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Summary
Name	CompuServe RLE
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/1538
Family
Classification	Image (Raster)
Disclosure
Description	CompuServe RLE is a type of run-length encoding graphics monochrome file format, introduced by CompuServe in the 1980s to be used by the CompuServe on-line service. It is the predecessor of CompuServe's GIF file format that supported colour and was invented by Steve Wilhite. The image dimensions are either Medium (128x96) and High (256x192) resolution RLE- compressed files. Files consist entirely of ASCII characters, though some are control characters.
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Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Compuserve Incorporated
Supported by	Compuserve Incorporated
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	29 Oct 2021
Source description
Last updated	29 Oct 2021
Note	http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/CompuServe_RLE https://www.pmview.com/help/pmview/compuserve_rle_rle_.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe