/atari/8bit/00.EXTENSIONS COMMON ATARI 8-BIT FILE EXTENSIONS AND THEIR MEANINGS: Ext = Extension (ie, the "TXT" in the filename "LETTER.TXT") Typ = File type (B = binary, T = text, X = executable (binary), ? = uknown or depends (assume binary)) Desc = Description Ext Typ Desc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACT -T- "Action!" source code file. APC -B- "APAC" image. (80x96x256 noncompressed). AP2 -B- "APAC-2" image. (80x192x256 noncompressed). AR? -X- (AR0 through AR9) An "autorun" file loaded by MyDOS during boot, renamed from "EXE", "COM" or "OBJ." ARC -B- "ARC" archive. A set of files compressed into one file. Typcial Atari 8-bit compression format. ASC -T- "ASCII" text file. ASM -T- Assembly language source code file. ATA -T- "AtASCII" (Atari ASCII) text file. ATR -B- An Atari disk image used by Atari computer and disk drive emulators. (Like PC Xformer, Rainbow, Atari800, XL-It!, SIO2PC and APE.) BAS -B- "Atari BASIC" tokenized source code file. "LOAD" from within BASIC. BAT -T- "Batch" file - list of commands to be executed by a DOS (ie SpartaDOS). BLU -T- ".blurb" file (description of another file). C -T- "C" source code file. CFG -?- A preferences (configuration) file used by some program CNF -?- A preferences (configuration) file used by some program COM -X- Binary executable (a program / application). CTB -B- Compiled TurboBASIC XL program. Load with TurboBASIC XL "Runtime." DAT -?- A data file used by some program. DC3 -B- "Disk Communicator" disk image (disk data saved as a file). DCM -B- "Disk Communicator" disk image (disk data saved as a file). DOC -T- Text file (ASCII or ATASCII). DGS -B- "Degas" image. (??x??x??). DIG -B- "Parrot" digital audio file. DSK -B- "Disk Communicator" disk image (disk data saved as a file). EXE -X- Binary executable (a program / application). FRM -B- "Frame" animation file. FON -B- Atari screen font file. FNT -B- Atari screen font file. FTH -?- "Forth" source code file. GIF -B- A "GIF"(tm) graphics file. (??x??x2-256 compressed). GRA -B- "APAC" image. (80x96x256 noncompressed). GR7 -B- "Graphics 7" image. (160x96x4 noncompressed). GR8 -B- "Graphics 8" image. (320x192x2 noncompressed). GR9 -B- "Graphics 9" image. (80x192x16 noncompressed). G15 -B- "Graphics 15" image. (160x192x4 noncompressed). HIP -B- "Hard Interlaced Picture" image. (160x240x30). HLP -B- Text or other file used as a help file by some program. ILC -B- "APAC Interlaced" image. (80x192x256 noncompressed). LHA -B- "LHA" archive. A set of files compressed into one file. Typical Atari ST and Amiga compression format. LST -T- An Atari BASIC source file. "ENTER" from within BASIC. M65 -B- "Mac65" tokenized source code file. NLQ -B- Daisy Dot III "Near Letter Quality" font file. OBJ -X- Binary executable (a program / application) or an "object" file. PIC -B- A An image file. Usually "Koala" style (160x192x4 compressed). PRF -?- A preferences file used by some program PRO -B- An "APE" disk image which contains copy protection information. PZM -B- "Pryzm" image. (80x192x256 noncompressed). QIK -?- "Quick" source code file. RLE -B- "Run-Length-Encoded" image. (??x??x?? compressed). SFX -B- Self-Extracting archive. (A program which decompresses itself into a set of smaller programs - you only load this once.) SND -B- Mac System 7 or NeXT digital audio file. SYS -B- A system file, usually used by a DOS. TBS -B- TurboBASIC XL tokenized source code file. "LOAD" from within TurboBASIC XL. TUR -B- TurboBASIC XL tokenized source code file. "LOAD" from within TurboBASIC XL. TXT -T- Text file (ASCII or AtASCII). UUE -T- "UUencoded" binary file (converted to text-only format.) WAV -B- "WAVE" digital audio file. XMO -B- ??? Some binary file. (Bad naming convention by CompuServe.) ZIP -B- "ZIP" archive. A set of files compressed into one file. -bjk 02/12/97