Re: Word Processor format?

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Jul 29, 3:44 pm, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > I've got some DOS disks with files written with an unknown word
> > processor.  Looking at the disks in CiderPress after transfer, all
> > files have a filetype of $f3, auxtype of $0000, and a "size" of
> > 156160.  (Which is laughable, since all the files on a disk have that
> > same size.)
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> > Line breaks seem to have the sequence $00 $40 $03.  The beginning of
> > files seem to be the sequence $40 $03 $02, and the end-of-file seems
> > to be the sequence $00 $41 $01 $06.  Looking at a few more files, I
> > could probably pinpoint the sequence a little better.  But does any of
> > this start ringing any bells with anyone?
>
> Could you send me a couple images to look at?
Thanks much for the offer, Bill!  As it happens, the data's not mine,
so I can't do that just yet.  I've reduced the file filter to a few
sed rules - lop off the high bit, delete all $00, transform those $40
contraptions to newlines, terminate the file after seeing $41 $01
$06.  My only problem now... sed really, really likes $0a.  I really,
really need it to treat $0a like any other byte.  I was hoping to
avoid going to a higher level language, but may have to bite the
bullet.