OS/2 Icon
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| − | [[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. | + | [[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'' similar to [[ICO|Windows ICO]] format. |
There is a color format, and a (rare?) 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 (rare?) 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. | ||
Revision as of 01:23, 17 February 2014
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 similar to Windows ICO format.There is a color format, and a (rare?) 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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Identification
An OS/2 Icon file may begin with ASCII characters "IC" (color), or "CI" (bi-level). Or, it may begin with "BA", and have "IC" or "CI" at offset 14.
Specifications
Software
- XIcon (old software, untested)
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
CI
- XICON10.ZIP → test/*.ico
- VISAGEIC.ZIP → toolsfop.ico, cwicon.ico
