive.org/details/disc-passage-countriesofthe-world-1991 SCF Samples] | ||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/shareware-grab-bag Shareware Grab Bag] → 008/egaslide.arc - EGA Slide, a component of EGA Paint (?). Includes some .SCR files in an old version of the format. | ||
[[Category:File formats with too many extensions]] | [[Category:File formats with too many extensions]] | ||
Revision as of 20:59, 13 April 2023
ColoRIX, or RIX, is a raster image file format associated with the ColoRIX VGA Paint and EGA Paint applications for MS-DOS.
Character graphics might also be possible. The .scz file extension is reportedly for "ColoRIX 16 color text mode".
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Identifiers
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.
Identification
The VGA Paint version of the format begins with ASCII characters "RIX3".
[TODO: Other versions]
Specifications
- RIX File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
- RIX image File Format
- Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)
- Fallout 2 RIX File Format
Software
- ColoRIX VGA Paint 1.36 (at Internet Archive)
- RIXLATE.EXE - Format conversion utility for DOS, included with, e.g., ColoRIX VGA Paint 1.36
- Konvertor
- XnView
- GrafX2
Sample files
- VGARIX.ZIP → *.SCI
- https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/rix/
- SCF Samples
- Shareware Grab Bag → 008/egaslide.arc - EGA Slide, a component of EGA Paint (?). Includes some .SCR files in an old version of the format.
