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AMOS '''AmBs''' format is a resource container format that combines zero or more "AMOS Banks" ([[AMOS Memory Bank|memory]], [[AMOS Sprite Bank|sprite]], and/or [[AMOS Icon Bank|icon]] banks) into a single file or data segment. The official name for this format, if it has one, is unknown.

It is typically used as part of [[AMOS BASIC tokenized file]] format, but may be stored in a file by itself.

Although AmBs is a very simple format, it is moderately difficult to parse. It requires determining the length of each Sprite/Icon Bank segment, which is not trivial.

== Identification ==
AmBs data begins with the ASCII signature "{{magic|AmBs}}".

== Sample files ==
* http://cd.textfiles.com/amospd/501-525/APD503/Fabrizio_Bazzo/ABK/
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/zoom2/graphics/misc/procad/profiles/defaultlib_3.abk defaultlib_3.abk]

== Links ==
* [http://www.ultimateamiga.co.uk/HostedProjects/AMOSFactory/AMOSProManual/14/1429.html Memory Bank Structures], "Saving several Banks at once" section
* [http://alvyn.sourceforge.net/amos_file_formats.html http://alvyn.sourceforge.net/amos_file_formats.html#source_code AMOS source code file format]

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 == Links ==
 * [http://www.ultimateamiga.co.uk/HostedProjects/AMOSFactory/AMOSProManual/14/1429.html Memory Bank Structures], "Saving several Banks at once" section
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-AMOS '''AmBs''' format is a resource container format that combines zero or more "AMOS Banks" ([[AMOS Memory Bank|memory]], [[AMOS Sprite Bank|sprite]], and/or [[AMOS Icon Bank|icon]] banks) into a single file or data segment. The official name for this format, if it has one, is unknown.
+AMOS '''AmBs''' format is a resource container format that combines zero or more "AMOS Banks" ([[AMOS Memory Bank|memory]], [[AMOS Sprite Bank|sprite]], and/or [[AMOS Icon Bank|icon]] banks) into a single file or data segment. The official name of this format, if it has one, is unknown.
 It is typically used as part of [[AMOS BASIC tokenized file]] format, but may be stored in a file by itself.
-Although AmBs is a very simple format, it is moderately difficult to parse. It requires determining the length of each Sprite/Icon Bank segment, which is not trivial.
+Although AmBs is a very simple format, it is not trivial to parse. You need to know how to compute the length of every type of bank.
 == Identification ==
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 * http://cd.textfiles.com/amospd/501-525/APD503/Fabrizio_Bazzo/ABK/
 * [http://cd.textfiles.com/zoom2/graphics/misc/procad/profiles/defaultlib_3.abk defaultlib_3.abk]
 See also [[AMOS BASIC tokenized file#Sample files]], for files that contain embedded AmBs files.