PACKER (ImagiSOFT)

PACKER is a compressed archive utility for DOS, developed by ImagiSOFT of Albuquerque, NM. It is a component of their installation software named The Finishing Touch.

PACKER's native file format is just called PACKED by the Finishing Touch documentation. Some third-party utilities (e.g. IDArc and LGFV) call it "PFT". It usually uses PKWARE DCL Implode compression.

PACKER does not provide a default filename extension, but .PAK is used by the Finishing Touch documentation and sample scripts.

Identification
Files begin with bytes (hex) for PACKER 2.0, and  for 3.0. They seem to always end with.

Software

 * (1992), includes PACKER v2.0
 * (1993), includes PACKER v2.0
 * (1995), includes PACKER v3.0

Sample files

 * → SAMPLE.PAK

Links

 * ImagiSOFT website