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May, 2005
  • Version 0.16 (EggDrop).
April, 2005
  • Expanded family of BIOS decompressors: DellDeco (delldeco). DellDeco operates with DELL Latitude CPi (Inspiron 8100), DELL Dimension 4600i and DELL OptiPlex GXa 5300L (Jalapeno) series. Sorry, this decompressor isn't available for download.
  • Added LOGO formats (ABR2 0.15f):

    DELL Computer LOGO (NVRAM)
    Composite $OSB V2
    DELL Computer LOGO (2)
    SystemSoft EPA (2)

26.12.2004 - XMAS News
  • Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Since last version I received a lot of fun while communicating with ABR2 tester, Steven Weiser. We agreed to add PCX-, BMP-formats as LOGO-formats. So start "abr2 -list" to see which kind of LOGO appeared. I've also started to implement Encode Engine. Now, convert BMP-, AWBM16-, GRFX-, PG-LOGO into AWBM16 / AWBM256 format. Some bugs were fixed, new bugs were programmed ;) Into XMAS release (ABR2 0.15d - Cairo) I've added LOGO formats:

    Intel - Intel Graphics (GRFXLOGO)
    Intel Graphics (Compressed PG)
    Phoenix Composite Envelope SCN
    ASUS Composite $OSB
    AWBM256 EPA (Compressed)

  • Expanded family of BIOS decompressors: HPDeco (hpdeco). Hewlett-Packard's BIOS based on HP d530 CMT(DG061A) now can be decompressed.
Hot News
  • Finally project rewritten in C++ with FLTK. Now it runs under Microsoft Windows NT (TM) as well as XWindow 11 (TM). Since DOS based release (ABR1.75 Gamma) were added couple of new LOGO formats:

    ASUS Composite and Dynamic series
    AMI GFX (used while Suspend / WakeUp from Hibernation)
    SystemSoft EPA (PCX)
    TriGem EPA (TM) - new format from Korean PCs makers
    AWBM16 EPA (Lippert LOGO) - German embedded and PCs makers

  • Added new family of BIOS decompressors: InsydeDeco (insydeco), AcerDeco and CompaqDeco. Notebook users of Compaq NX 9010, 5000, 6000, 8000, 7010, 4010 should give a try to unpack BIOS to CompaqDeco. Please, send your results to anton.borisov§gmail.com
Code Snippets (defines.h)

/* * * * AwardBitmapReader - ABR * Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 Anton Borisov * * */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> typedef unsigned char byte; typedef unsigned char uchar; typedef unsigned short word; typedef unsigned long dword; #if defined(LINUX) || defined(__LINUX__) || defined(__linux__) #define ATTRPACK __attribute__((packed)) #else // This WIN32 environment #define ATTRPACK #pragma pack(1) #endif #define StdEPA 1 /* 126x84 */ #define NStdEPA 2 /* Any other */ #define AWBM16bm 3 /* 16 Color AWBM */ #define QDIbm 4 /* 256 Color BMP in QDI */ #define BIObm 5 /* 256 Color PCX in BioStar */ #define PGbm 6 /* PhoenixGraphics */ #define SSbm 7 /* SystemSoft Bitmap */ #define INTELbm 8 /* GRFX */ #define AWBM256bm 9 /* 256 Color AWBM */ #define AMIGLE 10 /* GLE, GLB, GLA */ #define UsrLogo 11 /* TEXT Logo */ /*------------------------------------------------------ 4 Aug, 2003 Phoenix FirstBIOS ICON format ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ICONbm 12 /*------------------------------------------------------ 9 Aug, 2003 Phoenix FirstBIOS SCRN format ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define SCRNbm 13 /*------------------------------------------------------ 15 Apr, 2004 ASUS 4OSB format ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ASUSbm 14 /*------------------------------------------------------ 29 Apr, 2004 ASUS LOGO format ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ASUSLOGObm 15 /*------------------------------------------------------ 11 May, 2004 AMI GFX (PCX) format Revised from AMIGFX project ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define AMIGFXbm 16 /*------------------------------------------------------ 17 May, 2004 ASUS OSB640 format ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ASUSOSB640bm 17 /*------------------------------------------------------ 17 May, 2004 ASUS LOGO v2 (AMI) format ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ASUS2v2bm 18 /*------------------------------------------------------ 18 May, 2004 ASUS LOGO v3 (HeaderLess) format ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ASUSv3bm 19 /*------------------------------------------------------ 03 Aug, 2004 SystemSoft GFX (8-bit PCX) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define SYSOGFXbm 20 /*------------------------------------------------------ 03 Aug, 2004 TM (AMI) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define TMbm 21 /*------------------------------------------------------ 10 Aug, 2004 AWBM16 variation ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define AWBM16V2bm 22 /*------------------------------------------------------ 22 Nov, 2004 $OSB ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define OSB2bm 23 /*------------------------------------------------------ 23 Nov, 2004 JPEG (plain JFIF) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define JFIFbm 24 /*------------------------------------------------------ 23 Nov, 2004 PCX 4-Bit, RLE Encoded ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define PCX4RLEbm 25 /*------------------------------------------------------ 23 Nov, 2004 Phoenix Composite Envelope (SCN) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define SCN1bm 26 /*------------------------------------------------------ 23 Nov, 2004 PCX 8-bit, RLE Encode ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define PCX8RLEbm 27 /*------------------------------------------------------ 25 Nov, 2004 AWBM256 variation ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define AWBM256V2bm 28 /*------------------------------------------------------ 27 Nov, 2004 Phoenix Composite Envelope (SCN) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define SCN2bm 29 /*------------------------------------------------------ 03 Dec, 2004 Intel Graphics (GRFXLOGO) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define GRFXLOGObm 30 /*------------------------------------------------------ 03 Dec, 2004 Intel Graphics (M5) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define UsrLogo2 31 /*------------------------------------------------------ 19 Dec, 2004 BMP 8-Bit, Indexed ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define BMP8ibm 32 /*------------------------------------------------------ 11 Jan, 2005 ASUS 4OSB format (V2) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ASUSV2bm 33 /*------------------------------------------------------ 11 Jan, 2005 Intel Graphics (Compressed GRFX) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define UsrLogo3 34 /*------------------------------------------------------ 20 Mar, 2005 Dell NVRAM Logo (Inspiron 8100) ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define DELLbm 35 /*------------------------------------------------------ 4 Apr, 2005 $OSB V2 ------------------------------------------------------*/ #define OSB2BMPbm 36 // this is microseconds #define SLIDESHOWTIMEOUT 1 #define epaW 8 #define epaH 14 #define TRUE 1 #define FALSE 0 typedef struct EPAInfo { byte Type; /* 'AWBM16', 'AWBM256' ... */ char* Name; /* 'AWBM16', 'AWBM256' ... */ word Width; /* Image width */ word Height; /* Image height */ dword Len; /* File full length */ byte isComposite; /* Composite image? Yes = 1 */ word ColorPal; /* Colors in Palette */ byte* OEM; /* Reserved for future usage. Name of original OEM, VAR */ byte* RawGfx; /* Pointer to RAW decompressed image buffer */ byte* RGBPal; /* Pointer to RGB data */ FILE* ptx; /* Pointer to FILE struct */ char* RGB; } EPAInfo; typedef struct RGB { byte r; byte g; byte b; }; typedef struct AWBM { byte Sig[4]; word Width; word Height; } AWBM_HDR; typedef struct PGBM { byte Sig[2]; byte rsrv0; byte isPalette; word Len; word rsrv2; word rsrv3; word Width; word Height; word XOffset; word YOffset; } PGBM_HDR; typedef struct GLE { byte Sig[3]; byte rsrv1; byte Width; byte Height; byte Color; byte rsrv2; } GLE_HDR; typedef struct ASUS2 { word ShortJumper; /* asm instruction, jmp short */ byte Sig[6]; /* A,S,U,S,2,\x0 */ dword LongJumper; /* asm instruction, jmp long */ dword LogoStart; /* offset to first image */ byte Version_Lo; /* Version_Lo ? */ byte Version_Hi; /* Version_Hi ? */ } ASUS2_HDR; typedef struct ASUSLOGO { byte Sig[4]; /* L,O,G,O */ dword rsrv1; /* */ } ASUSLOGO_HDR;
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Decompressors AmiDeco (amideco)
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PhoenixDeco (phnxdeco)
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AwarDeco (awardeco)
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InsyDeco (insydeco)
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AcerDeco (acerdeco)
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CompaqDeco (cmpqdeco)
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HPDeco (hpdeco)
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DellDeco (delldeco)
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Compressors AmiDeco+ (amideco+)
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PhoenixDeco+ (phnxdeco+)
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BIOS LOGO Gallery These are some samples

Example of DELL Computer LOGO
Example of ASUS Dynamic LOGO
Example of Lippert LOGO
Example of TriGem LOGO
Example of TEXTLOGO
Example of Intel GRFX
Example of PCX
Example of PCX
Example of Phoenix Graphics (PG)
Example of SystemSoft EPA
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