docs(amiga): add comprehensive .info icon format article with real icon examples

New article covering all five icon format generations:
- Old-Style (OS 1.0, 4-color planar)
- MagicWB (Stefan Stuntz, 8-color standardized palette)
- NewIcons (Nicola Salmoria, 256-color ASCII in ToolTypes)
- ColorIcons (OS 3.5, FORM ICON IFF with palette chunky)
- GlowIcons/PNG (OS 3.5+, NeXTSTEP-inspired, ARMS chunks)

Includes binary layout specs, API reference, 5 practical examples
(C + Python), decision guide, historical timeline, and real icon
images extracted from actual .info files across all formats.
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| [utility.md](utility.md) | TagItem lists with chaining (TAG_MORE), callback hooks (register convention), date/time utilities, tag iteration patterns |
| [expansion.md](expansion.md) | Zorro II/III bus architecture, AutoConfig ROM layout, board enumeration, FPGA implementation notes |
| [icon.md](icon.md) | Workbench icons (.info): DiskObject structure, ToolType parsing, icon types, OS 3.5+ true-color icons |
| [icon_format.md](icon_format.md) | **Icon file binary format deep dive: .info byte layout (DiskObject, Gadget, Image structs), MagicWB 8-color palette standard, NewIcons ASCII encoding, OS 3.5 ColorIcons (FORM ICON IFF), GlowIcons/PNG (ARMS chunk), NeXTSTEP design influence, historical timeline, create/read/edit examples, Python extraction, cross-platform format detection** |
| [workbench.md](workbench.md) | Workbench integration: WBStartup handling, AppWindow drag-and-drop, AppIcon, AppMenuItem |
| [iffparse.md](iffparse.md) | IFF file parsing: ILBM/8SVX/ANIM, nested chunk hierarchy, ByteRun1 compression, PBM planar deinterleaving, clipboard integration, decision guide vs DataTypes |
| [locale.md](locale.md) | Internationalization: catalog system (.cd/.ct files), locale-aware date/number formatting, character classification |

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