GRABBER

File Format
Name	GRABBER
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics GRABBER
Extension(s)	.com, .exe
Released	≤1989

GRABBER is a screen capture utility for DOS, developed by Gerald (Jerry) A. Monroe.

Images are saved as self-displaying executable files. Older versions use COM format, while newer versions use EXE. The switch to EXE happened sometime between v3.34 and v3.60. The default filenames are "SCREEN00.EXE" (or "SCREEN00.COM"), "SCREEN01.EXE", etc.

Identification

Information based on minimal research. May not be correct for all files.

COM files have ASCII "This file was created by GRABBER.COM" at offset 5.

EXE files have ASCII "Created by GRABBER" at offset 49.

Software

• GRABBER
  • v3.34
  • v3.60
  • v3.87
  • v3.94
  • v3.96
  • v3.97
  • v3.98

The GRABBER distribution (at least v3.87+) includes utilities for converting to common formats such as GIF and PCX.

Sample files

• Versions 3.87 and earlier include some DEMO*.EXE or DEMO*.COM sample files.
• dexvert samples — image/grabber