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 ==
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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|-
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|.SCE || 640x200x16
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|-
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|.SCF || 640x480x256
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|.SCG || 800x600x16
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|-
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|.SCI || 320x200x256
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|-
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|.SCK || 320x400x256
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|.SCL || 640x400x256
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|-
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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.

Contents

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]

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Sample files

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