Lotus 1-2-3 Chart

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'''Lotus 1-2-3 Chart''' (or '''Lotus PIC''') is a vector graphics format associated with [[Lotus 1-2-3]].
 
'''Lotus 1-2-3 Chart''' (or '''Lotus PIC''') is a vector graphics format associated with [[Lotus 1-2-3]].
  
== Specifications ==
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== Format details ==
* [http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/ftp/pub/coast/msdos/lotus123/picfile.txt Lotus 1-2-3 .PIC File Format Details] (reverse-engineered; incomplete)
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All known Lotus PIC files begin with (hex) bytes {{magic|01 00 00 00 01 00 08 00 44 00 00 00}}. The significance of these values is not known, but this is probably not an arbitrary signature, and other values may well be possible.
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''[Ed. note: The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats and the Jim Kyle document listed below disagree about the next few bytes. E.g., EGFF says that 0x7F appears at offset 13, while the Kyle document says it's at offset 14.]''
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/ftp/pub/coast/msdos/lotus123/picfile.txt Lotus 1-2-3 .PIC File Format Details], by Jim Kyle (reverse-engineered; incomplete)
 
* {{EGFF|lotuspic|Lotus PIC File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* {{EGFF|lotuspic|Lotus PIC File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]

Revision as of 14:57, 22 May 2016

File Format
Name Lotus 1-2-3 Chart
Ontology
Extension(s) .pic
PRONOM x-fmt/82
Released ~1983

Lotus 1-2-3 Chart (or Lotus PIC) is a vector graphics format associated with Lotus 1-2-3.

Format details

All known Lotus PIC files begin with (hex) bytes 01 00 00 00 01 00 08 00 44 00 00 00. The significance of these values is not known, but this is probably not an arbitrary signature, and other values may well be possible.

[Ed. note: The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats and the Jim Kyle document listed below disagree about the next few bytes. E.g., EGFF says that 0x7F appears at offset 13, while the Kyle document says it's at offset 14.]

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