GEM VDI Metafile

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* [http://archive.org/details/bitsavers_digitalResToolkit50472023101GEMProgrammersGuideVol_6900688 GEM Programmer's Guide Vol. 1], Appendix C
 
* [http://archive.org/details/bitsavers_digitalResToolkit50472023101GEMProgrammersGuideVol_6900688 GEM Programmer's Guide Vol. 1], Appendix C
 
* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/digitalResearch/gem/Programmers_Toolkit/5074-2023_GEM_Virtual_Device_Interface_Reference_Guide_2.0_Jun86.pdf GEM VDI Reference Guide (v2.0)], Appendix B
 
* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/digitalResearch/gem/Programmers_Toolkit/5074-2023_GEM_Virtual_Device_Interface_Reference_Guide_2.0_Jun86.pdf GEM VDI Reference Guide (v2.0)], Appendix B
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== Sample files ==
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* http://www.page6.org/st_lib/standard/st0393.php
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/gemvector/egff.htm GEM VDI File Format Summary], from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
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* {{EGFF|gemvector|GEM VDI File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Graphical Environment Manager|Wikipedia: GEM]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Graphical Environment Manager|Wikipedia: GEM]]

Revision as of 19:13, 1 January 2014

File Format
Name GEM VDI Metafile
Ontology
Extension(s) .gdi, .gem
PRONOM fmt/543, fmt/542, x-fmt/215
Released 1985

GEM VDI Metafile (also called GEM Metafile, GEM Vector, or GEM VDI) is a vector graphics metafile format associated with the GEM operating environment by Digital Research.

Contents

Identification

Files begin with bytes 0xFF 0xFF.

Following that is a two-byte integer reflecting the header size. It may use either big-endian or little-endian byte order. Likely values are 0x0018, 0x000E, and maybe 0x000F.

Specifications

Sample files

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