BSQ (W1GOH) - Revision history

Jsummers at 15:57, 28 December 2023

2023-12-28T15:57:37Z

Jsummers: Jsummers moved page BSQ (encoding) to BSQ (W1GOH): "Encoding" is not specific enough

2023-12-26T15:24:26Z

Jsummers moved page BSQ (encoding) to BSQ (W1GOH): "Encoding" is not specific enough

Jsummers at 19:18, 19 September 2023

2023-09-19T19:18:58Z

Jsummers at 12:07, 16 September 2023

2023-09-16T12:07:15Z

Eiim: Add archive.org link, connection to TERSE.

2023-09-14T01:56:59Z

Add archive.org link, connection to TERSE.

Jsummers: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Transfer Encodings |extensions={{ext|bsq}} |released=1985 }} '''BSQ''' (W1GOH Binary SQueeze) is a binary-to-text file encoding uti..."

2023-08-18T15:00:55Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Transfer Encodings |extensions={{ext|bsq}} |released=1985 }} '''BSQ''' (W1GOH Binary SQueeze) is a binary-to-text file encoding uti..."

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Transfer Encodings
|extensions={{ext|bsq}}
|released=1985
}}
'''BSQ''' (W1GOH Binary SQueeze) is a binary-to-text file encoding utility and format. It was developed by Steve Ward and "W1GOH". It has some connection to the amateur radio community.

In addition to encoding, it does simple data compression.

== Identification ==
Version 1 files start with ASCII "{{magic|=== BSQ 1 FILE}}".

Version 2 files start with ASCII "{{magic|=== BSQ ver   2}}".

== Software ==
* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9211/msdos/packet/bsq.arc|bsq.arc}} - BSQ v2.0 (source code + binaries for DOS and CP/M)

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-:''For the Apple II .bsq format, see [[BinSCII]].''
+:''For other "BSQ" formats, see [[BSQ]].''
 '''BSQ''' (W1GOH Binary SQueeze) is a binary-to-text file encoding utility and format. It was developed by Steve Ward and "W1GOH". It has some connection to the amateur radio community.

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 '''BSQ''' (W1GOH Binary SQueeze) is a binary-to-text file encoding utility and format. It was developed by Steve Ward and "W1GOH". It has some connection to the amateur radio community.
-In addition to encoding, it does simple data compression. This compression algorithm is apparently related to [[TERSE]].
+BSQ also compresses the data as it encodes it. A note in the source code says that the compression scheme was adapted from [[TERSE]].
 == Identification ==
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 == Software ==
-* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9211/msdos/packet/bsq.arc|bsq.arc}} - BSQ v2.0 (source code + binaries for DOS and CP/M)
+* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9211/msdos/packet/bsq.arc|bsq.arc}} - BSQ v2.0 [1986] (source code + binaries for DOS and CP/M)
-* [https://archive.org/details/bsq-v-2.0 BSQ V2.0.zip] - BSQ v2.0  (source code, documentation, and binaries)
+* [https://archive.org/details/bsq-v-2.0 BSQ V2.0.zip] - BSQ v2.0 [1989]  (source code, documentation, and DOS binaries) (Appears to be a slightly modified variant of the previous item.)