Sixel
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Sixel is a graphics format supported by terminals and printers from DEC, most notably the VT320 and VT420. It was later replaced by ReGIS.
A sixel is a the smallest addressable pixel group. It consists of six pixels on a vertical row. When the monitor (or printer) is in sixel mode, each 8-bit character is interpreted as a sixel. A monitor will typically support a width of 800 sixels and a height of 480 pixels.
[edit] References
- VT330/VT340 Programmer Reference Manual Volume 2: Graphics Programming
- Sixel Graphic News.
- Chiesa, C. F. 1990. All about SIXELs.
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