BIN (Binary Text)
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
BIN (or Binary Text, BinaryText, BinText, Binary, BiNARY, etc.) is a character graphics format associated with the ANSI Art community. Its lack of a distinctive name, file extension, or signature makes it difficult to find information about it.
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Format details
BIN is basically a raw copy of PC screen memory, with each character encoded as two bytes in the usual PC way: one for the character code, followed by one for the attributes. The character encoding would be one of the MS-DOS encodings, usually CP437 in English-speaking countries. There are usually 160 characters (320 bytes) per line. Some BIN files have a SAUCE metadata segment at the end of the file, which may specify a different number of characters per line.
Software
See also ANSI Art#Software.
Sample files
- 2013 - 16 - TCF - 16 - Colors.bin
- blocktronics_block_to_the_future.zip → fil-412.bin
- dexvert samples — image/binaryText
