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Format

Magic Shadow Archiver Disk Image File

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Summary

Name
Magic Shadow Archiver Disk Image File
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.msa-disk-image
  • PUID: fmt/1472
Format type
Aggregate
Description
Magic Shadow Archiver is a file format created by the eponomously named software package for creating floppy disk image files for Atari ST computers. It is additionally supported by Atari emulators.
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MSA_(Magic_Shadow_Archiver) http://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/_mydoc/FD_Image_File_Format.pdf
File extensions
msa
Source
The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration

Internal signatures

Magic Shadow Archiver Disk Image File

Note
BOF: 0x0E (Shift Out) then 0x0F (Shift In)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
0E0F
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V105

    Release date
    29 June 2022

    Magic Shadow Archiver Disk Image File: Removed stray space character from the start of the MIMEType field. Submitted by Sembiance.

  • Added in V98

    Release date
    27 October 2021

    Magic Shadow Archiver Disk Image File: Full entry added. Signature developed and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.

    Multi Palette Picture File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.