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Re: PCX verses BMP

• Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Oct 10, 1999
• 424 views

BMP is easier to use.
PCX however is nearly identical to BMP however it is
RLE compressed.  Run Length Encoded.
if you have a BMP that looks like below, It can easily be
compressed using RLE.

000100000100002222222000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000111111100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100000002000000
000100000100002222222000


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----- Original Message -----
From: Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 2:46 PM
Subject: PCX verses BMP


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> Poster:       Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET>
> Subject:      PCX verses BMP
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> Why do a lot of games that I see use PCX files.
> Are they easier to use than BMP or faster or simpler.
> Can anyone give me the advantages and disadvantages of each.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Bernie
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