What is the difference between .avs and .sixel?
- Extension
- .avs
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Stardent
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- AVS (Application Visualization System) file is a graphics file for Stardent AVS X image visualization. It is currently available on several platforms but it was originally developed only by the Stardent computer.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.avs
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia