PackIt - Revision history

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‎Software: XAD

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 * [https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1322-packit PackIt, at Macintosh Repository]
 * [[macutil]] → macunpack
-* {{XAD}} [[The Unarchiver]]
+* {{XAD}}
 * {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9510/disk1/DISC1/MAC/UNPAKIT.ZIP|unPACKIT}} by R. McGinnis (DOS software)
 * {{Deark}}

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 * {{XAD}} [[The Unarchiver]]
 * {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9510/disk1/DISC1/MAC/UNPAKIT.ZIP|unPACKIT}} by R. McGinnis (DOS software)
 == Sample files ==

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 * [https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1322-packit PackIt, at Macintosh Repository]
 * [[macutil]] → macunpack
-* [[The Unarchiver]]
+* {{XAD}} [[The Unarchiver]]
 * {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9510/disk1/DISC1/MAC/UNPAKIT.ZIP|unPACKIT}} by R. McGinnis (DOS software)

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

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 Files in the known version of the format start with ASCII "{{magic|PMa}}", and end with "{{magic|PEnd}}".
-The fourth byte of the file is either ASCII "<code>g</code>", or in the range "<code>1</code>" through "<code>7</code>".<ref>Based on the pitpit.c file in the PackIt III source code.</ref>
+The fourth byte of the file is either ASCII "<code>g</code>", or in the range "<code>1</code>" through "<code>7</code>" (though "<code>3</code>" and "<code>7</code>" were probably never used).<ref>Based on the pitpit.c file in the PackIt III source code.</ref>
 == Specifications ==

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 == Specifications ==
-* [http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/GS.WorldView/Resources/The.MacShrinkIt.Project/ARCHIVES.TXT Archive format info, including PackIt]
+* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9510/disk1/DISC1/MAC/UNPAKIT.ZIP|UNPAKIT.ZIP}} → UNPACKIT.DOC, Appendices B and C
 == Software ==
-* [http://www.network172.com/MacHistory/Packit/ PackIt page with source code]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041213202447/http://www.network172.com/MacHistory/Packit/ PackIt page with source code] (archived)
 * [[macutil]] → macunpack
 * [[The Unarchiver]]
 == Sample files ==

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 |extensions={{ext|pit}}
 |wikidata={{wikidata|Q7122860}}
-|released=1986
+|released=≤1986
 }}
-'''PackIt''' was for a time in the mid-1980s the leading archiver for the Macintosh platform, until it was eclipsed by [[StuffIt]].
+Originally an archiver which merely appended multiple files into one file with no compression, it later added compression in the form of [[Huffman coding]]. Encryption was also supported, but not much used.
-−
-Originally an archiver which merely appended multiple files into one file with no compression, it later added compression, but when StuffIt came out, that program compressed files better, so it became more popular. Encryption was also supported, but not much used.
 As with most Mac-specific archiving systems, PackIt stored the [[Resource Fork]] of the files along with the regular file data (data fork).
 == Specifications ==
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 == Sample files ==
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/packIt/
 [[Category:Macintosh]]