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  6.  LANG="EN" XML:LANG="EN" DIR="LTR">
  7.  
  8. <HEAD>
  9. <TITLE>mOST COMMON FILE TYPES AT
  10. HTTP://WWW.FUNET.FI/PUB/CBM/</TITLE>
  11. <LINK REV="MADE" HREF="MAILTO:MSMAKELA@NIC.FUNET.FI" />
  12. <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF=".DOC.CSS" />
  13. <LINK REL="ICON" HREF=".ICON.PNG" />
  14. <META HTTP-EQUIV="cONTENT-tYPE" CONTENT="TEXT/HTML; CHARSET=ISO-8859-1" />
  15. </HEAD>
  16.  
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  18.  
  19. <H1>mOST COMMON FILE TYPES AT <A CLASS="LINK"
  20. HREF="HTTP://WWW.FUNET.FI/PUB/CBM/INDEX.HTML">HTTP://WWW.FUNET.FI/PUB/CBM/</A></H1>
  21.  
  22. <P>wE USE THE FOLLOWING ARCHIVING FORMATS. sEARCH THE <A
  23. HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/INDEX.HTML">CONVERTERS</A> SUBDIRECTORY
  24. FOR APPROPRIATE UTILITIES TO EXTRACT THE CONTENT FROM SOME OF THESE.</P>
  25.  
  26. <TABLE>
  27. <CAPTION>fILE NAMING PATTERNS AND TYPES</CAPTION>
  28. <THEAD>
  29. <TR>
  30.  <TH SCOPE="COL">pATTERN</TH>
  31.  <TH SCOPE="COL">fORMAT</TH>
  32.  <TH SCOPE="COL">cONTENTS</TH>
  33.  <TH SCOPE="COL">tOOLS</TH>
  34. </TR>
  35. </THEAD>
  36. <TBODY>
  37. <TR>
  38.  <TD><VAR>N</VAR><CODE>!<VAR>FILE</VAR></CODE></TD>
  39.  <TD><A HREF="ARCHIVING/C64/DISK/ZIPCODE-2.0.D64.GZ">zIPcODE</A>D 1541
  40.  DISK IMAGE (<VAR>N</VAR>=1&NDASH;4)</TD>
  41.  <TD><ACRONYM TITLE="RUN LENGTH ENCODING">rle</ACRONYM> COMPRESSED
  42.  NORMAL 1541 DISK TRACKS</TD>
  43.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A></TD>
  44. </TR>
  45. <TR>
  46.  <TD><VAR>N</VAR><CODE>!!<VAR>FILE</VAR></CODE></TD>
  47.  <TD><A HREF="ARCHIVING/C64/DISK/ZIPCODE-2.0.D64.GZ">zIPcODE</A> sIXPACK OF
  48.  NONSTANDARD 1541 DISK IMAGE (<VAR>N</VAR>=1&NDASH;6)</TD>
  49.  <TD><ACRONYM TITLE="RUN LENGTH ENCODING">rle</ACRONYM> COMPRESSED
  50.  RAW <ACRONYM TITLE="gROUP cODE rECORD">gcr</ACRONYM> 1541 DISK TRACKS</TD>
  51.  <TD></TD>
  52. </TR>
  53. <TR>
  54.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.ARC</CODE></TD>
  55.  <TD>aRCHIVE (<A HREF="ARCHIVING/C64/ARC250.SDA">c64</A>)</TD>
  56.  <TD>a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES</TD>
  57.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A
  58.  HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A></TD>
  59. </TR>
  60. <TR>
  61.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.ARK</CODE></TD>
  62.  <TD>aRKIVE ARCHIVE (<A HREF="ARCHIVING/C64/ARKIVE-V2.0.PRG">c64</A>)</TD>
  63.  <TD>aN UNCOMPRESSED COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES</TD>
  64.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A
  65.  HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A></TD>
  66. </TR>
  67. <TR>
  68.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.BIN</CODE></TD>
  69.  <TD>rAW BINARY FILE</TD>
  70.  <TD>tHE CONTENTS OF AN eprom OR rom CHIP</TD>
  71.  <TD></TD>
  72. </TR>
  73. <TR>
  74.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.CAS</CODE></TD>
  75.  <TD>tAPE IMAGE OF A SINGLE FILE
  76.  (192-BYTE TAPE HEADER FOLLOWED BY RAW DATA)</TD>
  77.  <TD>cOMMODORE TAPE PROGRAM FILE</TD>
  78.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A
  79.  HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A>
  80.  AND <A HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/TRANSFER/DATASSETTE/INDEX.HTML">C2N</A></TD>
  81. </TR>
  82. <TR>
  83.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.CSM</CODE></TD>
  84.  <TD>tAPE IMAGE OF A MULTIPLE FILE
  85.  (192-BYTE TAPE HEADER BLOCKS AND VARIABLE-LENGTH PROGRAM BLOCKS
  86.  FOLLOWING EACH OTHER)</TD>
  87.  <TD>cOMMODORE TAPE PROGRAM FILE</TD>
  88.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A
  89.  HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A>
  90.  AND <A HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/TRANSFER/DATASSETTE/INDEX.HTML">C2N</A></TD>
  91. </TR>
  92. <TR>
  93.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.CVT</CODE></TD>
  94.  <TD>sEQUENTIAL CONVERSION OF A <A HREF="GEOS/INDEX.HTML">geos</A> FILE</TD>
  95.  <TD>geos APPLICATION OR DOCUMENT</TD>
  96.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A
  97.  HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A></TD>
  98. </TR>
  99. <TR>
  100.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.D64</CODE></TD>
  101.  <TD>1541 DISK IMAGE (683 BLOCKS OF 256 BYTES EACH)</TD>
  102.  <TD>a COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES</TD>
  103.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A
  104.  HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A></TD>
  105. </TR>
  106. <TR>
  107.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.GIF</CODE></TD>
  108.  <TD>bITMAPPED IMAGE</TD>
  109.  <TD>uSUALLY A TECHNICAL DRAWING</TD>
  110.  <TD></TD>
  111. </TR>
  112. <TR>
  113.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.GZ</CODE></TD>
  114.  <TD><A CLASS="LINK" HREF="HTTP://WWW.GNU.ORG/DIRECTORY/GZIP.HTML">GZIP</A>
  115.  COMPRESSED FILE</TD>
  116.  <TD>uSUALLY COMBINED WITH AN UNCOMPRESSED ARCHIVING FORMAT, SUCH AS
  117.  <CODE>.D64</CODE>, <CODE>.LNX</CODE> OR <CODE>.TAR</CODE>.</TD>
  118.  <TD></TD>
  119. </TR>
  120. <TR>
  121.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.HTML</CODE></TD>
  122.  <TD>hYPERTEXT MARK-UP LANGUAGE (<A CLASS="LINK"
  123.  HREF="HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/mARKuP/">wORLD wIDE wEB cONSORTIUM</A>)</TD>
  124.  <TD>a HYPERTEXT DOCUMENT</TD>
  125.  <TD></TD>
  126. </TR>
  127. <TR>
  128.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.JPG</CODE></TD>
  129.  <TD>bITMAPPED CONTINUOUS-TONE IMAGE (<A CLASS="LINK"
  130.  HREF="HTTP://WWW.JPEG.ORG/">jOINT pHOTOGRAPHIC eXPERTS gROUP</A>)</TD>
  131.  <TD>a TECHNICAL DRAWING OR A PHOTOGRAPH</TD>
  132.  <TD></TD>
  133. </TR>
  134. <TR>
  135.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.LNX</CODE></TD>
  136.  <TD>lYNX ARCHIVE (<A HREF="ARCHIVING/C64/LYNX17.PRG">c64</A>,
  137.  <A HREF="ARCHIVING/C128/uLT.lYNX-xii-128.PRG">c128</A>)</TD>
  138.  <TD>aN UNCOMPRESSED COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES</TD>
  139.  <TD>sUPPORTED BY <A
  140.  HREF="CROSSPLATFORM/CONVERTERS/UNIX/INDEX.HTML">CBMCONVERT</A></TD>
  141. </TR>
  142. <TR>
  143.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.LHA</CODE></TD>
  144.  <TD>lEMPEL&NDASH;zIV&NDASH;hUFFMAN ARCHIVE</TD>
  145.  <TD>a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES.</TD>
  146.  <TD>uSE <A CLASS="LINK" HREF="HTTP://SHIBUYA.COOL.NE.JP/LHA/">LHA</A>
  147.  TO UNCOMPRESS.</TD>
  148. </TR>
  149. <TR>
  150.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.LZH</CODE></TD>
  151.  <TD>lEMPEL&NDASH;zIV&NDASH;hUFFMAN ARCHIVE; AN OLD VERSION OF
  152.  <CODE>.LHA</CODE></TD>
  153.  <TD>a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES.</TD>
  154.  <TD>uSE <A
  155.  HREF="ARCHIVING/C64/LHX64-0.9.SFX">LHX64</A> TO UNCOMPRESS ON A
  156.  cOMMODORE 64; ON THE 128, USE <A
  157.  HREF="C128/OS/CS-DOS/INDEX.HTML">cs-dos</A> OR pmarc ON cp/m.</TD>
  158. </TR>
  159. <TR>
  160.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.PNG</CODE></TD>
  161.  <TD>bITMAPPED IMAGE (<A CLASS="LINK"
  162.  HREF="HTTP://WWW.LIBPNG.ORG/">pORTABLE nETWORK gRAPHICS</A>)</TD>
  163.  <TD>uSUALLY A TECHNICAL DRAWING</TD>
  164.  <TD></TD>
  165. </TR>
  166. <TR>
  167.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.PRG</CODE></TD>
  168.  <TD>2-BYTE ADDRESS FOLLOWED BY RAW DATA</TD>
  169.  <TD>cOMMODORE PROGRAM FILE</TD>
  170.  <TD></TD>
  171. </TR>
  172. <TR>
  173.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.PDF</CODE></TD>
  174.  <TD>aDOBE pORTABLE dOCUMENT fORMAT</TD>
  175.  <TD>a PAGE-ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE TO <CODE>.HTML</CODE></TD>
  176.  <TD></TD>
  177. </TR>
  178. <TR>
  179.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.SEQ</CODE></TD>
  180.  <TD>rAW SEQUENTIAL DATA</TD>
  181.  <TD>cOMMODORE SEQUENTIAL DATA FILE</TD>
  182.  <TD></TD>
  183. </TR>
  184. <TR>
  185.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.SDA</CODE></TD>
  186.  <TD>sELF dISSOLVING <CODE>.ARC</CODE> ARCHIVE WITH A <CODE>.PRG</CODE>
  187.  HEADER</TD>
  188.  <TD>a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES</TD>
  189.  <TD>tO EXTRACT THE CONTAINED FILES, LOAD AND RUN THE ARCHIVE ON A
  190.  cOMMODORE 64.</TD>
  191. </TR>
  192. <TR>
  193.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.SFX</CODE></TD>
  194.  <TD>sELF ExTRACTING <CODE>.LZH</CODE> ARCHIVE WITH A <CODE>.PRG</CODE>
  195.  HEADER</TD>
  196.  <TD>a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES</TD>
  197.  <TD>tO EXTRACT THE CONTAINED FILES, LOAD AND RUN THE ARCHIVE ON A
  198.  cOMMODORE 64 OR A cOMMODORE 128.  aLTERNATIVELY, REMOVE THE FIRST 3721 BYTES
  199.  TO OBTAIN A <CODE>.LZH</CODE> FILE.</TD>
  200. </TR>
  201. <TR>
  202.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.TAR</CODE></TD>
  203.  <TD>uNIX TAPE ARCHIVE
  204.  (<CODE><A CLASS="LINK"
  205.  HREF="HTTP://WWW.GNU.ORG/DIRECTORY/TAR.HTML">TAR</A></CODE>)</TD>
  206.  <TD>aN UNCOMPRESSED COLLECTION OF uNIX FILES</TD>
  207.  <TD></TD>
  208. </TR>
  209. <TR>
  210.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.TXT</CODE></TD>
  211.  <TD>pLAIN iso 8859-1 TEXT</TD>
  212.  <TD>a PLAIN TEXT DOCUMENT</TD>
  213.  <TD></TD>
  214. </TR>
  215. <TR>
  216.  <TD><CODE><VAR>FILE</VAR>.ZIP</CODE></TD>
  217.  <TD>a <A CLASS="LINK" HREF="HTTP://WWW.INFO-ZIP.ORG/">ZIP</A> ARCHIVE</TD>
  218.  <TD>a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES</TD>
  219.  <TD>oRIGINATED WITH pk-zip ON ms-dos</TD>
  220. </TR>
  221. </TBODY>
  222. </TABLE>
  223.  
  224. <HR />
  225. <ADDRESS><A CLASS="LINK" HREF="MAILTO:MSMAKELA@NIC.FUNET.FI">mARKO
  226. m&AUML;KEL&AUML;</A></ADDRESS>
  227.  
  228. <P><A
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  230.  SRC="HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/iCONS/VALID-XHTML10"
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  233.  SRC="HTTP://JIGSAW.W3.ORG/CSS-VALIDATOR/IMAGES/VCSS"
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