http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Waveform_Archiver 2026-05-18T03:58:12Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Waveform_Archiver&diff=39861&oldid=prev 2021-05-21T13:41:23Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 13:41, 21 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|formattype=electronic</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|formattype=electronic</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|subcat=Audio and Music</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|subcat=Audio and Music</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|extensions={{ext|wa}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|released=1994 (beta), 1997 (v1.0)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Waveform Archiver''' ('''WA''', informally called '''WavArc''') is a specialized archive utility for DOS, and its associated file format. 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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Waveform_Archiver&diff=39859&oldid=prev 2021-05-21T13:35:29Z

<p>Jsummers moved page <a href="/wiki/WavArc" class="mw-redirect" title="WavArc">WavArc</a> to <a href="/wiki/Waveform_Archiver" title="Waveform Archiver">Waveform Archiver</a>: The software and documentation never uses the term &quot;WavArc&quot;.</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='1' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='1' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 13:35, 21 May 2021</td> </tr></table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Waveform_Archiver&diff=7799&oldid=prev 2012-12-13T02:52:43Z

<p>Infobox</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:52, 13 December 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{FormatInfo</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|formattype=electronic</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|subcat=Audio and Music</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Short blurb about WavArc, with download of it: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/0readme.html</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Short blurb about WavArc, with download of it: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/0readme.html<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>** Download: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>** Download: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Page on Really Rare Wares: [http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Page on Really Rare Wares: [http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html]</div></td></tr> </table>

Dan Tobias http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Waveform_Archiver&diff=7798&oldid=prev 2012-12-13T02:18:49Z

<p>Couple of wavarc items</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> * Short blurb about WavArc, with download of it: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/0readme.html<br /> ** Download: [http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/wavarc/wavarc11.zip]<br /> * Page on Really Rare Wares: [http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html http://web.archive.org/web/20090414130616/http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/wavarc.html]</div>

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