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PDB at a glance

PDB

The Palm computing era produced its own document and content ecosystems, and PDB is one of the container patterns that survived from that world.

VST at a glance

VST

The Truevision line grew out of EPICenter-era PC graphics boards, and several board names ended up surviving as filename extensions even when the underlying raster structure stayed close to the wider TGA family.

Format comparison

Feature
PDB
VST
File type

Ebook

Image

Extensions
  • .pdb

  • .vst

MIME type
  • application/vnd.palm

  • image/x-vst

Created year

1996

1987

Inventor

Palm

Truevision

Status

active

active

Primary use cases
  • ebook publishing

  • reader distribution

  • digital libraries

  • capture ingest

  • editing

  • web or print delivery

When to use each format

When to use PDB

  • Your source file is already in PDB.
  • Preserve source expectations before exporting to VST.
  • PDB is commonly used in ebook workflows.

When to use VST

  • Your target workflow expects VST.
  • Improve delivery compatibility with VST.
  • VST is commonly used in image workflows.

FAQs

Why convert PDB to VST?

Convert to VST only when preserving or recovering early Truevision graphics assets in their original form, or when bridging those files into a contemporary raster format for access and restoration.

What changes when converting PDB to VST?

This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.

What should I review after converting PDB to VST?

Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.

Format resources

PDBVST

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