OS/2 bitmap family
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Some IBM OS/2 BMP files had different formats than Microsoft Windows. See BMP for Windows Bitmap.
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: 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