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title: "Decoding CompuServe’s Run-Length-Encoded Graphics on the Sinclair QL"
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excerpt: "A SuperBASIC program for the Sinclair QL to display off-line CompuServe RLE (Run-Length-Encoded) graphics files. Explains how to download files via MTERM, details the RLE format, and provides notes on color changes and printing using QDUMPS utility."
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# Decoding CompuServe’s Run-Length-Encoded Graphics on the Sinclair QL

A SuperBASIC program for the Sinclair QL to display off-line CompuServe RLE (Run-Length-Encoded) graphics files. Explains how to download files via MTERM, details the RLE format, and provides notes on color changes and printing using QDUMPS utility.