ASCOM

File Format
Name	ASCOM
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Executable envelopes ASCOM
Extension(s)	.com
Released	≤1995

Not to be confused with Asc2Com.

ASCOM is a DOS utility that converts a text file to a COM file that, when executed, displays the text in a viewer. It was developed by Kevin Tseng.

See also XDOC, a similar utility by the same author.

Format details

Except in early versions, the embedded text is obfuscated. For v1.0f at least, each byte is XORed with 0x01.

Identification

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Software

• ASCOM v1.0f (The main program, ASCOM.COM is converted using some sort of new com2txt version)