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WordStar for MS-DOS Document

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Summary

Name
WordStar for MS-DOS Document
Version
7.0
Identifiers
  • Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000552
  • Wikidata QID Identifier: Q105856544
  • PUID: x-fmt/261
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.
Format encoding
Text
Note
http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/WordStar https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000552
File extensions
ws, ws7
Submitted by
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 7.0

Description
Header symmetrical sequence 0f 128 bytes: first thee bytes, 0x1D 0x7D00, sequence type header = 0x00, version =0x70, last three bytes 0x7D00 0X1D
Provenance
WordStar International Incorporated, File Format for WordStar Release 7.0, March 17, 1992 www.wotsit.org/list.asp?search=wordstar&button=GO%21

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
1D7D000070{120}7D001D
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V108

    Release date
    5 September 2022

    • Updated

      WordStar for MS-DOS Document (7.0): 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.

  • V58

    Release date
    21 March 2012

    • Added signature

      WordStar for DOS Document 7.0: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.