Dr. Halo PAL

File Format
Name	Dr. Halo PAL
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Dr. Halo PAL
Extension(s)	.pal
PRONOM	fmt/1186
Wikidata ID	Q28205955
Released	1984

Dr. Halo PAL is a color palette format associated with the Dr. Halo line of raster image editing software for DOS. For more information about the software and its other formats, refer to Dr. Halo PIC.

Discussion

Depending on the graphics mode, a PAL file may be saved/loaded automatically when the user saves/loads a corresponding PIC file using Dr. Halo. It is also possible to save and load palette files manually.

According to the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats: "There are actually two types of .PAL files: generic and video hardware-specific."

Identification

PAL files start with ASCII "AH", and the byte at offset 6 is 0x0a.

Specifications

• Dr. Halo File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)

Software

• Dr. Halo: Refer to Dr. Halo PIC#Software.
• Some software that supports CUT format might also support PAL -- refer to Dr. Halo CUT#Software.

Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/fantaziasampler/CLIPART/CUT/ → *.PAL
• Dr. Halo III, at WinWorld → Dr Halo III (5.25) → ... → *.PAL
• Dr. Halo Plus (v3.00-German) → ... → *.PAL
• dexvert samples — image/drHalo → *.PAL