This is a sub-article to RISC OS.

RISC OS filetypes use metadata to distinguish file formats. Some common file formats from other systems are mapped to filetypes by the MimeMap module.[1] Such mapping was previously handled by DosMap.[1]

The MimeMap module maps RISC OS filetypes to and from MIME content types, dotted filename extensions and Apple's Uniform Type Identifiers.[2][3]

Requests for new filetype allocations for all RISC OS versions are handled centrally by RISC OS Open.[4]

RISC OS filetypes

Filetypes were originally classified by Acorn into distinct ranges:

Hexadecimal rangeDesignationUse
StartEnd
000
0FF
 User Unallocated[5]
100
3FF
 Non-commercial software Allocated[5]
400
9FF
 Commercial software Allocated[5]
A00
AFF
 Acorn Reserved[5]
B00
DFF
 Commercial software Allocated[5]
E00
FFF
 Generic data Allocated[5]

User

This range of filetypes was intended for personal use in closed systems, not for general distribution. Nevertheless, many programs using these types were distributed, especially as Public-domain software. Consequently there are many clashes.

000–0FF
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent
000
 Crunched Cruncher compressed file ACE/Arc Angels
000
 MusDump Vivaldi compressed music file
000
 STracker Tracker music file
001
 STracker Amiga ProTracker/NoiseTracker music file Hugo Fiennes, The Serial Port .mod
001
 Castles Castles game(?) file
002
 PlayMod Music file
002
 SampDump Vivaldi compressed sample
002
 STracker Tracker tune
003
 ArmSI Speed indicator results
004
 AOutline ArcOutline file Paul Hobbs
004[5]
 AIM Archimedes Image Manager 256x256 monochrome bitimage Wild Vision
005
 ScotGame Saved game file
006
 ScotSave Saved game image
006
 PathFile unknown
006[5]
 WildV12 Wild Vision Hawk V12 512x512 monochrome bitimage Wild Vision
007
 LCrypted Encrypted file
008
 GolfDemo Golf game file
00A
 Armony !Armony music file
00A
 IcnStorm IconStorm sprite file
00B
 Matrix Matrix tracker music file
00B
 MegaBord unknown
00C
 Circuit PCB layout file
00F
 Pottery Solids of Rotation 3D mesh Acorn User magazine
010
 AIMinfo Archimedes Image Manager file
010
 Mailabel Label printer file
011
 HelpText Help text file
012
 AIM Cfg Archimedes Image Manager configuration file
016
 PlnPg unknown
017
 PlanF unknown
021
 compress Compressed file
022
 PGP Pretty Good Privacy encrypted file
03C
 WordSq Word square puzzle definition Matthew Eglise
040
 Wordsrch Word search puzzle definition
041
 Resource unknown
041
 Widget4 256x256 monochrome bitimage
042
 Widget5 512x512 monochrome bitimage
042
 SmpleDTP Simple DTP document
044
 Spray Painting program spray brush
045
 FracPars unknown
046
 ColorMap Bitimage palette file
050
 3DPlanes 3D mesh
050
 Filer Filer settings
061
 Z-Code1 Infocom adventure game Infocom
062
 Z-Code2 Infocom adventure game
063
 Z-Code3 Infocom adventure game
064
 Z-Code4 Infocom adventure game
064
 C64 Commodore C64 executable
065
 Z-Code5 Infocom adventure game
066
 Z-Code6 Infocom adventure game
067
 Z-Code7 Infocom adventure game
068
 Z-Code8 Infocom adventure game
068
 BigMArt BigMArt15 file
069
 BigMArt2 BigMArt15 file
070
 QuakePAK Id Quake game archive file
073
 Sticky unknown
077
 FTPc FTPc user menu configuration file
082
 TauFile Tau document Tim Birks
083
 TauStyle Tau stylesheet Tim Birks
084
 PIC16C84 PIC programmer file Mike Cook
099
 Puzzle Puzzle game
0AA
 Indexer Indexer file index
0AB
 PPPTrack unknown
0AC
 DiscBox unknown
0AD
 Split Fragment of larger file Adam Hamilton
0B2
 SoftList unknown
0BA
 TaskBAS BASIC in Taskwindow (replaced by AA5 TskBASIC)
0BB
 BBCRun BBC application script
0BB
 MegaBord unknown
0BC
 PCRun PC application script
0CC
 Card !Card2 file
0CC
 HellFile unknown
0CD
 CDTrack AudioFS2 CD music track
0CE
 CDData AudioFS2 CD data track
0D1
 AddrList Address and contact list
0D7
 GameBoy Nintendo Game Boy emulator game image
0D8
 GBSnap Nintendo Game Boy emulator snapshot
0DC
 Keystrip Keyboard layout
0DE
 BackMenu BackMenu program configuration
0E3
 SSSheet !SSS spreadsheet Chris Stretch
0ED
 SprColor Sprite extended palette file
0F5
 EPSI Encapsulated PostScript with device independent preview .epsi
0F8
 HelpFile Help text file
0F8
 MPEG MPEG video Paul LeBeau
0FA
 RayMacro Ray tracer macro
0FB
 RayLib Ray tracer library
0FC
 Ray3d Ray tracer scene
0FD
 F-Shapes unknown
0FD
 Probase Probase database file
0FD
 Z88Link Cambridge Computer Z88 Link archive file John Allen
0FE
 Psion Psion Organiser II file John Allen
0FE
 F-Pal unknown
0FF
 Used A file that has been used
0FF
 FineArt FineArt drawing
0FF
 Diss unknown
0FF
 F-Paper unknown
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent

Non-commercial software

100–3FF
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Registrant or
connected party		 Mapped equivalent
100
 1stSheet 1st Statistics package
100
 BackDrop Desktop background setup
101
 CalcSprd Calc spreadsheet file
101
 Phone unknown
102
 SpllDict Spelling dictionary
102
 Perl Perl programming language script .pl
103
 UniMode Screen mode definition Maurice Hendrix
107
 OreDBase Oregan database file
108
 DataVox SysBeep sound file
109
 Glazier unknown
10A
 SySample Digital Symphony sound sample
10B
 Symphony Digital Symphony song
10C
 Keyboard Keyboard layout
10F
 CLIcon IconCLI file Olly Bett
110
 RLaB unknown
111
 MSDOS PKArc archive file David Pilling
111
 MatLabSc MatLab file
111
 RSDOS unknown
112
 MatLabFn MatLab function
112
 Stasis unknown
113
 FastSpr Sprite file
113
 ProjMan Project management file
113
 MoleAnim Modeller molecular animation
116
 DemoMole Modeller molecular animation demonstration
118
 Angband Angband saved game file
11A
 Z-Code Infocom game file Infocom
11D
 TAP Z80Em compressed sound sample Warm Silence Software .tap
120
 ANSIText Text in ANSI (Windows) encoding
122
 *Genetic* Genetic algorithm data
123
 Creator unknown
123
 ALPS unknown Alpine Software
127
 MOPAC RasMol molecule definition Roger Sayle, Martin Wuerthner
128
 MOL RasMol molecule definition Roger Sayle, Martin Wuerthner
128
 Pifile unknown
129
 *Alchemy* RasMol molecular coordinates Roger Sayle, Martin Wuerthner
12A
 *PDB* RasMol protein databank coordinates Roger Sayle, Martin Wuerthner
12B
 RasMolSc RasMol script Roger Sayle, Martin Wuerthner
130
 AntiGrav unknown
138
 MapprMap Mapper_O 2D map Nicholas Kingsley
139
 3DScene TopModel 3D scene
13C
 JFPatch Assembler patch file Justin Fletcher
144
 Copier144 unknown
152
 PolyData Polyhedron definition Fortran Friends
153
 Cabri Cabriolet dynamic geometry Mike Borcherds .sna
154
 SR2000 unknown
156
 PsiWord Psion Series 5/7 document Psion
156
 Squished Compressed file
157
 *PsiSheet* Psion Series 5/7 spreadsheet Psion
157
 Playlist unknown
158
 Psion Psion Series 5/7 general file Psion
159
 PsiRecrd Psion Series 5/7 audio Psion
15A
 PsiOPL Psion Series 5/7 OPL (Organiser Programming Language) program Psion
15B
 PsiData Psion Series 5/7 database Psion
15C
 *PsiAgnda* Psion Series 5/7 Agenda appointments diary Psion
160
 Copier160 unknown
164
 Copier164 unknown
164
 C64-Disc Commodore C64 archive .D64
16D
 OrgData Organizer appointment diary & contacts
172
 Copier172 unknown
180
 Copier180 unknown
180
 Mail TransArc mail file
188
 Flash Adobe Flash animation Adobe Inc. .swf
198
 Encoded4 Arc World Encoder output
199
 Encode4 Arc World Encoder input
1A0
 TSAC unknown
1AA
 CSSC CSSC file Raffaele Ferrigno
1AB
 Address Address book file Alex Hopkins
1AC
 Project unknown
1AD
 AMPEG Audio MPEG stream .mp2
1AD
 Protector unknown
1BC
 Imagen HTML image map
1C0
 JSW_Game Jet Set Willy game
1C1
 JSW_Data Jet Set Willy scenery file
1CA
 HotKeys Key accelerator definition
1CF
 Conjugez unknown
1DF
 Objects unknown
1EC
 Crypt Encrypted file Stephen Early
1F1
 Tiles unknown
1FF
 TData Tiger file Graham Crow
1FF
 OldSong unknown
200
 CAIFSArc Archive file
200
 CFCirc unknown
200
 GraphSrc unknown
201
 Z80 COM Z80Tube executable file
202
 Song Mascom2 song Thomas Olsson
204
 Typeface Italicer Typeface file A.E.Hersee
222
 DateMark unknown
300[6]
 TimeStep ImProcess
371[6]
 RayShade RGB
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Registrant or
connected party		 Mapped equivalent

Commercial software

400–9FF, B00–DFF
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Registrant or
connected party		 Mapped equivalent
601[6]
 CCIR 601 Comité consultatif international pour la radio
690[6]
 Translator Clear John Kortink
691[6]
 Atari ST DEGAS .pi1, .pi2, .pi3
695
 GIF GIF File
697[6]
 PC Paintbrush ZSoft Corporation .pcx
698[6]
 RayShade RAW Steve Koren .qrt
699[6]
 RayShade Mark Terrence VandeWettering .pic
69D[6]
 Targa Truevision TGA Truevision .tga, .vda
7A0[6]
 TimeStep satellite image
B22
 BBC Micro DFS disc image BeebIt Michael Foot .ssd
BA6
 Excel Microsoft Excel Microsoft .xls
BBC[5]
 BBC ROM BBC ROM (ROMFS) Acornsoft
BDF
 Firewrkz Fireworkz Colton Software .fwk
BE0
 Recordz Fireworkz Database File Colton Software
BE1
 Resultz Fireworkz Spreadsheet File Colton Software
BE8[6]
 PhotoCD Eastman Kodak .pcd
C1C
 Workz Fireworkz Word Processor Colton Software
C1D
 FwrkzTem Fireworkz Template File Colton Software .fwt
C1E
 FwrkzTem Fireworkz Command File Colton Software .fwc
C25[5]
 AWord Acorn Advance Wordprocessor Acornsoft
C26[5]
 ASheet Acorn Advance Spreadsheet Acornsoft
C27[5]
 ADBase Acorn Advance Database Acornsoft
C28[5]
 AGraph Acorn Advance Graph Acornsoft
C32
 RTF Rich Text Format .rtf
C4B
 CmprDraw Compressed Draw File 4Mation
C6A
 smArt smArt File 4Mation
C6B
 NootBook Noot File 4Mation
JPEG JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group .jpg, .jpeg
CAE[5]
 HPGLPlot Hewlett-Packard graphics language Hewlett-Packard
CAF[5]
 IGES IGES graphics
CC3
 Poster Poster File 4Mation
CDD
 Ovation Ovation DTP File
CE5[5]
 TeX TeX
D21
 PDCmdFile PipeDream Command File Colton Software .pd
DB0[5]
 Lotus 1-2-3 Lotus 1-2-3 .wk1
DB1[5]
 DBaseIndex dBase index
DB2[5]
 DBaseII dBase II
DB3[5]
 DBaseIII dBase III
DB4[5]
 SuperCalc SuperCalc III
DDC
 Archive Zip (SparkFS/ArcFS) David Pilling/Mark Smith .zip
DDE
 PDream PipeDream Colton Software .pd
DE2[6]
 ProArtisan Clares Micro Supplies
DEA[5]
 DXF Drawing Exchange Format .dxf
DFA[6]
 Watford digitiser Watford Electronics
DFE[5]
 CSV Comma-separated values .csv
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Registrant or
connected party		 Mapped equivalent

Acorn reserved

A00–AFF
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Mapped equivalent
AAE
 OrUpgrd Oregano upgrade
AB7
 PPD PostScript Printer Description .ppd
AB9
 Monitor Cerilica Monitor gamma correction curves
ABB
 PlugIn Cerilica Vantage plug-in
ACA
 LaTeX LaTeX document source
ACC
 ISO-9660 CD-Blaze CD image .iso
ADB[5]
 New Font Outline font
ADF
 PDF Portable Document Format .pdf
AE3
 Director Macromedia Director animation
AE4
 Java Java executable
AE6
 MSWord Microsoft Word Document .doc
AE7
 Replay Acorn Replay video
AE8
 Generic Saved Game
AE9[5]
 Alarm Alarm settings
AF0[5]
 ARCWriter ArcWriter document
AF1[5]
 Music Maestro musical score
AF2
 PostTray Acorn Mailman Intray
AF3
 PostBox Acorn Mailman mail received
AF4
 PostFile Acorn Mailman filed mail
AF5
 PostData Acorn Mailman setup
AF6
 SimTrace Acorn ASim trace file
AF7[5]
 HelpInfo Help
AF8[5]
 1stWord+ First Word Plus
AF9[5]
 DtpDoc Acorn DTP document
AFA[5]
 DtpStyle Acorn DTP style sheet
AFC
 GCODE Acorn GCODE intermediate file
AFD
 GCAL Acorn GCAL source file
AFE[5]
 Mouse Mouse event record
AFF[5]
 DrawFile Draw vector drawing .drw[7]
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Mapped equivalent

Generic data

E00–FFF
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent
E13
 Drummer The Drummer drum pattern
E92
 DiscIndx Disc index
ECB
 PCBFile PCB track layout file
ECD
 TeleSoft unknown
ECF
 ECFData Clares Pro-Artisan extended colour fill
ED0
 RawSound DSEdit audio
ED1
 EdSProg EdScheme file Lambda Publications
EEA
 TinyLogo Tiny Logo program
EEB
 TinyDraw Tiny Logo drawing
F09
 WiniUtil BBC Micro Winchester Utility Acorn
F0E
 BasicIV BBC Master 128 BASIC
F1B
 65Host Acorn BBC Micro Emulator file Acorn
F7C
 Teletext Teletext screen data
F89
 GZip GNU Zip archive .gz
F95
 Code Acorn ARM code Acorn
F9D
 DiscCD Acorn Access shared CD Acorn
F9E
 DiscDP Acorn Access shared protected disc Acorn
F9F
 DiscD Acorn Access shared disc Acorn
FA2
 HomeWrks Document
FA8
 EasyData Database
FAA
 UtlLabel Labelling file
FAF
 HTML HyperText Markup Language document .htm
FB0
 Allocate Acorn resource allocation file Acorn RISC OS Open Ltd
FB1
 Wave RIFF format audio .wav
FB2
 MovieFS Microsoft Windows Video/Apple QuickTime video Warm Silence Software .mov .avi .fli
FB4
 DiscR Acorn Access shared resources directory Acorn
FB5
 NoDisc Acorn Access missing shared disc Acorn
FBC
 PBAbacus Acorn PocketBook/Psion Series III spreadsheet Acorn, Psion
FBD
 PBWrite Acorn PocketBook/Psion Series III word processor document Acorn, Psion
FBE
 PBCards Acorn PocketBook/Psion Series III database Acorn, Psion
FC0
 Link LinkFS symbolic link
FC2
 AIFF Audio IFF .aif
FC3
 Patch Acorn application patch file Acorn
FC6
 PrntDefn Acorn !Printers printer definition file Acorn
FC8[5]
 DOSDisc DOS MultiFS disc image
FC9[5]
 SunRastr Sun raster Sun Microsystems .ras
FCA[5]
 Squash Single compressed file Acorn
FCC[5]
 Device Device object within DeviceFS Acorn
FCD[5]
 HardDisc FileCore hard disc image Acorn
FCE[5]
 Floppy FileCore floppy disc image Acorn
FCF[5]
 Cache Acorn FontManager font cache file Acorn
FD0[5]
 PCEmConf PC Emulator configuration Acorn
FD1[5]
 BASICTxt BASIC stored as text Acorn
FD2
 ScrDiff Acorn file Acorn
FD3[5]
 DebImage Acorn DDE debuggable image Acorn, Codemist
FD4[5]
 MIDI MIDI MIDI Manufacturers Association .mid, .smf
FD5[5]
 Pict PICT Apple Inc. .pict, .pct, .pic
FD6[5]
 TaskExec Exec (scripting language) file within taskwindow Acorn
FD7[5]
 TaskObey Obey file within taskwindow Acorn
FD8[5]
 MSDOScom PC Emulator DOS command file Digital Research .com
FD9[5]
 MSDOSexe PC Emulator DOS executable file Digital Research .exe
FDA[5]
 MSDOSbat PC Emulator DOS batch file Digital Research .bat
FDB[5]
 TextCRLF Text using CR and LF for line ends .txt
FDC[5]
 SoftLink TCP/IP suite: unresolvable UNIX soft link
FDD[5]
 MasterUtl BBC Master utility Acorn
FDE[5]
 VTSetup TCP/IP suite: VT220 setup Digital Equipment Corporation
FDF[5]
 VTScript TCP/IP suite: VT220 script Digital Equipment Corporation
FE0
 Accessry Acorn Arthur desktop accessory Acorn
FE1[5]
 Make Acorn Makefile Acorn
FE2[5]
 Amiga Commodore Amiga file Commodore International, Arxe Systems
FE3[5]
 Atari Atari file Atari, Arxe Systems
FE4[5]
 DOS DOS file Digital Research, Microsoft, Arxe Systems
FE5
 EPROM BBC Micro sideways ROM image Acorn
FE6[5]
 UNIX Ex Unix executable AT&T Corporation
FE7[5]
 ViewSht Acorn ViewSheet spreadsheet Acornsoft
FE8[5]
 ViewPS Acorn ViewPS "View Professional" word processor Acornsoft
FE9[5]
 ViewWord Acorn View word processor Acornsoft
FEA[5]
 Desktop Desktop command file Acorn
FEB[5]
 Obey Obey command file Acorn
FEC[5]
 Template Window template file Acorn
FED[5]
 Palette Palette data Acorn
TIFF Tagged Image File Format Aldus Corporation .tiff, .tif
FF1[5]
 RawData Raw unprocessed data (e.g. terminal streams) Acorn
FF2[5]
 Config Configuration (CMOS RAM) Acorn
FF3[5]
 LaserJet HP LaserJet data file Hewlett-Packard
FF4[5]
 Printout Dot matrix printer data file (various formats) Acorn
FF5[5]
 PoScript Adobe PostScript file Adobe Systems .ps
FF6[5]
 Font Acorn format outline or bitmap font Acorn
FF7[5]
 BBC font BBC font file (sequence of VDU operations) Acorn
FF8[5]
 Absolute, also
Acorn Image Format[8]		 Absolute application loaded at &8000 Acorn
FF9[5]
 Sprite Sprite or saved screen Acorn
FFA[5]
 Module Relocatable module Acorn
FFB[5]
 BASIC Tokenised BASIC program Acorn .bas
FFC[5]
 Utility Position independent code Acorn
FFD[5]
 Data Data Acorn .dat
FFE[5]
 Command Command (Exec) file Acorn
FFF[5]
 Text Plain ASCII text with LF newlines .txt
Hexadecimal
type		 Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent

References

  1. 1 2 Iyonix: MIMEMap Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "RISC OS Documentation - The MimeMap module". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Naulls, Peter (2 January 2004). "RISC OS filename translation". Drobe. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Resource allocation, ROOL website, RISC OS Open
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 RISC OS 3.7 User Guide Appendix E: RISC OS file types Archived 1 February 2013 at archive.today
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ChangeFSI file formats
  7. ↑ DRAW File Format
  8. ↑ Naulls, Peter (13 December 2004). "Do You Object?". Drobe. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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