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[[Wikipedia:Brother Industries|Brother Industries]] started producing Electronic Word Processors in the mid-1980's. The first model, the WP-1, incorporated a 3.5 floppy for saving documents and was capable of storing [[Brother_120|120k]] on a single sided double density disk. Later models could store 240k on a double sided double density disk. The format of the files was different between the [[Brother_120|120k]] and 240k. Also the method of storing the data on the disks for both systems was incompatible with IBM PC's. [[Brother_HD|Later models]] used a file system compatible with IBM PC's and included software to convert between formats.

==File information==
Files saved from 240k Brother Word Processors contain an ascii based system with quite a few control bytes for managing all the features of the word processor. Depending on the "Daisywheel" installed one could type English, International or scientific glyphs, chosen through a system of switching the keyboard setting within the word processor. When printing a mixture of glyph's, one would be prompted to switch out the "Daisywheel" for the corresponding character set.<ref>https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63609/p/8060</ref>

===File Identification===
Files saved to a Brother 240k disk have no extension and have the hex values "{{magic|89851E11}}" for the first 4 bytes. The text for the document begins at byte 32 (0x20).

===File Extraction===
In order to bring the files created on a Brother WP to a modern computer a disk image must be created.<ref>http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#Devices_to_read_floppy_disks</ref><ref>http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/doc/disk-brother.html</ref>

==Software==
* [https://github.com/RetroFloppy/transformenator RetroFloppy Transformenator]
* [http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?66355-Brother-floppy-disk-decoding/page5 Discussion on Decoding and Conversion tool]

==Services==
* [http://www.pivar.com/convert/formats/brother.htm Pivar]
* [https://retrofloppy.com/formats/ Retro Floppy]
* [http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/lux/bconv.html LuxSoft in the UK]

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-[[Wikipedia:Brother Industries|Brother Industries]] started producing Electronic Word Processors in the mid-1980's. The first model, the WP-1, incorporated a 3.5 floppy for saving documents and was capable of storing [[Brother 120k|120k]] on a single sided double density disk. Later models could store 240k on a double sided double density disk. The format of the files was different between the [[Brother 120k|120k]] and 240k. Also the method of storing the data on the disks for both systems was incompatible with IBM PC's. [[Brother HD|Later models]] used a file system compatible with IBM PC's and included software to convert between formats.
+[[Wikipedia:Brother Industries|Brother Industries]] started producing Electronic Word Processors in the mid-1980's. The first model, the WP-1, incorporated a 3.5 floppy for saving documents and was capable of storing [[Brother 120k|120k]] on a single sided double density disk, referred to as WP-1α. Later models could store 240k on a double sided double density disk, referred to as WP-2β. The format of the files was different between the [[Brother 120k|120k]] and 240k. Also the method of storing the data on the disks for both systems was incompatible with IBM PC's. [[Brother HD|Later models]] used a file system compatible with IBM PC's and included software to convert between formats.
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 ==File information==
-Files saved from 240k Brother Word Processors contain an ascii based system with quite a few control bytes for managing all the features of the word processor. Depending on the "Daisywheel" installed one could type English, International or scientific glyphs, chosen through a system of switching the keyboard setting within the word processor. When printing a mixture of glyph's, one would be prompted to switch out the "Daisywheel" for the corresponding character set.<ref>https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63609/p/8060</ref>
+Files saved from 240k Brother Word Processors contain an ASCII based system with quite a few control bytes for managing all the features of the word processor. Depending on the "Daisywheel" installed one could type English, International or scientific glyphs, chosen through a system of switching the keyboard setting within the word processor. When printing a mixture of glyph's, one would be prompted to switch out the "Daisywheel" for the corresponding character set.<ref>https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63609/p/8060</ref>
 ===File Identification===