AMOS AmBs

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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.
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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 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.
 
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.
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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 ==
 
== Identification ==
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/amospd/501-525/APD503/Fabrizio_Bazzo/ABK/
 
* 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]
 
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/zoom2/graphics/misc/procad/profiles/defaultlib_3.abk defaultlib_3.abk]
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* [http://cd.textfiles.com/amospd/001-025/APD019/axelf.abk axelf.abk]
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See also [[AMOS BASIC tokenized file#Sample files]], for files that contain embedded AmBs files.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://www.ultimateamiga.co.uk/HostedProjects/AMOSFactory/AMOSProManual/14/1429.html Memory Bank Structures], "Saving several Banks at once" section
 
* [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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Latest revision as of 17:49, 13 October 2018

File Format
Name AMOS AmBs
Ontology
Extension(s) .abs, .abk

AMOS AmBs format is a resource container format that combines zero or more "AMOS Banks" (memory, sprite, and/or 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 not trivial to parse. You need to know how to compute the length of every type of bank.

[edit] Identification

AmBs data begins with the ASCII signature "AmBs".

[edit] Sample files

See also AMOS BASIC tokenized file#Sample files, for files that contain embedded AmBs files.

[edit] Links

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