Format
WordStar for MS-DOS Document
Summary
- Name
- WordStar for MS-DOS Document
- Version
- 5.5
- Identifiers
-
- Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000552
- Wikidata QID Identifier: Q105856544
- PUID: x-fmt/236
- Format type
- Word Processor
- Description
- The WordStar format is the default proprietary plain text format for the word processing application of the same name. It was created in 1978 by MicroPro, originally for the CP/M operating system but later was used on other operating systems such as PC/MS-DOS. It was the first word processor to render the doument on screen as it would appear when printed. WordStar files often have the extension ws or ws follwed by their version number but it is also common for them to have no extension.
- Note
- http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/WordStar https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000552
- File extensions
-
ws - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- MicroPro Inc
Relationships
- Is previous version of
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
WordStar for DOS Document 5.5
- Note
- Header symmetrical sequence 0f 128 bytes: first thee bytes, 0x1D 0x7D00, sequence type header = 0x00, version =0x55, last three bytes 0x7D00 0X1D
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
1D7D000055{120}7D001D- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V108
- Release date
- 5 September 2022
WordStar for MS-DOS Document (5.5): Description updated. Addition of Library of Congress Format Description and Wikidata QID identifiers. Relationships between other WordStar entries added. Developer added. Submitted by Library of Congress.
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Added in V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
WordStar for DOS Document 5.5: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.