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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Archiving
|extensions={{ext|put}}
|released=1990<ref name="doc">https://archive.org/download/msdos_festival_PUT345/PUT345.ZIP → PUT.DOC</ref>
}}
'''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]], released in 1990, that produces files with the suffix ".put" (".PUT", using proper DOS naming conventions). The decompressor is called "GET". PUT was made by a company called "MicroFox", which seems to have consisted of a single person, Jim Haas.<ref name="doc" />

== Identification ==
PUT files appear to start with 2 variable bytes, and then the [[ASCII]] text "-lZ5-". (The use of "lZ" suggests that PUT's compression may be based on [[LZ77]] or [[LZ78]]; however, there is nothing to confirm this.)

== Software ==
* [https://archive.org/details/msdos_festival_PUT345 PUT and GET 3.45] (also contains a program called FED that fills out "forms" in text files consisting of underscores)
* [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/pci-a174.zip Ainviewer]
* [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/mup122.zip Multiple Unpacker]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/19970723101643/http://www.diku.dk/students/misak/english/ Author's homepage] (does not seem to contain any relevant information, at least in English)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203161119/http://ameba.lpt.fi/%7Eeerheino/shs/shaid.htm SH Archive Identifier]
** [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/shaid260.zip Version 2.60]

== Links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991004082118/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/microfox/programs.htm MicroFox Programs] (1999)

== References ==
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 |subcat=Archiving
 |extensions={{ext|put}}, {{ext|ins}}
-|released=1990<ref name="doc">https://archive.org/download/msdos_festival_PUT345/PUT345.ZIP → PUT.DOC</ref>
+|released=1993
 }}
 :''For another "PUT" format, see [[PUT and GET (Scott Jennings)]].''
-'''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]] that produces files with the suffix ".put" (".PUT", using proper DOS naming conventions). The decompressor is called '''GET'''. PUT was made by a company called "MicroFox", which seems to have consisted of a single person, Jim Haas.<ref name="doc" />
+'''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]] that produces files with the suffix ".put" (".PUT", using proper DOS naming conventions). The decompressor is called '''GET'''. PUT was made by a company called "MicroFox", which seems to have consisted of a single person, Jim Haas.<ref name="doc">https://archive.org/download/msdos_festival_PUT345/PUT345.ZIP → PUT.DOC</ref>
-−
-Version 1.00 was released in 1993, but claims a copyright date of "1990-1993", so maybe it wasn't the first release.
 PUT files with an .INS extension are treated specially by the "INSTALL" program that is used by, and distributed with, some versions of PUT/GET.
 == Format details ==

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 == Sample files ==
-* {{DexvertSamples|archive/microfoxPut}}
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/microfoxPUT}}
 == Links ==

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/microfoxPut/
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/microfoxPut}}
 == Links ==

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 |released=1990<ref name="doc">https://archive.org/download/msdos_festival_PUT345/PUT345.ZIP → PUT.DOC</ref>
 }}
 '''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]] that produces files with the suffix ".put" (".PUT", using proper DOS naming conventions). The decompressor is called '''GET'''. PUT was made by a company called "MicroFox", which seems to have consisted of a single person, Jim Haas.<ref name="doc" />
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 Official documentation of .PUT format is lacking, but it's clearly a variant of [[LHA]], and in some cases identical to LHA.
-Some versions (1.00, 2.00, 3.10) seem to use standard LHA format. Others (2.20, 3.41+) use a variant in which the 'h' from the compression ID field is changed to a capital 'Z'. If there are any other differences, they must be subtle. PUT has been observed to use methods 'lZ0', 'lZ1', and 'lZ5'.
+Some versions (1.00, 2.00, 3.10) seem to use standard LHA format. Others (2.20, 3.41+) use a variant in which the 'h' in the compression ID field is changed to a capital 'Z'. If there are any other differences, they must be subtle. PUT has been observed to use methods 'lZ0', 'lZ1', and 'lZ5'.
 == Identification ==

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 * [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203161119/http://ameba.lpt.fi/%7Eeerheino/shs/shaid.htm SH Archive Identifier]
 ** [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/shaid260.zip Version 2.60]
 == Links ==

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 |formattype=electronic
 |subcat=Archiving
-|extensions={{ext|put}}
+|extensions={{ext|put}}, {{ext|ins}}
 |released=1990<ref name="doc">https://archive.org/download/msdos_festival_PUT345/PUT345.ZIP → PUT.DOC</ref>
 }}
-'''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]], released in 1990, that produces files with the suffix ".put" (".PUT", using proper DOS naming conventions). The decompressor is called "GET". PUT was made by a company called "MicroFox", which seems to have consisted of a single person, Jim Haas.<ref name="doc" />
+'''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]] that produces files with the suffix ".put" (".PUT", using proper DOS naming conventions). The decompressor is called '''GET'''. PUT was made by a company called "MicroFox", which seems to have consisted of a single person, Jim Haas.<ref name="doc" />
 == Identification ==
-PUT files appear to start with 2 variable bytes, and then the [[ASCII]] text "{{magic|-lZ5-}}". (The use of "lZ" suggests that PUT's compression may be based on [[LZ77]] or [[LZ78]]; however, there is nothing to confirm this.)
+Some .PUT files can't be distinguished from LHA format - see [[LHA#Identification]].
 == Software ==
-* [https://archive.org/details/msdos_festival_PUT345 PUT and GET 3.45] (also contains a program called FED that fills out "forms" in text files consisting of underscores)
+* PUT and GET - Release dates are approximate. Some distributions include other software: INSTALL (an installation utility) and FED (a form editor / text file viewer).
 * [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/pci-a174.zip Ainviewer]
 * [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/mup122.zip Multiple Unpacker]
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 == Links ==
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991004082118/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/microfox/programs.htm MicroFox Programs] (1999)
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991004082118/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/microfox/programs.htm MicroFox Programs] (1999 archive)
 == References ==
 <references />