IBM DisplayWrite DCA Text File

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DisplayWrite was a word processor software application that IBM developed for the IBM PC and PCjr.DisplayWrite's native file format is based on IBM's DCA (Document Content Architecture) RFT (Revisable Form Text) specification, but with additional structures.

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Extensions	`.dca.rft`
MIME types	`application/dca-rftapplication/octet-stream`
Signatures	`0005e103000020e2050001510100` at byte 0 (IBM DisplayWrite DCA Text File) `0005e1030000` at byte 0
PRONOM	`x-fmt/148`
Wikidata	`Q51837307`

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PRONOM x-fmt/148
Wikidata Q51837307

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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