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Format

SPYne Containers

Summary

Name
SPYne Containers
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1579
Description
SPYne containers were created by John Lannetta c1995 and are found in Compuserve's CBM applications forum and in COMP.BINARIES.CBM newsgroup. The format is self-extracting and does not employ any compression. The word "SPYNE" does not represent any acronym, but is meant to represent a "spine", with files linked together like a human spine.
Note
https://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~schepers/formats/SPYNE.TXT https://cbm8bit.com/articles/user-contributions/archival_formats
File extensions
spy
Source
The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Developed by
Compuserve Incorporated

Internal signatures

SPY (SPYne Containers)

Note
BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: 0xA70220A0E5A90A8D

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
A70220A0E5A90A8D
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V102

    Release date
    15 February 2022

    SPYne Containers: Fixed an issue with A0 character appearing in description and signature note. Issue submitted by Ross Spencer.

  • Added in V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022

    SPYne Containers: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.

    SPYne Containers: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.