OS/2 bitmap family
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| − | |"BA" || Bitmap Array | + | |"BA" || Bitmap Array || May use '''.bga''' filename extension. |
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|"BM" || Bitmap || See [[BMP#OS/2 BMP 2.0|BMP]] for more about this type. | |"BM" || Bitmap || See [[BMP#OS/2 BMP 2.0|BMP]] for more about this type. | ||
Revision as of 16:08, 8 June 2013
Some IBM OS/2 BMP files had different formats than Microsoft Windows. See BMP for Windows Bitmap.
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Versions
OS/2 BMP 1.0
- PRONOM: fmt/115
Version 1.0 is identical to Windows BMP v2.
OS/2 BMP 2.0
- PRONOM: fmt/x-270
The first two bytes of the file are a signature indicating the file's image type.
| Signature | Image type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "BA" | Bitmap Array | May use .bga filename extension. |
| "BM" | Bitmap | See BMP for more about this type. |
| "CI" | Color Icon | |
| "CP" | Color Pointer | |
| "IC" | Icon | |
| "PT" | Pointer |
Resources
- OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Guide, Vol III
- OS/2 Bitmap File Format Summary From Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats at FileFormat.Info (1996)
- Wikipedia page on the BMP file format has some info related to OS/2
