BIX

BIX is an experimental compressed archive utility, and related file format, developed by Igor Pavlov. It is a variant of UFA, and one of the predecessors of 7z.

Disambiguation
This format is presumably not related to the BIX format associated with the Civilization III video game.

Identification
According to the file command, files start with ASCII "".

Related formats
See 7z.

Software

 * BIX Version 1.00 Beta 7 (for Windows console)

Links

 * UFA-777-BIX website (2004 archive)
 * Note: An older URL is http://compression.hypermart.net/ufa/bix.html