What is the difference between .sun and .sixel?
- Extension
- .sun
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Sun Microsystems
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- Bitmap image generated by a Sun Microsystems workstation; native graphic format used by the Sun Unix operating system; uses a standard image format that can be read by several graphics programs.
- 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
- image/x-sun-raster
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.sun
- Wikipedia
- .sun on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia