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Author Topic: Wotsit's Format: The Programmers File Format Collection  (Read 13,438 times)

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Wotsit's Format: The Programmers File Format Collection
« on: September 26, 2006, 02:48 PM »
Here's a great resource. It has specifications on hundreds of file types as well as source code, algorithms, etc. Check it out!

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Re: Wotsit's Format: The Programmers File Format Collection
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 10:03 PM »
It's a pretty good resource, I've been using it for years. I think I first stumbled upon it when I was still using pascal, but it can't be that old? :O. Hm, copyright from 1996, perhaps it can, then :)

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Re: Wotsit's Format: The Programmers File Format Collection
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2006, 12:07 AM »
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another similar site is filext.com (yes, only one "e")

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Re: Wotsit's Format: The Programmers File Format Collection
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2006, 08:42 PM »
http://www.filext.com/ works fine here.
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Re: Wotsit's Format: The Programmers File Format Collection
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2006, 09:07 PM »
working for me now too, BUT i was getting 404 like geddit earlier.

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