plaplagn@gara.une.oz.au (Patrick Laplagne ECON) (09/19/90)
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.madsax@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark A. DeLoura) (09/19/90)
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. =============================================================================== 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
al@millipore.com (Al Wolfson) (09/19/90)
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. The file you have is an X Window bitmap file. If you have access to X Windows, type "bitmap filename" to display the bitmap. -- Alan Wolfson (617) 229-2870 x2173 MilliGen / Biosearch 186 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA 01803 al@lauren.millipore.com
zap@lysator.liu.se (Zap Andersson) (09/19/90)
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. Obviously it's sourcecode in C for some kind of bitmap... try a program like for (y=0; y<noname_height; y++) for (x=0; x<noname_width;x++) if (noname_bits[(y * noname_width + x) >> 3] & (1 << (x % 8))) setpixel(x,y); Perpahps (x % 8) should be (7 - (x % 8)) depending on bitorder... compile and run, and have some phun... /Z -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * My signature is smaller than * * yours! - zap@lysator.liu.se * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * My signature is smaller than * * yours! - zap@lysator.liu.se * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) (09/20/90)
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 -- David Brooks dbrooks@osf.org Systems Engineering, OSF uunet!osf.org!dbrooks Experience Hackvergnuegen!