BIN (Binary Text)

BIN (or Binary Text, BinaryText, BinText, Binary, BiNARY, etc.) is a character graphics format associated with the ANSI Art community. Its lack of a distinctive name, file extension, or signature makes it difficult to find information about it.

Format details
BIN is basically a raw copy of PC screen memory, with each character encoded as two bytes in the usual PC way: one for the character code, followed by one for the attributes. The character encoding would be one of the MS-DOS encodings, usually CP437 in English-speaking countries. There are usually 160 characters (320 bytes) per line. Some BIN files have a SAUCE metadata segment at the end of the file, which may specify a different number of characters per line.

Software
See also ANSI Art.
 * FFmpeg (codec named "bintext")
 * Ansilove

Sample files

 * 2013 - 16 - TCF - 16 - Colors.bin
 * blocktronics_block_to_the_future.zip → fil-412.bin
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/binaryText/