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From: madsax@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark A. DeLoura)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: Re: Help with unknown format
Keywords: Graphic format
Message-ID: <7767@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 90 05:38:50 GMT
References: <3765@gara.une.oz.au>
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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In article <3765@gara.une.oz.au> plaplagn@gara.une.oz.au (Patrick Laplagne ECON) writes:
>Hi. I have recently come across a graphic format which I can't figure out. 
>All my attempts at viewing it have proven unsuccessful. Hopefully somebody 
>can help. The initial file is in compressed format with the *.Z ending. 
>When decompressed,its first few lines look like this:
>#define noname_width 576
>#define noname_height 720
>static char noname_bits[] = {
>    0xdd, 0x55, 0xdb, 0xb6, 0x6d, 0xb7, 0x6d, 0x6d, 0xdb, 0xb6, 0xb6, 0x6d,
>    0x5b, 0x6b, 0xbb, 0x6d, 0xdb, 0xda, 0xfe, 0xff, 0xff, 0xdf, 0xff, 0xff,
>...and so on. It is an ascii file. When transferred onto a PC, it will not 
>let itself be opened as any of the common formats (including gif). I am doing
>something wrong? Thanks in advance for your answers and/or suggestions. 
>Patrick.

Looks like an X bitmap file to me...you can create them if you are running
on an X display, and use the 'bitmap' program.  They come in real handy
for C programming, 'cuz the .xbm file can be #include'd, and then used for
creating images and such.  

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Mark A. DeLoura    madsax@milton.u.washington.edu      University of Washington
    "It's better to play one note and mean it,
           than play zillions of scales and not mean it."  -Mike Oldfield