This format is used on Sun Microsystems Unix Systems to store bitmap images. It supports color mapped as well as 24 or 32bit truecolor images. Since it only supports RLE-compression, it is not suitable for image transfer over networks.
Quick Info:
Name: SUN Rasterfile
Type: Bitmap Image
Extension: RAS
Viewer Application:
Specification: ftp://x2ftp.oulu.fi/pub/msdos/programming/formats/sun_rast.txt
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Alexander Krauss