BSAVE (graphics Image Format) - Recent Use IBM PC

Recent Use IBM PC

Common use of BSAVED images in graphics programs continued well into the 1990s but their use was primarily limited to users of programs like the Freeware program PicEM and the Shareware program VGACAD (which saved the MCGA display to a BSAVED file format called BLD BLoaDablepicture), and by beginning programmers and enthusiasts.

With the passing of MS-DOS so did the use of DOS programs that saved in the BSAVED format. Their use by programmers has stopped because the BLOAD command is no longer supported in modern programming languages which discourage accessing video memory directly.

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