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Reading FilmX Picture Files?

Posted by Cliff on from the accessing-unconventional-file-types dept.

bzlman asks: "I just broke my finger and instead of conventional x-rays, the ER gave me a CD with huge picture files on it from the company called FilmX from sorna.com. Unfortunately, the software to read the pics is for Windows, and the file type for the images (each about 10 MB) is 'command line' (the files are of no conventional type). I've tried opening the files with every image program for Mac OS X and Classic, to no avail. These are high quality images I want to see, and I hope someone can help me find a Mac OS X way to view them. Thanks."

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  1. virtual pc by i621148 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just use virtual pc to install a crap version of windows on your mac. i have been using dvdbackup for mac and could not find a comparable version of dvdshrink (except for dvd2one which is expensive). even through emulation on a g4, the new virtual pc is pretty fast. encoding an entire dvd in 18 minutes... so if you can get past the "puke" factor of allocating some hard disk space for windows, i think it is a fantastic product. also you can use it to try out "test" operating systems like windows media center from winbeta.org or even the new fedora 3 before putting it on your main server. now i just wonder if i can run some old legacy solaris apps? :)