The PCX format was first used by Paintbrush, originally written by ZSoft. Nowadays, almost every program supports PCX files, since they are quite easy to implement. PCX includes a simple RLE compression method, and supports color maps as well as truecolor and greyscale images.
Quick Info:
Name: Paintbrush PCX
Type: Bitmap Image
Extension: PCX
Native Application: ZSoft Paintbrush
Specification: ftp://x2ftp.oulu.fi/pub/msdos/programming/formats/pcx.doc
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Alexander Krauss