QUESTION - Where is RIP graphics format?

Hello. Does anyone have any information about the TeleGrafix RIP format? 

For those who don't know, RIP is kinda like ANSI Graphics, except it can
do 16color pictures of the like found on AOL and Prodigy. This format is
used (usually by BBSs) to send menus & pictures over the modem quickly.
RIPs are kinda like Windows Metafiles in the way that they store commands
rather than raw data.

I am interested in writing a program (in Pascal, C, or VB) that will convert
Windows BMP bitmaps or WMFs to the RIP format, but I need the RIP guide, or
whatever there is in terms of RIP format specs. Any information would be 
appreciated.

You might want to email it to me rather than followup as this msg is
crossposted to several groups. Thanks!

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   Jeffrey Shneidman    "Technology... the knack of arranging the world that 
   Seattle, Wa. USA      we don't have to experience it." -- Max Frisch.

In article <3db97l$sd...@gagme.wwa.com>,
Jeffrey Shneidman < jef...@coho.halcyon.com > wrote:
>
>Hello. Does anyone have any information about the TeleGrafix RIP format? 
>
>For those who don't know, RIP is kinda like ANSI Graphics, except it can
>do 16color pictures of the like found on AOL and Prodigy. This format is
>used (usually by BBSs) to send menus & pictures over the modem quickly.
>RIPs are kinda like Windows Metafiles in the way that they store commands
>rather than raw data.

There are two types of graphics files used with RIPterm. RIP command images,
and icons. The icon format is basically identical to the Borland (BGI)
bitmap standard with the palette removed.

RipScript images and menus are basically vector graphics, sort of like WMF
or NAPLPS files, with the drawback that they are in a fixed 640x350x16 screen.

>I am interested in writing a program (in Pascal, C, or VB) that will convert
>Windows BMP bitmaps or WMFs to the RIP format, but I need the RIP guide, or
>whatever there is in terms of RIP format specs. Any information would be 
>appreciated.

Windows BMP bitmaps will not convert well to RipScript, but can be converted
to RIP icons with very little work.

I've seen at least one crippleware program to convert Windows Metafile to
RipScript, it might be better to wait for RIP 2.0 before starting anything
new.

Quite a bit of RipScript info is available at:

		ftp.ripco.com:/pub/rip

Ripco has no connection with RIP or Telegrafix.
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