25 Jun
2023
25 Jun
'23
6:39 a.m.
On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 7:39 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
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.
Does anyone recognize this stuff?
I don't recognize it, but the filenames give me a very database vibe. A
database from
back when each table was stored in a separate file. The RPT filenames hint
to me that
they are preformatted output (with escape codes) intended to be spooled to
a specific
printer later. The MSL files are small so may be either screen layout
definitions or
perhaps metadata describing the table files, which would be in the DTP
files. I suspect
the DTX files would be config/index files for the database application that
managed all
this, describing the content and relationships of the DTP and MSL files.
-ken