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wE USE THE FOLLOWING ARCHIVING FORMATS. sEARCH THE CONVERTERS SUBDIRECTORY FOR APPROPRIATE UTILITIES TO EXTRACT THE CONTENT FROM SOME OF THESE.
| pATTERN | fORMAT | cONTENTS | tOOLS |
|---|---|---|---|
N!FILE |
zIPcODED 1541 DISK IMAGE (N=1–4) | rle COMPRESSED NORMAL 1541 DISK TRACKS | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT |
N!!FILE |
zIPcODE sIXPACK OF NONSTANDARD 1541 DISK IMAGE (N=1–6) | rle COMPRESSED RAW gcr 1541 DISK TRACKS | |
FILE.ARC |
aRCHIVE (c64) | a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT |
FILE.ARK |
aRKIVE ARCHIVE (c64) | aN UNCOMPRESSED COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT |
FILE.BIN |
rAW BINARY FILE | tHE CONTENTS OF AN eprom OR rom CHIP | |
FILE.CAS |
tAPE IMAGE OF A SINGLE FILE (192-BYTE TAPE HEADER FOLLOWED BY RAW DATA) | cOMMODORE TAPE PROGRAM FILE | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT AND C2N |
FILE.CSM |
tAPE IMAGE OF A MULTIPLE FILE (192-BYTE TAPE HEADER BLOCKS AND VARIABLE-LENGTH PROGRAM BLOCKS FOLLOWING EACH OTHER) | cOMMODORE TAPE PROGRAM FILE | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT AND C2N |
FILE.CVT |
sEQUENTIAL CONVERSION OF A geos FILE | geos APPLICATION OR DOCUMENT | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT |
FILE.D64 |
1541 DISK IMAGE (683 BLOCKS OF 256 BYTES EACH) | a COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT |
FILE.GIF |
bITMAPPED IMAGE | uSUALLY A TECHNICAL DRAWING | |
FILE.GZ |
GZIP COMPRESSED FILE | uSUALLY COMBINED WITH AN UNCOMPRESSED ARCHIVING FORMAT, SUCH AS
.D64, .LNX OR .TAR. |
|
FILE.HTML |
hYPERTEXT MARK-UP LANGUAGE (wORLD wIDE wEB cONSORTIUM) | a HYPERTEXT DOCUMENT | |
FILE.JPG |
bITMAPPED CONTINUOUS-TONE IMAGE (jOINT pHOTOGRAPHIC eXPERTS gROUP) | a TECHNICAL DRAWING OR A PHOTOGRAPH | |
FILE.LNX |
lYNX ARCHIVE (c64, c128) | aN UNCOMPRESSED COLLECTION OF cOMMODORE FILES | sUPPORTED BY CBMCONVERT |
FILE.LHA |
lEMPEL–zIV–hUFFMAN ARCHIVE | a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES. | uSE LHA TO UNCOMPRESS. |
FILE.LZH |
lEMPEL–zIV–hUFFMAN ARCHIVE; AN OLD VERSION OF
.LHA |
a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES. | uSE LHX64 TO UNCOMPRESS ON A cOMMODORE 64; ON THE 128, USE cs-dos OR pmarc ON cp/m. |
FILE.PNG |
bITMAPPED IMAGE (pORTABLE nETWORK gRAPHICS) | uSUALLY A TECHNICAL DRAWING | |
FILE.PRG |
2-BYTE ADDRESS FOLLOWED BY RAW DATA | cOMMODORE PROGRAM FILE | |
FILE.PDF |
aDOBE pORTABLE dOCUMENT fORMAT | a PAGE-ORIENTED ALTERNATIVE TO .HTML |
|
FILE.SEQ |
rAW SEQUENTIAL DATA | cOMMODORE SEQUENTIAL DATA FILE | |
FILE.SDA |
sELF dISSOLVING .ARC ARCHIVE WITH A .PRG
HEADER |
a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES | tO EXTRACT THE CONTAINED FILES, LOAD AND RUN THE ARCHIVE ON A cOMMODORE 64. |
FILE.SFX |
sELF ExTRACTING .LZH ARCHIVE WITH A .PRG
HEADER |
a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES | tO EXTRACT THE CONTAINED FILES, LOAD AND RUN THE ARCHIVE ON A
cOMMODORE 64 OR A cOMMODORE 128. aLTERNATIVELY, REMOVE THE FIRST 3721 BYTES
TO OBTAIN A .LZH FILE. |
FILE.TAR |
uNIX TAPE ARCHIVE
(TAR) |
aN UNCOMPRESSED COLLECTION OF uNIX FILES | |
FILE.TXT |
pLAIN iso 8859-1 TEXT | a PLAIN TEXT DOCUMENT | |
FILE.ZIP |
a ZIP ARCHIVE | a COMPRESSED COLLECTION OF FILES | oRIGINATED WITH pk-zip ON ms-dos |