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  "binaryFileFormat": "Text",
  "formatNote": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/BinHex\r\nhttps://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2023/09/29/binhex/",
  "lastUpdatedDate": "15 Apr 2024",
  "formatProvenance": "04/2024 (v.118)- Signature modified to increase max-offset by 4k, beginning and ending colon added for conformance to specification. Description, notefield and MIME type updated. Submitted by Brigham Young University.",
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    {
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      "note": "BOF; Offset:0-4084; Magic Bytes: '(This file must be converted with BinHex' and in 6-9 bytes 0x3A; EOF; Offset: 64; Magic Bytes: 0x3A",
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      "provenance": "Signature identified by Georgia Tech Research Institute (Candidate Internal Signatures for File Formats in PRONOM Registry; 05/06/2010). 04/2024(v.117)- 4k offset added to BOF before main identifiable string. Beginning and ending colon added in conformance with the specification. Submitted by Brigham Young University; v.122- EOF sequence offset modified to include bytes 0-64. Submitted by Archives nationales de France and Brigham Young University."
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