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|wikidata={{wikidata|Q105854995}}, {{wikidata|Q105853855}}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 25 February 2025

File Format
Name AskSam
Ontology
Extension(s) .ask
PRONOM fmt/2019, fmt/2020, fmt/2021, fmt/2022
Wikidata ID Q105854995, Q105853855
Released 1985

AskSam was a free-form database software application first released in 1985.[1] Final release was version 7 for Windows in 2008.[2]

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[edit] File Information

AskSam databases are stored in a proprietary file with the .ASK extension.

[edit] Format Information

  • DOS version files began with header ascii string "askSam"
  • Windows version 1 files began with header ascii string "askwin"
  • Windows versions 2&3 files began with header ascii string "askWiS"
  • Windows versions 4-7 files began with header ascii string "askw40"

[edit] Software & Samples

[edit] References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AskSam
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080718155236/http://www.asksam.com/whatsnew7.asp
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