Z Phrase Data Format
PHRASES.BIN occurs as a loose CD asset and as a member of MAIN.PAC in Z.
File format
The inspected payload is 35328 bytes. The repository records an asset hash, but has no standalone phrase parser establishing the record layout or encoding. Extract the archived form with the JMP2 decoder; the resulting bytes are the asset payload, not a nested CD image. No field names or text encoding are asserted here.
Notes
The name suggests phrase data, but a fixed-record text layout must not be inferred from that name or total size.
Source code
From re-z, the open-source browser port:
- docs/evidence/assets.json – asset identity
- src/formats/jmp2.js – archive extraction
- src/viewer/catalog.js – generic asset inventory
Credits
The identification and implementation notes above were contributed by VorticonCmdr. If you find this information helpful in a project you're working on, please give credit where credit is due. (A link back to this wiki would be nice too!)