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External signatures File extension: ws
Internal signatures
Name WordStar for DOS Document 5.5
Description Header symmetrical sequence 0f 128 bytes: first thee bytes, 0x1D 0x7D00, sequence type header = 0x00, version =0x55, last three bytes 0x7D00 0X1D
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Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 1D7D000055{120}7D001D
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