How did datatypes work?

[scuzzb494]

No idea where I got this from. Maybe the author lives here...

Most all the DataTypes can be found at Aminet:/util/dtype
(As of 1-24-95 the DataTypes were moved form /util/wb to
 /util/dtype , you also may check there)

Data
Type   Type of data                          Archive               Where
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Amiga
Guide  HyperText Amiga Format                Comes with 3.xOS      OS
FTXT   Text                                  Comes with 3.xOS      OS
Binary Shows Binaries in Hex and ASCII       binarydt_39.11.lha    Aminet
c/c++  Highlights c/c++ keywords etc         cdt_39.15.lha         Aminet
CLI    Runs external CLI prog display Output clidt_39.2.lha        Aminet
DFA    Address tool for Amiga                dfadt-391.lha         Aminet
EXE    Shows hunk based-file as ASCII        exeDT394.lha          Aminet
FONT   Shows Amiga Fonts                     FontDT-1.1.lha        Aminet
MAN    Shows Unix Man Pages (nice!)          mandt_v39.4.lha       Aminet
TEXT   Patches text.datatype/support search  textdtptch39_2.lha    Aminet
 
8SVX   Amiga Sound                           Comes with 3.xOS      OS
ADPCM  Lossy sample compression IN:util/pack ADPCM_Package.lha     Aminet
AIFF   Audio Interchange File Format (1.11)  aiff_dtc.lha          Aminet
AIFC   AIFF Compressed (1.11)                aiff_dtc.lha          Aminet
AU     Sun audio (42.1)                      ams.lha               Aminet
MACSND Apple Macintosh Sound                 MacSND-dtc-107.lha    Aminet
MAUD   MAUD IFF Format 32Bit                 maudDTr1.lha          Aminet
VOC    VOC files with different frequencies  fpVOC_dt40.2.lha      Aminet³
WAV    Windows sound file                    fpWAV_dt40.2.lha      Aminet

ANIM   Amiga Animation                       Comes With 3.xOS      OS²
AOM    RAW data pics (Applied Optical Media) AOM_Raw_dt40.2.lha    Aminet
DEBOX  Images fromsome CDTV/CD32 CD-ROMS     DeBox_DT40.2.lha      Aminet
BMP    Windows Bitmap                        picdt_42_1.lha        Aminet
BMP    Windows Bitmap                        BMPdt404.lha          Aminet
CDXL   ~DataStream (mostly video)            Comes With 3.xOS      OS²
FAXX   Fax format                            Comes with TrapFax    TrapFax
GIF    Graphics Interchange Format 87a & 89a GIFdatatype-39.lha    Aminet
GIF    Graphics Interchange Format           ZGIFDataType.lha      Aminet
GIF    Graphics Interchange Format           ZGIFDType39.16.lha    Aminet
ICO    Windows Icon File                     picdt_42_1.lha        Aminet
ILBM   Amiga Format (IFF)                    Comes With 3.xOS      OS
INFO   Amiga Icon File                       infoDataType.lha      Aminet
INFO   Amiga Icon File                       infoDT39.1.lha        Aminet
INFO   Amiga Icon File                       icon_394.lha          Aminet
JPEG   JPEG datatype                         JpegDataType.lha      Aminet³
JPEG   New JFIF/JPEG datatype                jfif_dtc.lha          Aminet
JPEG   A fix for "jfif_dtc.lha"              jfif_FIX.lha          Aminet
PIC    MacPaint                              picdt_42_1.lha        Aminet
PCX    Z-Soft PC-PaintBrush File (39.2)      PCX.datatype.lha      Aminet
PCX    Z-Soft PC-PaintBrush File             picdt_42_1.lha        Aminet
PCX    Z-Soft PC-PaintBrush File (39.7)      TPD.lha               Aminet
PNG    Portable Network Graphics (43.1)      PNG_dt.lha            Aminet
PS     PostScript ¹ (39.0)                   PostScriptDT.lha      Aminet
QRT    POV Dump format (39.1)                QRT_DT.lha            Aminet
SVG    Superview-Library's graphics format   SVGDT402.lha          Aminet
TIFF   Tag Image File Format (40.5)          TIFFDT.lha            Aminet
XBM    X-Bitmap picture                      ams.lha               Aminet
SUN    Sun Raster picture                    SUNdt396.lha          Aminet
TGA    Targa graphical file format           TGAdt391.lha          Aminet
TGA    Targa or TGA images (39.2)            TargaDType.lha        Aminet
WPG    WordPerfect images (39.0)             WPGdtype.lha          Aminet

REKO   REKO cardsets / Klondike Deluxe AGA   REKOdt392.lha         Aminet
REKO   REKO cardsets / Klondike Deluxe AGA   MREKO-1.0.lha         Aminet
HNS    "MaxonMagic" Files                    fpHSN_dt40.1.lha      Aminet

Sample Vision -  MS-DOS computers (prg)      smpDTr1.lha           Aminet³
Yamaha TX16W  -  12bit sample by Yamaha      tx16wDTr2.lha         Aminet³


¹needs post.library, can be found in HWGPOSTbeta7.lha (Aminet:/text/print)
²Comes with 3.1OS
³Needs 68020 or higher

NOTE: Some of the DT files have been removed from Aminet for one reason
      or another. If you are looking for a file that is not currently on
      Aminet you might look on a older Aminet CDROM.

[scuzzb494]

I don't follow the logic here, that I prefer to open apps first and then load files into them has nothing to do with datatypes. My comment was regarding "the default way how files where handled/opened on workbench", which again, has nothing to do with datatypes.

He was probably refering to Multiview which truly was a dreadful application. I generally set all my files to be opened through Dopus. Much better.

I do recall each month getting AUI and Amiga Computing just to get the shed loads of new datatypes off the cover disks.

[scuzzb494]

Interesting... I always preferred to launch data files with DirOpus, after configuring it to recognize file types from the file itself....  I still prefer to work that way on the peecee.
I guess I'm old and set in my ways. ;-)

I have to say that the day I found DOpus everything changed for me on the Amiga. It was like a massive door had just opened into a treasure vault I had never been in. I don`t think there has been another piece of software to match it. So much power from such a simple interface. Mastering DOpus was/is always interesting and a fun thing to do.