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This file was processed as: Amiga Disk Format (OFS)
(archive/adfOFS).
You can browse this item here: Dark Portal 2.adf
| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
|
|---|
| 100%
| dexvert
| Amiga Disk Format (OFS) (archive/adfOFS)
| magic
| Supported |
| 65%
| 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 880, bootable 0x43fa013870004eae.., "PORTAL"
| default
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| 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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|000005f0| 2e 20 4e 6f 2c 20 69 74 | 20 77 61 73 6e 27 74 20 |. No, it| wasn't |
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|00000670| 69 6e 67 2c 20 22 48 65 | 6c 6c 6f 20 4a 61 2e 2e |ing, "He|llo Ja..|
|00000680| 2e 20 65 72 2c 20 4a 61 | 63 6b 2e 22 0a 20 48 65 |. er, Ja|ck.". He|
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|00000810| 00 00 00 05 8d 29 2f cb | 64 2e 20 4d 69 6b 65 20 |.....)/.|d. Mike |
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|00000830| 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 2e 20 | 0a 23 20 55 73 65 64 20 | a lot. |.# Used |
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|000008e0| 72 6c 69 6e 67 3f 22 0a | 20 53 61 6d 61 6e 74 68 |rling?".| Samanth|
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|000009c0| 2e 22 20 4d 69 6b 65 20 | 67 72 69 6e 6e 65 64 20 |." Mike |grinned |
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|00000a40| 2e 20 22 49 20 77 6f 75 | 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 77 61 |. "I wou|ldn't wa|
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|00000a60| 20 22 4d 61 79 62 65 20 | 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 | "Maybe |another |
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|00000c10| 00 00 00 09 dd 2e 0a 48 | 61 79 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |.......H|ay from |
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|00000c50| 2e 0a 20 4d 69 6b 65 20 | 73 74 6f 6f 64 20 74 68 |.. Mike |stood th|
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|00000c70| 20 64 72 65 6e 63 68 65 | 64 20 69 6e 20 73 77 69 | drenche|d in swi|
|00000c80| 72 6c 69 6e 67 20 62 6c | 75 65 20 73 6d 6f 6b 65 |rling bl|ue smoke|
|00000c90| 2e 0a 20 48 65 20 64 72 | 6f 70 70 65 64 20 68 69 |.. He dr|opped hi|
|00000ca0| 73 20 62 72 69 65 66 20 | 63 61 73 65 20 61 6e 64 |s brief |case and|
|00000cb0| 20 73 70 72 69 6e 74 65 | 64 20 62 61 63 6b 20 74 | sprinte|d back t|
|00000cc0| 6f 77 61 72 64 73 20 68 | 69 73 20 68 6f 6d 65 2e |owards h|is home.|
|00000cd0| 0a 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. . | |
|00000ce0| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | |
|00000cf0| 20 20 20 20 20 3e 3c 0a | 0a 20 22 4d 61 7a 2c 20 | ><.|. "Maz, |
|00000d00| 49 27 76 65 20 67 6f 74 | 20 61 20 68 65 61 64 61 |I've got| a heada|
|00000d10| 63 68 65 2e 22 20 4d 69 | 6b 65 20 73 61 69 64 2c |che." Mi|ke said,|
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|00000d30| 20 6c 6f 66 74 20 6c 61 | 64 64 65 72 73 2e 0a 20 | loft la|dders.. |
|00000d40| 4d 61 72 67 72 65 74 20 | 72 61 69 73 65 64 20 68 |Margret |raised h|
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|00000d60| 64 20 73 61 69 64 2c 20 | 22 4d 61 7a 3f 20 4d 41 |d said, |"Maz? MA|
|00000d70| 5a 3f 22 20 73 68 65 20 | 67 69 67 67 6c 65 64 2e |Z?" she |giggled.|
|00000d80| 20 22 4f 68 20 0a 4d 69 | 6b 65 20 79 6f 75 20 68 | "Oh .Mi|ke you h|
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|00003a70| 53 6f 70 68 69 65 20 0a | 66 65 6c 74 20 6c 69 6b |Sophie .|felt lik|
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|00003ab0| 20 22 4d 69 6b 65 2c 22 | 20 73 68 65 20 77 68 69 | "Mike,"| she whi|
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|00003b20| 20 22 54 65 6c 6c 20 6d | 65 2c 20 77 68 61 74 20 | "Tell m|e, what |
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|00003b40| 20 22 49 27 76 65 20 67 | 6f 74 20 41 49 44 53 2e | "I've g|ot AIDS.|
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|00003b80| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | |
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|00003cb0| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | |
|00003cc0| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | |
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|00003d70| 22 0a 20 22 4e 6f 74 20 | 6e 65 63 63 65 73 73 61 |". "Not |neccessa|
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|00003de0| 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 73 2e | 20 22 54 68 69 73 20 69 |moments.| "This i|
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|00003fa0| 20 54 68 65 20 77 69 6e | 64 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 | The win|dscreen |
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|000043e0| 20 6c 65 61 70 65 64 20 | 6f 75 74 20 6f 6e 74 6f | leaped |out onto|
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|00004420| 20 48 65 20 6c 61 6e 64 | 65 64 20 61 77 6b 77 61 | He land|ed awkwa|
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|00004490| 72 20 62 75 63 6b 6c 65 | 20 75 70 20 66 72 6f 6d |r buckle| up from|
|000044a0| 20 74 68 65 20 0a 73 69 | 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | the .si|de of th|
|000044b0| 65 20 72 6f 61 64 2c 20 | 53 6f 70 68 69 65 20 73 |e road, |Sophie s|
|000044c0| 74 69 6c 6c 20 69 6e 73 | 69 64 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 |till ins|ide, and|
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|00004510| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | |
|00004520| 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 3e | | >|
|00004530| 3c 0a 0a 20 4d 61 72 67 | 72 65 74 20 77 69 70 65 |<.. Marg|ret wipe|
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