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'''Psion PIC''' (also known as '''Psion Series 3 bitmap''' or '''EPOC PIC''') is a raster image file format associated with Psion's EPOC operating system, and used mainly on Psion PDA devices.
 
'''Psion PIC''' (also known as '''Psion Series 3 bitmap''' or '''EPOC PIC''') is a raster image file format associated with Psion's EPOC operating system, and used mainly on Psion PDA devices.
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A Psion PIC file contains one or more bi-level bitmaps. Sometimes, two bitmaps should be combined to make a grayscale image. It's not clear whether it's possible to reliably determine which bitmaps should be combined.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[EPOC MBM]]
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* [[EPOC MBM]] (successor format)
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* [[Psion IMG/APP]] (may contain embedded PIC files)
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* [[Psion OPO/OPA]] (may contain embedded PIC files)
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Files begin with bytes <code>50 49 43 DC 30 30</code> (<code>'P' 'I' 'C' 0xDC '0' '0'</code>).
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Files begin with bytes <code>'P' 'I' 'C' 0xDC '0' '0'</code>.
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== Specifications ==
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* http://www.davros.org/psion/psionics/bitmap.fmt
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* [http://www.xnview.com/ XnView]
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* [[Konvertor]]
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* [[XnView]]
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/blackphiles/PHILES/PSION/PBM2PIC.TGZ PBM2PIC.TGZ]
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* {{Deark}}
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* [[Tom's Editor Desktop]]
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/psion/ This Psion CD] contain some Psion PIC files, for example at [http://cd.textfiles.com/psion/disk1/GRAPHICS/DRA_0001/5PIC/ .../GRAPHICS/DRA_0001/5PIC/]
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/psion/ This Psion CD] contains some Psion PIC files, for example at [http://cd.textfiles.com/psion/disk1/GRAPHICS/PICTURES/ .../GRAPHICS/PICTURES/] and[http://cd.textfiles.com/psion/disk1/GRAPHICS/DRA_0001/5PIC/ .../GRAPHICS/DRA_0001/5PIC/]
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* {{DexvertSamples|image/psionPIC}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:EPOC (operating system)|Wikipedia: EPOC]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:EPOC (operating system)|Wikipedia: EPOC]]
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[[Category:Personal Digital Assistant formats]]
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[[Category:EPOC/Symbian]]

Latest revision as of 02:57, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name Psion PIC
Ontology
Extension(s) .pic, others
PRONOM fmt/1744
Released ~1991

Psion PIC (also known as Psion Series 3 bitmap or EPOC PIC) is a raster image file format associated with Psion's EPOC operating system, and used mainly on Psion PDA devices.

A Psion PIC file contains one or more bi-level bitmaps. Sometimes, two bitmaps should be combined to make a grayscale image. It's not clear whether it's possible to reliably determine which bitmaps should be combined.

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Files begin with bytes 'P' 'I' 'C' 0xDC '0' '0'.

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