[POSSIBLE BUG]converted bmp seem incorrectly formatted

[GloW_on_dub]

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wget http://www.thinkwiki.org/w/images/2/20/Simple_tux.png
convert Simple_tux.png tux.bmp
feh tux.bmp 
feh WARNING: tux.bmp - No Imlib2 loader for that file format
sxiv tux.bmp
sxiv: warning: could not open image: tux.bmp
file tux.bmp 
tux.bmp: data

a correct bmp shoudl reply :

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file Joe_Frillio_Holding_Tray_Black_and_White.bmp 
Joe_Frillio_Holding_Tray_Black_and_White.bmp: PC bitmap, Windows 3.x format, 436 x 553 x 24

[fmw42]

That is an older format you want. try

convert image.png BMP3:image.bmp

see
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/formats/#bmp