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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
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Subject: Re: Anyone heard of a "Sylk" file format?
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Date: 24 Nov 89 06:05:27 GMT
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mveh2@cbnews.ATT.COM (edward.holdgate.iv) writes:


<	I came across a reference to a DOS file format refered to as
<	"Sylk".  Does anyone know what this is or what environment
<	uses these files?  Is it a European standard?  Anyone know
<	of a reference book of file formats I could look in?  

This is Microsoft Multiplan's "symbolic link" file format. You should
be able to get from MicroSoft.

Note that this format is ASCII text, and is not a MS-DOS file format. It is
supported by *all* versions of Multiplan, on environments ranging from the
TRS-80 Model 100 laptop to XENIX systems.  
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