Jon Relay's Apple II Info Archives

ProDOS File Types

$0x Types: General

   $00 UNK Unknown
   $01 BAD Bad Block
   $02 PCD Pascal Code
   $03 PTX Pascal Text

   $04 TXT ASCII Text
      Auxiliary type is 0 for a sequential text file or the
      record length for a random-access text file.

   $05 PDA Pascal Data

   $06 BIN Binary File
      Auxiliary type is the binary file's loading address.

   $07 FNT Apple III Font
   $08 FOT HiRes/Double HiRes Graphics
   $09 BA3 Apple III BASIC Program
   $0A DA3 Apple III BASIC Data
   $0B WPF Generic Word Processing
   $0C SOS SOS System File
   $0F DIR ProDOS Directory

$1x Types: Productivity

   $10 RPD RPS Data
   $11 RPI RPS Index
   $12 AFD AppleFile Discard
   $13 AFM AppleFile Model
   $14 AFR AppleFile Report
   $15 SCL Screen Library
   $16 PFS PFS Document
   $19 ADB AppleWorks Database
   $1A AWP AppleWorks Word Processing
   $1B ASP AppleWorks Spreadsheet

$2x Types: Code

   $20 TDM Desktop Manager File
   $21 IPS Instant Pascal Source
   $22 UPV UCSD Pascal Volume
   $29 3SD SOS Directory
   $2A 8SC Source Code
   $2B 8OB Object Code

   $2C 8IC Interpreted Code
       $8003 - Apex Program File

   $2D 8LD Language Data
   $2E P8C ProDOS 8 Code Module

$4x Types: Miscellaneous

   $41 OCR Optical Character Recognition
   $42 FTD File Type Definitions

$5x Types: Apple IIgs General

   $50 GWP Apple IIgs Word Processing
      $5445 - Teach
      $8001 - DeluxeWrite
      $8010 - AppleWorks GS

   $51 GSS Apple IIgs Spreadsheet
      $8010 - AppleWorks GS

   $52 GDB Apple IIgs Database
      $8010 - AppleWorks GS
      $8011 - AppleWorks GS Template
      $8013 - GSAS

   $53 DRW Object Oriented Graphics
      $8010 - AppleWorks GS

   $54 GDP Apple IIgs Desktop Publishing
      $8002 - GraphicWriter
      $8010 - AppleWorks GS

   $55 HMD HyperMedia
      $0001 - HyperCard GS
      $8001 - Tutor-Tech
      $8002 - HyperStudio
      $8003 - Nexus

   $56 EDU Educational Program Data
   $57 STN Stationery
   $58 HLP Help File

   $59 COM Communications
      $8010 - AppleWorks GS

   $5A CFG Configuration
   $5B ANM Animation
   $5C MUM Multimedia
   $5D ENT Entertainment
   $5E DVU Development Utility

$6x Types: PC Transporter

   $60 PRE PC Pre-Boot
   $6B BIO PC BIOS
   $66 NCF ProDOS File Navigator Command File
   $6D DVR PC Driver
   $6E PRE PC Pre-Boot
   $6F HDV PC Hard Disk Image

$8x Types: GEOS

   $80 GES System File
   $81 GEA Desk Accessory
   $82 GEO Application
   $83 GED Document
   $84 GEF Font
   $85 GEP Printer Driver
   $86 GEI Input Driver
   $87 GEX Auxiliary Driver
   $89 GEV Swap File
   $8B GEC Clock Driver
   $8C GEK Interface Card Driver
   $8D GEW Formatting Data

$Ax Types: Apple IIgs BASIC

   $A0 WP  WordPerfect
   $AB GSB Apple IIgs BASIC Program
   $AC TDF Apple IIgs BASIC TDF
   $AD BDF Apple IIgs BASIC Data

$Bx Types: Apple IIgs System

   $B0 SRC Apple IIgs Source Code
   $B1 OBJ Apple IIgs Object Code
   $B2 LIB Apple IIgs Library
   $B3 S16 Apple IIgs Application Program
   $B4 RTL Apple IIgs Runtime Library
   $B5 EXE Apple IIgs Shell Script
   $B6 PIF Apple IIgs Permanent INIT
   $B7 TIF Apple IIgs Temporary INIT
   $B8 NDA Apple IIgs New Desk Accessory
   $B9 CDA Apple IIgs Classic Desk Accessory
   $BA TOL Apple IIgs Tool
   $BB DRV Apple IIgs Device Driver

   $BC LDF Apple IIgs Generic Load File
      $4001 - Nifty List Module
      $4002 - Super Info Module
      $4004 - Twilight Module
      $4083 - Marinetti Link Layer Module

   $BD FST Apple IIgs File System Translator
   $BF DOC Apple IIgs Document

$Cx Types: Graphics

   $C0 PNT Apple IIgs Packed Super HiRes
      $0001 - Packed Super HiRes
      $0002 - Apple Preferred Format
      $0003 - Packed QuickDraw II PICT

   $C1 PIC Apple IIgs Super HiRes
      $0001 - QuickDraw PICT
      $0002 - Super HiRes 3200

   $C2 ANI PaintWorks Animation
   $C3 PAL PaintWorks Palette
   $C5 OOG Object-Oriented Graphics
   $C6 SCR Script
   $C7 CDV Apple IIgs Control Panel

   $C8 FON Apple IIgs Font
      $0000 - QuickDraw Bitmap Font
      $0001 - Pointless TrueType Font

   $C9 FND Apple IIgs Finder Data
   $CA ICN Apple IIgs Icon File

$Dx Types: Audio

   $D5 MUS Music
   $D6 INS Instrument
   $D7 MDI MIDI

   $D8 SND Apple IIgs Audio
      $0000 - AIFF
      $0001 - AIFF-C
      $0002 - ASIF Instrument
      $0003 - Sound Resource
      $0004 - MIDI Synth Wave
      $8001 - HyperStudio Sound

   $DB DBM DB Master Document

$Ex Types: Miscellaneous

   $E0 LBR Archive
      $0000 - ALU
      $0001 - AppleSingle
      $0002 - AppleDouble Header
      $0003 - AppleDouble Data
      $8000 - Binary II
      $8001 - AppleLink ACU
      $8002 - ShrinkIt

   $E2 ATK AppleTalk Data
      $FFFF - EasyMount Alias

   $EE R16 EDASM 816 Relocatable Code
   $EF PAR Pascal Area

$Fx Types: System

   $F0 CMD ProDOS Command File
   $F1 OVL User Defined 1
   $F2 UD2 User Defined 2
   $F3 UD3 User Defined 3
   $F4 UD4 User Defined 4
   $F5 BAT User Defined 5
   $F6 UD6 User Defined 6
   $F7 UD7 User Defined 7
   $F8 PRG User Defined 8
   $F9 P16 ProDOS-16 System File
   $FA INT Integer BASIC Program
   $FB IVR Integer BASIC Variables

   $FC BAS Applesoft BASIC Program
      Auxiliary type is BASIC program's loading address and
      should be $0801.

   $FD VAR Applesoft BASIC Variables
   $FE REL EDASM Relocatable Code
   $FF SYS ProDOS-8 System File

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