25 Jun
2023
25 Jun
'23
12:50 p.m.
On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 1:44 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
The file list says they were created in the 1986 time
frame.
So what Dec systems were running around then that required rsx11 ?
Chances are good if it is 86, then there'd be a pro port... these were
reported extensively in the trade rags of the day, but sales weren't so it
may be hard to say. Also, there were a few accounting packages that were
also on cp/m and the PC so that might help...
Though connecting press reports to these files might be hard...
Warner
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On Jun 25, 2023, at 12:39, Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Pretty hard to tell from just the file names what app created them and
looking for (for example) .msl files sends you down different paths, like
visual studio ( probably not), ImageMagick Scripting Language File,
MAINSAIL Source Code, and ProWORX Nxt MSL are all apps that create .msl
Any more info you can shed on what the industry is that the customer does?
Is it geographic mapping or some kind of science processing?
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On Jun 25, 2023, at 12:16, Tomasz Rola via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 04:39:01PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/24/23 12:38, Wayne S wrote:
Chuck, why not post the catalog snd we’ll all take a look?
Power of the internet!
Okay, I guess that's okay. Here's the data from the MFD:
https://icedrive.net/s/Q56ZY2Sv4g62Gi9vZ9jzNQ2CD6Bu
Since this is customer data, I can't publish the contents of the files
themselves.
If you have those files accessible from some Unix-like OS, then you
can:
strings < theXfile.x | less
Sometimes also:
hexdump -C < theXfile.x | less
Or, to avoid the risk of fu-ups if you put "<" in bad direction:
cat theXfile.x | strings | less
It may reveal a bit about the insides of the file, for example in case
of sqlite database there would probably be a tables description.
Also, comparing
cat theXfile.x | strings | wc -c
cat theXfile.x | wc -c
would givw some idea of how much of the file is text and how much of
it is something else.
All those tricks assume that files are uncompressed, of course.
HTH
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Tomasz Rola
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