Apple II
File Type Notes
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File Type:         $08
Auxiliary Type:    $0000 to $3FFF

Full Name:     Apple II Graphics File
Short Name:    Graphics File

Revised by:    Matt Deatherage                                       May 1989
Written by:    Matt Deatherage                                  November 1988

Files of this type and auxiliary type contain standard Apple II graphics 
files.
Changes since November 1988:  The offset was incorrectly listed as +121
instead of +120.  The hexadecimal value of $78 is correct.
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Files of type $08 and any auxiliary type less than or equal to $3FFF contain a 
standard Apple II graphics file in one of several modes.  After determining 
that the auxiliary type is not $4000 or $4001 (which have been defined for 
high-resolution and double high-resolution pictures packed with the Apple IIGS 
PackBytes routine), you can determine the mode of the file by examining byte 
+120 (+$78).  The value of this byte, which ranges from zero to seven, is 
interpreted as follows:

               Mode                         Page 1    Page 2
               280 x 192 Black & White        0         4
               280 x 192 Limited Color        1         5
               560 x 192 Black & White        2         6
               140 x 192 Full Color           3         7

Note that some modes only apply to high-resolution while some only apply to 
double high-resolution.

The format of the file is as follows:

+000 to +8191      Bytes    High-resolution image or portion of 
                            double high-resolution image stored 
                            in auxiliary memory.
+8192 to +16383    Bytes    Portion of double high-resolution 
                            image stored in main memory (not 
                            present for high-resolution).

File type $08 was originally defined as an Apple /// FotoFile, but now it is 
useful for those applications that wish to save high-resolution or double 
high-resolution data with a file type other than $06, which is a standard 
binary file.  If you choose to use this type, you should remember that older 
applications which do not check the auxiliary type may attempt to interpret 
these files incorrectly.

