OS/2 bitmap family
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IBM OS/2 BMP (also known as Presentation Manager Bitmap or PM Bitmap) is a family of image formats that is closely related to the Windows BMP formats.
Contents |
Versions
OS/2 BMP 1.0
- PRONOM: fmt/115
Version 1.0 is identical to Windows BMP v2.
OS/2 BMP 2.0
- PRONOM: x-fmt/270
The first two bytes of the file are a signature indicating the file's image type.
Signature | Image type | Notes |
---|---|---|
BA |
Bitmap Array | BA format is a kind of container format for one or more images in the other formats. |
BM |
Bitmap | See BMP for more about this type. |
CI |
Color Icon | |
CP |
Color Pointer | |
IC |
Icon | |
PT |
Pointer |
Sample files
BM (1.0)
BM (2.0)
BA/CI
- http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/OS2/hobbes/multimedia/images/icons/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/ICONS/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29503/ICONS/
- ICONSOS2.ZIP
CP
Resources
- OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Guide, Vol III
- OS/2 Bitmap File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
- Wikipedia page on the BMP file format has some info related to OS/2