OS/2 Icon
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There is a color format, and a bi-level format. Multiple icons may be stored in the same file using the "bitmap array" ("BA") container format. The BA format may be used even when the file contains only one icon. | There is a color format, and a bi-level format. Multiple icons may be stored in the same file using the "bitmap array" ("BA") container format. The BA format may be used even when the file contains only one icon. | ||
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| + | OS/2 icons are sometimes embedded as resources in OS/2 [[Linear Executable]] files. | ||
== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
| − | An OS/2 Icon file may begin with ASCII characters "<code> | + | An OS/2 Icon file may begin with ASCII characters "<code>CI</code>" (color), or "<code>IC</code>" (bi-level). Or, it may begin with "<code>BA</code>", and have (usually) "<code>CI</code>" or "<code>IC</code>" at offset 14. |
== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
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* Some icon collections can be found at http://kimludvigsen.dk/os2/os2/graphx/index.php | * Some icon collections can be found at http://kimludvigsen.dk/os2/os2/graphx/index.php | ||
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/640swstudio/OS2/ICONSOS2.ZIP ICONSOS2.ZIP] | * [http://cd.textfiles.com/640swstudio/OS2/ICONSOS2.ZIP ICONSOS2.ZIP] | ||
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| + | === BA/IC === | ||
| + | * [http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk2/SHELLUTL/YAOS181.ZIP YAOS181.ZIP] → yaos.ico | ||
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=== CI === | === CI === | ||
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/ICONS/XICON10.ZIP XICON10.ZIP] → test/*.ico | * [http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/ICONS/XICON10.ZIP XICON10.ZIP] → test/*.ico | ||
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/ICONS/VISAGEIC.ZIP VISAGEIC.ZIP] → toolsfop.ico, cwicon.ico | * [http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/ICONS/VISAGEIC.ZIP VISAGEIC.ZIP] → toolsfop.ico, cwicon.ico | ||
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=== IC === | === IC === | ||
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/libris/GRAPHICS/WINDOWS/2736.ZIP 2736.ZIP] - The 288-byte ICO files are in IC format. For example MOUSE.ICO, PC2PC.ICO. | * [http://cd.textfiles.com/libris/GRAPHICS/WINDOWS/2736.ZIP 2736.ZIP] - The 288-byte ICO files are in IC format. For example MOUSE.ICO, PC2PC.ICO. | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 11 May 2016
OS/2 Icon is an icon format related to OS/2 BMP, and sometimes considered to be a member of the OS/2 BMP family of formats. It is very similar to OS/2 Pointer format. It is not particularly similar to Windows ICO format.There is a color format, and a bi-level format. Multiple icons may be stored in the same file using the "bitmap array" ("BA") container format. The BA format may be used even when the file contains only one icon.
OS/2 icons are sometimes embedded as resources in OS/2 Linear Executable files.
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Identification
An OS/2 Icon file may begin with ASCII characters "CI" (color), or "IC" (bi-level). Or, it may begin with "BA", and have (usually) "CI" or "IC" at offset 14.
Specifications
Software
- XIcon (old software, untested)
- Deark
- Image Alchemy
Sample files
BA/CI
(Most, but not all, of the icons at these locations use BA/CI format.)
- http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/OS2/hobbes/multimedia/images/icons/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/ICONS/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29503/ICONS/
- Some icon collections can be found at http://kimludvigsen.dk/os2/os2/graphx/index.php
- ICONSOS2.ZIP
BA/IC
- YAOS181.ZIP → yaos.ico
CI
- XICON10.ZIP → test/*.ico
- VISAGEIC.ZIP → toolsfop.ico, cwicon.ico
IC
- 2736.ZIP - The 288-byte ICO files are in IC format. For example MOUSE.ICO, PC2PC.ICO.
