List of RISC OS filetypes

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 rangeDesignation Use
Start End
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

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0000FF
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent
004[5]
Wild Vision Hawk V10
006[5]
Wild Vision Hawk V12
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent

Non-commercial software

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1003FF
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Registrant or
connected party
Mapped equivalent
300[6]
TimeStep ImProcess
371[6]
RayShade RGB
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Registrant or
connected party
Mapped equivalent

Commercial software

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4009FF, B00DFF
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
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
JPEG JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group .jpg, .jpeg
CAE[5]
HPGLPlot Hewlett-Packard graphics language Hewlett-Packard
CAF[5]
IGES IGES graphics
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

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A00AFF
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Mapped equivalent
ADB[5]
New Font Outline font
AE9[5]
Alarm Alarm
AF0[5]
ARCWriter ArcWriter
AF1[5]
Music Maestro
AF7[5]
HelpInfo Help
AF8[5]
1stWord+ First Word Plus
AF9[5]
DtpDoc DTP document
AFA[5]
DtpStyle DTP style
AFE[5]
Mouse Mouse event record
AFF[5]
DrawFile Draw .drw[7]
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Mapped equivalent

Generic data

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E00FFF
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent
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]
FileCoreHardDisc FileCore hard disc image Acorn
FCE[5]
FileCoreFloppyDisc FileCore floppy disc image Acorn
FCF[5]
Cache Font cache
FD0[5]
PCEmConf PC Emulator configuration Acorn
FD1[5]
BASICTxt BASIC stored as text Acorn
FD3[5]
DebImage Acorn DDE debuggable image Acorn, Codemist
FD4[5]
MIDIfile MIDI MIDI Manufacturers Association .mid, .smf
FD5[5]
Pict PICT Apple Inc. .pict, .pct, .pic
FD6[5]
TaskExec Exec (scripting language) file within task window Acorn
FD7[5]
TaskObey Obey file within task window 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 Master utilities
FDE[5]
VTSetup TCP/IP suite: VT220 setup Digital Equipment Corporation
FDF[5]
VTScript TCP/IP suite: VT220 script Digital Equipment Corporation
FE1[5]
Make Make data Acorn
FE2[5]
Amiga Commodore Amiga file Commodore International
FE3[5]
Atari Atari file Atari
FE4[5]
DOS DOS file Digital Research, Microsoft
FE6[5]
UNIX Ex Unix executable AT&T Corporation
FE7[5]
ViewSht ViewSheet Acornsoft
FE8[5]
ViewPS ViewPS Acornsoft
FE9[5]
ViewWord ViewWord Acornsoft
FEA[5]
Desktop Desktop file Acorn
FEB[5]
Obey Obey file Acorn
FEC[5]
Template 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)
FF2[5]
Config Configuration (CMOS RAM) Acorn
FF3[5]
LaserJet HP LaserJet data file Hewlett-Packard
FF4[5]
Printout Dot matrix printer data file
FF5[5]
PoScript PostScript Adobe Systems .ps
FF6[5]
Font 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
FFC[5]
Utility Position independent code Acorn
FFD[5]
Data Data .dat
FFE[5]
Command Command (Exec) file Acorn
FFF[5]
Text Plain ASCII text .txt
Hexadecimal
type
Name Use Connected party Mapped equivalent

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