sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (09/22/87)
This message is both a thank you and a summary of the responses I received
in regard to my request for sources describing the DIF and SYLK file formats.
A number of people gave me responses, so I though it might be useful to others
to know what was suggested.
The basic sources are actually software manuals.
DIF - the VisiCalc manual (which I did happen to have laying around)
SYLK - the Microsoft Multiplan manual (which also was sitting on a shelf in
this office of mine)
A good article summarizing DIF - the November, 1981 issue of Byte
A good article summarizing SYLK - the May, 1984 issue of Systems & Software
There are also some books describing MS-DOS file formats, though I didn't
personally look at any of them. (The manuals and articles were easier
to get ahold of, and time was of the essence!)
Thanks so much to all of you who responded.
Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
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