OS/2 bitmap family

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File Format
Name OS/2 bitmap family
Ontology
Extension(s) .bmp, .pm, .bga, .ico, .ptr
PRONOM fmt/115, x-fmt/270

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.

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Versions

OS/2 BMP 1.0

Version 1.0 is identical to Windows BMP v2.

OS/2 BMP 2.0

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

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BM (1.0)

BM (2.0)

BA/CI

CP

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