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Hyperwriter

2024-04-27T02:12:31Z

Doshea: /* Multimedia Discs and Samples */ Split into HW3 vs. HW4 lists and add more HW3 examples

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Hypermedia
|extensions={{ext|HW3}}, {{ext|HW4}}
|released=1990
}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:HyperWriter!}}
Ntergaid was an early software developer specializing in hypermedia and multimedia authoring tools for DOS and later Windows. <ref>https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19910014418/downloads/19910014418.pdf#page=58</ref>HyperWriter! was a authoring tool and a runtime application .<ref>http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0144.html</ref> Was later sold in 1996.<ref>https://www.preceden.com/timelines/869343-scott-johnson-career-36-years-2-kids-2-books-1-200-blog-posts-15-shipped-products</ref>

==Version Information==
* HyperWriter version 2 was released in 1990.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ofXGcGVTvoEC&lpg=PT45&pg=PT45#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
* HyperWriter version 3 was released in 1992.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=a2YTCyIAwwIC&lpg=PP61&dq=%22HyperWriter!%203.0%22&pg=PP61#v=onepage&q=%22HyperWriter!%203.0%22&f=false</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=IDsEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA72&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
* HyperWriter version 4 was released in 1994.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=v-ujWW1YGuwC&lpg=PA140&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19961112144301/http://www.ntergaid.com/inde001a.htm</ref>

==Format Information==
HyperWriter files have a main file '''HW3, HW4''' which contain the ascii header <code>HyperWriter!</code> and can contain supporting files '''HWA''', '''HWI''', '''HWN''', '''HWT'''.
* HyperWriter 3 uses the '''HW3''' extension.
* HyperWriter 4 uses the '''HW4''' extension.

== Screenshots ==
[[Image:HyperReader-v4.jpg|300px]]

== Software ==
* [https://archive.org/details/msdos_shareware_fb_HRREAD33 HyperReader 3.03]
* [https://discmaster.textfiles.com/browse/21810/Pegasus_50_CD1.iso/pegasus/w_editor/hrw40.zip HyperReader 4]

==Multimedia Discs and Samples==
* {{DexvertSamples|document/hyperWriter}}
* '''HW3'''
** [https://archive.org/details/wpmag WordPerfect Magazine (1989-1993)]
** PC-SIG: [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig12 Library 12th ed.], [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig13 Library 13th ed.], [https://archive.org/details/PC-SIGs_World_of_Utilities_PC-SIG_1994 World of Utilities], [https://archive.org/details/PC-SIG_World_of_Games_CDRM1080710_1993 World of Games], [https://archive.org/details/PCSiGsWorldofEducation World of Education]
** [https://archive.org/details/soundsation_202107 Soundsation]
** [https://archive.org/details/TheCIAPapers The CIA Papers]
** [https://archive.org/details/WorldLiteraryHeritage World Literary Heritage]
* '''HW4'''
** [https://archive.org/details/Dr.DobbsFileFormats Dr. Dobb's The Essential Books on File Formats CD-ROM]
** [https://archive.org/details/RomanticismTheCDROM Romanticism - The CD-ROM]

==References==
<references/>

Hyperwriter

2023-10-20T00:23:29Z

Doshea: /* Multimedia Discs and Samples */ Indicate which format is used; add a number of PC-SIG titles

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Hypermedia
|extensions={{ext|HW3}}, {{ext|HW4}}
|released=1990
}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:HyperWriter!}}
Ntergaid was an early software developer specializing in hypermedia and multimedia authoring tools for DOS and later Windows. <ref>https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19910014418/downloads/19910014418.pdf#page=58</ref>HyperWriter! was a authoring tool and a runtime application .<ref>http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0144.html</ref> Was later sold in 1996.<ref>https://www.preceden.com/timelines/869343-scott-johnson-career-36-years-2-kids-2-books-1-200-blog-posts-15-shipped-products</ref>

==Version Information==
* HyperWriter version 2 was released in 1990.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ofXGcGVTvoEC&lpg=PT45&pg=PT45#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
* HyperWriter version 3 was released in 1992.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=a2YTCyIAwwIC&lpg=PP61&dq=%22HyperWriter!%203.0%22&pg=PP61#v=onepage&q=%22HyperWriter!%203.0%22&f=false</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=IDsEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA72&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
* HyperWriter version 4 was released in 1994.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=v-ujWW1YGuwC&lpg=PA140&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19961112144301/http://www.ntergaid.com/inde001a.htm</ref>

==Format Information==
HyperWriter files have a main file '''HW3, HW4''' which contain the ascii header <code>HyperWriter!</code> and can contain supporting files '''HWA''', '''HWI''', '''HWN''', '''HWT'''.
* HyperWriter 3 uses the '''HW3''' extension.
* HyperWriter 4 uses the '''HW4''' extension.

== Screenshots ==
[[Image:HyperReader-v4.jpg|300px]]

==Multimedia Discs and Samples==
* [https://archive.org/details/Dr.DobbsFileFormats Dr. Dobb's The Essential Books on File Formats CD-ROM] (HW4)
* [https://archive.org/details/wpmag WordPerfect Magazine (1989-1993)] (HW3)
* [https://archive.org/details/RomanticismTheCDROM Romanticism - The CD-ROM] (HW4)
* PC-SIG: [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig12 Library 12th ed.], [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig13 Library 13th ed.], [https://archive.org/details/PC-SIGs_World_of_Utilities_PC-SIG_1994 World of Utilities], [https://archive.org/details/PC-SIG_World_of_Games_CDRM1080710_1993 World of Games] (HW3)

==References==
<references/>

User:Doshea

2023-10-20T00:22:39Z

Doshea: Currently working on HyperWriter

I sometimes reverse engineer file formats, mostly those used for documentation.

I have some source code I hope to eventually release and knowledge I plan to share regarding the following:
* [[Hyperwriter]] - at least the HW3 format
* [[Wordcruncher]]
* [[DynaText]]
* Files used on MSDN and TechNet CDs which provide navigation/structure around the [[Multimedia Viewer Book]] files containing the actual content

I'd like to one day figure out the file format used in the Microsoft Programmer's Library.

Other things to do:
* Update [[Microsoft Advisor Help]] with link to https://github.com/fancidev/DosHelp?

Wordcruncher

2023-03-25T11:39:30Z

Doshea: /* Samples */ Add later PC-SIG Library editions (which have larger catalogs of disks) plus WordCruncher Shareware which includes uncompressed .BYB files

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Electronic Publishing formats
|extensions={{ext|etb}}, {{ext|erl}}, {{ext|etbu}}, {{ext|erlu}}, others
|released=1986
}}
Wordcruncher is a text indexing, retrieval, and analysis software developed at Brigham Young University under the name ETC<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/30207396?seq=1</ref> in the early 1980's<ref>https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1987-11/page/n255/mode/2up</ref>. Originally called the BYU Concordance Program<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/faq</ref>, it also has been licensed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for viewing scriptures under the LDSView title<ref>https://ldsview.wordcruncher.com/</ref>.

==File Information==
Wordcruncher can process a text file and produce an index along with a "book" format for use in their viewing software.

DOS versions used extensions beginning with the letter "B", Windows used letter "E", starting in version 7, unicode was added and extensions end with the letter "U".

==File Identification==

{| class="wikitable"
! Extension !! Description !! Header !! Notes
|-
|BYA || Source Text with markup || || DOS
|-
|BYB || Compressed Book format || || DOS<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/indexer</ref>
|-
|BYC || Book Case Data || || DOS
|-
|BYU || || || DOS
|-
|BYX || Index Data || || DOS
|-
|ETA || Source Text with markup || || Windows<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060903012243/http://wordcruncher.byu.edu/wordcruncher/EtaDocumentation.htm</ref>
|-
|ETB || Compressed Book format ||<code>FE430000</code>|| Windows
|-
|ETG ||Book graphics in [[TIFF]] format ||<code>49492A00</code>|| Windows
|-
|ETX || Index Data || || Windows
|-
|ERL || Reference List File ||<code>4F4352AB</code>|| Windows
|-
|ETAX || Source Text with markup in [[XML]]|| || Documentation<ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/etax</ref>
|-
|ETBU || Compressed Book format ||<code>FE480800</code>||
|-
|ENBU || Notes File || || <ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/book-options#note-files</ref>
|-
|ETGU ||Book Graphics ||<code>45544755</code>|| <ref>https://wordcruncher.com/docs/image-library</ref>
|-
|ERLU || Reference List File ||<code>4F4352AB</code>||
|}

==Samples==
* [https://archive.org/details/the-pc-sig-library-on-cd-rom-ninth-edition PC-SIG Library 9th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
* [https://archive.org/details/pc-sig-library-1991-cd PC-SIG Library 10th Ed.]: uses WordCruncher WCView 4.30
* [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig12 PC-SIG Library 12th Ed.]: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used
** WordCruncher Shareware 4.50 is available as PC-SIG disks [https://archive.org/download/cdrom-pcsig12/pc-siglibrary12thedition1993.iso/REF%2FDISK3005.ZIP #3005] (viewer and indexer programs) and [https://archive.org/download/cdrom-pcsig12/pc-siglibrary12thedition1993.iso/REF%2FDISK3015.ZIP #3015] (manual and tutorial files) on this CD-ROM. The tutorial files include uncompressed .BYB files.
* [https://archive.org/details/cdrom-pcsig13 PC-SIG Library 13th Ed.]: primary interface is HyperReader, but WordCruncher WCView 4.30 is also used

==References==
<references/>

User:Doshea

2023-03-25T08:09:20Z

Doshea: Created page with "I sometimes reverse engineer file formats, mostly those used for documentation. I have some source code I hope to eventually release and knowledge I plan to share regarding t..."

I sometimes reverse engineer file formats, mostly those used for documentation.

I have some source code I hope to eventually release and knowledge I plan to share regarding the following:
* [[Wordcruncher]]
* [[DynaText]]
* Files used on MSDN and TechNet CDs which provide navigation/structure around the [[Multimedia Viewer Book]] files containing the actual content

I'd like to one day figure out the file format used in the Microsoft Programmer's Library.

Other things to do:
* Update [[Microsoft Advisor Help]] with link to https://github.com/fancidev/DosHelp?