<s>
XBin	B-Device
,	O
or	O
eXtended	O
Binary	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
saving	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Essentially	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
normal	O
raw-image	O
BIN	O
(	O
raw	O
memory	O
copy	O
of	O
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
video	O
memory	O
)	O
files	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
an	O
enhanced	O
means	O
for	O
saving	O
console	B-Device
graphics	O
superior	O
to	O
ANSI	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Belgian	O
programmer	B-Application
Tasmaniac	O
of	O
ACiD	O
,	O
partly	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
demand	O
for	O
a	O
solution	O
to	O
save	O
images	O
in	O
the	O
BIN	O
image	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
no	O
insight	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
size/width	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBin	B-Device
stores	O
its	O
width	O
information	O
internally	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
programmer	B-Application
or	O
user	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
define	O
this	O
information	O
more	O
than	O
once	O
,	O
an	O
inherent	O
problem	O
with	O
plain	O
BIN	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBin	B-Device
also	O
had	O
several	O
notable	O
features	O
above	O
and	O
beyond	O
that	O
of	O
standard	O
text	O
images	O
saved	O
in	O
ANSI	O
format	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
took	O
further	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
environment	I-Application
by	O
(	O
optionally	O
)	O
storing	O
alternate	O
palette	O
color	O
information	O
,	O
supporting	O
modified	O
character	O
set	O
fonts	O
and	O
its	O
own	O
simple	O
compression	B-General_Concept
system	O
.	O
</s>
