XBIN

XBIN (eXtended BIN) is a character graphics format. Its purpose is similar to that of ANSI Art. It was designed to be a successor to BIN format. It uses a specialized RLE compression algorithm.

It is closely tied to the capabilities of the text modes of VGA graphics cards. The font can be customized. Though limited to 16 colors, a custom palette can be used.

Disambiguation
xbin is also the name of an old utility[] that translates BinHex files.

Identification
Files begin with.

Specifications

 * eXtended BIN Format specification
 * → XBIN.TXT
 * XBin Specifications (from archive.org)

Software

 * ACiD View: Viewer for Windows
 * FFmpeg
 * Konvertor Free Viewer / Converter for Windows
 * Ansilove

See also ANSI Art.

Sample files

 * → *.XB
 * blocktronics_block_to_the_future.zip → *.xb
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/xb/

Links

 * Wikipedia article