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This file was processed as: Amiga Disk Format (OFS)
(archive/adfOFS).
| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
|
|---|
| 100%
| dexvert
| Amiga Disk Format (OFS) (archive/adfOFS)
| magic
| Supported |
| 66%
| dexvert
| Amiga Disk Format (FFS) (archive/adfFFS)
| ext
| Supported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| ABackup Disk Image (archive/abackupDiskImage)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Amiga Hard Disk Image (PFS) (archive/amigaHardDiskPFS)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Amiga Kickstart disk image (archive/amigaKickstartDiskImage)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| ESRI Arc/Info Binary Grid (other/esriArcInfoBinaryGrid)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 100%
| file
| Amiga DOS disk (DD 880 KiB), probably root block 1146049280, bootable 0x444f5300444f5300.., "DP3"
| default
| |
| 99%
| file
| data
| default
| |
| 57%
| TrID
| Amiga Disk image File (OFS)
| default
| |
| 42%
| TrID
| Amiga Disk image File (generic)
| default (weak)
| |
| 100%
| siegfried
| fmt/1361 Amiga Disk File
| default
| |
| 100%
| disktype
| Amiga OFS file system (non-intl.) Type "DOS\0" Size matches DD floppy
| default
| |
| 100%
| xdgMime
| application/x-amiga-disk-format
| default
|
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hex view+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+
|00000000| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000010| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000020| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000030| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000040| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000050| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000060| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000070| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000080| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000090| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000000a0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000000b0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000000c0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000000d0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000000e0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000000f0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000100| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000110| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000120| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000130| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000140| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000150| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000160| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000170| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000180| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000190| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000001a0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000001b0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000001c0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000001d0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000001e0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000001f0| 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 | 44 4f 53 00 44 4f 53 00 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000200| 44 4f 53 80 44 4f 53 81 | 44 4f 53 82 44 4f 53 83 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000210| 44 4f 53 84 44 4f 53 85 | 44 4f 53 86 44 4f 53 87 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000220| 44 4f 53 88 44 4f 53 89 | 44 4f 53 8a 44 4f 53 8b |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000230| 44 4f 53 8c 44 4f 53 8d | 44 4f 53 8e 44 4f 53 8f |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000240| 44 4f 53 90 44 4f 53 91 | 44 4f 53 92 44 4f 53 93 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000250| 44 4f 53 94 44 4f 53 95 | 44 4f 53 96 44 4f 53 97 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000260| 44 4f 53 98 44 4f 53 99 | 44 4f 53 9a 44 4f 53 9b |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000270| 44 4f 53 9c 44 4f 53 9d | 44 4f 53 9e 44 4f 53 9f |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000280| 44 4f 53 a0 44 4f 53 a1 | 44 4f 53 a2 44 4f 53 a3 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000290| 44 4f 53 a4 44 4f 53 a5 | 44 4f 53 a6 44 4f 53 a7 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|000002a0| 44 4f 53 a8 44 4f 53 a9 | 44 4f 53 aa 44 4f 53 ab |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
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|00000310| 44 4f 53 c4 44 4f 53 c5 | 44 4f 53 c6 44 4f 53 c7 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
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|00000340| 44 4f 53 d0 44 4f 53 d1 | 44 4f 53 d2 44 4f 53 d3 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000350| 44 4f 53 d4 44 4f 53 d5 | 44 4f 53 d6 44 4f 53 d7 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
|00000360| 44 4f 53 d8 44 4f 53 d9 | 44 4f 53 da 44 4f 53 db |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
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|00000380| 44 4f 53 e0 44 4f 53 e1 | 44 4f 53 e2 44 4f 53 e3 |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
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|000003b0| 44 4f 53 ec 44 4f 53 ed | 44 4f 53 ee 44 4f 53 ef |DOS.DOS.|DOS.DOS.|
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