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From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: Re: Help with unknown format
Keywords: Graphic format
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.145245@osf.org>
Date: 19 Sep 90 18:52:45 GMT
References: <3765@gara.une.oz.au>
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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 l|> ines 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).

As others have opined, it's a (large) X bitmap file.  Since you are
interested in GIF, and since a working assumption of this newsgroup
seems to be that you have access to PBMPLUS :-), try this:

	zcat file.Z | xbmtopbm | ppmtogif > file.gif
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