[54] I need specs for graphics formats

Get the book by Murray & vanRyper "Encyclopedia of graphics file formats",
O'Reilly & associates, ISBN 1-56592-058-9.

See also the comp.graphics FAQ and the Graphics Formats FAQ. The latter is in
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/graphics/fileformats-faq/
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/graphics/fileformats-faq/top.html

Check also "The File Format Collection" in http://www.wotsit.org
and the File Formats Encyclopedia 2.0
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pgmutl/ffe200.zip 
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/programming/ffe200.zip