Files of this type and auxiliary type contain pictures with up to 3,200 colors displayed simultaneously.
Files of type $C1 and auxiliary type $0002 contain Super Hi-Res screen images with extra color tables so that up to 3,200 colors can be displayed simultaneously.
Such a display technique is visually striking but is not easy -- the program must watch the Mega II video counters and change the color tables in the palette for future scan lines while the Apple IIgs is drawing a different scan line. All such pictures use 320 mode.
This format is for uncompressed 3,200-color pictures. It is often referred to as "Brooks format" after the designer of the format, John Brooks. For a way to store these pictures compressed, see the MULTIPAL block in the Apple Preferred format.
The following definition is used in this document in addition to those defined for all Apple II file types:
The format for these files is similar to that for Super Hi-Res screen images.
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