MAKIchan Graphics

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'''MAKIchan Graphics''' (also spelled '''Maki-chan''') is a family of raster graphics format that were used mainly in Japan. It may be associated with MSX computers. It's been accused of having an overly-complex compression scheme. The most common subformat is known as '''MAG'''.
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'''MAKIchan Graphics''' (also spelled '''Maki-chan''') is a family of raster graphics formats that were used mainly in Japan. It may be associated with MSX computers. It's been accused of having an overly-complex compression scheme. The most common subformat is known as '''MAG'''.
  
 
It is also spelled '''MAGIchan''', though that might be a typo.
 
It is also spelled '''MAGIchan''', though that might be a typo.
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* [[XnView]] (MAG format only)
 
* [[XnView]] (MAG format only)
 
* [http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView] (MAG format only)
 
* [http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView] (MAG format only)
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* [http://www.gregroelofs.com/greg_xv.html XV Jumbo Patches] (MAG/MKI) (need to manually enable MAG and MAKI support before compiling)
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** MAG/MKI support is from [http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/shige/xv/xv310a-jp-extension-rev5.3.3.tar.gz xv310a-jp-extension-rev5.3.3.tar.gz]
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** XV repositories that include this patch: [https://github.com/DavidGriffith/xv], [https://github.com/edescourtis/xv]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926202300/http://www1.linkclub.or.jp/~zhidao/zlab/computing/mag2png.html mag2png] → [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926202300/http://www1.linkclub.or.jp/~zhidao/zlab/computing/lib/mag2png-1.01.tgz mag2png-1.01.tgz] (from archive.org) (MAG format only)
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926202300/http://www1.linkclub.or.jp/~zhidao/zlab/computing/mag2png.html mag2png] → [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926202300/http://www1.linkclub.or.jp/~zhidao/zlab/computing/lib/mag2png-1.01.tgz mag2png-1.01.tgz] (from archive.org) (MAG format only)
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/fujitsufree/vol04/DATA/MAGLREX/ - Appears to have source code (C + assembly) for a MAG/MKI decoder
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/fujitsufree/vol04/DATA/MAGLREX/ - Appears to have source code (C + assembly) for a MAG/MKI decoder

Revision as of 16:05, 19 January 2016

File Format
Name MAKIchan Graphics
Ontology
Extension(s) .mag, .max, .mki

MAKIchan Graphics (also spelled Maki-chan) is a family of raster graphics formats that were used mainly in Japan. It may be associated with MSX computers. It's been accused of having an overly-complex compression scheme. The most common subformat is known as MAG.

It is also spelled MAGIchan, though that might be a typo.

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MAG and MAX files begin with the ASCII signature "MAKI02  ".

MKI files begin with "MAKI01A " or "MAKI01B ".

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