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Format

LocoFile

Summary

Name
LocoFile
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1310
Format type
Database
Description
The LocoFile Datafile format is a database format produced by LocoFile, an add-on first released in 1988 for the Amstrad PCW's LocoScript 2 word processor and supported in all subsequent versions of LocoScript. LocoFile Datafiles store indexed records, such as addresses indexed by name, which could be accessed while editing LocoScript documents or automatically inserted into document templates for batch processing.
Source
British Library / British Library
Developed by
Locomotive Software / Locomotive Software

Internal signatures

LocoFile

Note
BOF: Magic Bytes 'FIL..'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
46494C01(01|02)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V96

    Release date
    21 January 2020

    LocoFile: Signature developed and samples provided by British Library as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.

    LocoFile: Full entry added. Submitted by British Library as part of PRONOM Research Week 2019.