[Coco] VEF specification

[Dave Kelly]

Robert Gault wrote:

> Boisy G. Pitre wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for the specification on VEF, the CoCo 3 VDG Extended 
>> File format.  Instead of trying to construct it from looking at 
>> source, and possibly missing a detail, does there exist a document 
>> which explicitly defines the format of a VEF file?
>>
>> Boisy
>>
>>
> On a doc I have by Bruce Isted and Tom Napolitano, VEF is called "Coco 
> Vdg Enhanced Format". That suggests it is the raw screen data plus 
> palette info.
>
> The info posted by Willard is consistent with this just in case there 
> are multiple formats using the VEF name.
>
>
I seem to remember that Vaughn Cato released a GIF and VEF viewer writen 
in C about 15 years ago. I know the GIF source was available and I think 
the VEF was also. I don't have a copy and don't know where to look. But 
it might be a place to look.

Dave