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Format

STAD PAC File

Summary

Name
STAD PAC File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1653
Format type
Image (Raster)
Description
STAD PAC is a raster graphics format developed by Peter Melzer and associated with the STAD (ST Aided Design) graphics application for Atari ST computers. File headers begin with either of two four character sequences (pM85 and pM86) dependent on whether the image data in the file is horizontally or vertically packed.
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/STAD_PAC https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/stadPAC/
File extensions
pac, seq
Source
The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration

Internal signatures

STAD Pac File

Note
BOF:'pM' followed by either '35' or '36'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
704D38(35|36)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V105

    Release date
    29 June 2022

    STAD PAC File: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.

    STAD PAC File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.