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'''Hyper archive''' ('''HYP''') is a compressed archive format associated with an MS-DOS utility named ''Hyper''. The utility was developed by K. P. Nischke and P. Sawatzki, and distributed as shareware.
 
'''Hyper archive''' ('''HYP''') is a compressed archive format associated with an MS-DOS utility named ''Hyper''. The utility was developed by K. P. Nischke and P. Sawatzki, and distributed as shareware.
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== Format details ==
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=== Checksum algorithm ===
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Each member file has a checksum, in the form of a 32-bit unsigned integer. It is a checksum of the ''compressed'' data, not the original data as the v2.5 English documentation implies.
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The algorithm starts by initializing the checksum to 0. For each byte: Add the byte's value to the current checksum value (mod 2^32), then rotate the checksum value left by 1 bit.
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=== Self-extracting archives ===
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Self-extracting HYP archives in [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] format are supported. They are constructed manually, by appending a .HYP file to a copy of the main HYPER.EXE file. In such a file, the archive data is embedded in the ''overlay'' segment (refer to [[MS-DOS EXE#Special file positions]]).
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
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* {{CdTextfiles|phoenix2/01d/hyper25.zip|Hyper v2.5}} (English)
 
* {{CdTextfiles|phoenix2/01d/hyper25.zip|Hyper v2.5}} (English)
 
* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/TOOLS/HYPER2_6.ZIP|Hyper v2.6}} (German)
 
* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/TOOLS/HYPER2_6.ZIP|Hyper v2.6}} (German)
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* Hyper v2.7 (German): [https://archive.org/details/kultcds_304 CD Direkt 1995 03] → CDD/DIREKT/WIN/SF_PRG_2/INSTALL/HYPER.EXE
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Hyper v2.7 (assuming it's legitimate) has only been found as a bare executable file, possibly only as a component of something called ''SF Install''.
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== Sample files ==
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* {{DexvertSamples|archive/hyperArchive}}
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== Links ==
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=tSLe3yMjc-AC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT315 Information from a PC Magazine article] (Oct 15 1991, p. 316)

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File Format
Name Hyper archive
Ontology
Extension(s) .hyp
Released ~1989

Hyper archive (HYP) is a compressed archive format associated with an MS-DOS utility named Hyper. The utility was developed by K. P. Nischke and P. Sawatzki, and distributed as shareware.

Contents

[edit] Format details

[edit] Checksum algorithm

Each member file has a checksum, in the form of a 32-bit unsigned integer. It is a checksum of the compressed data, not the original data as the v2.5 English documentation implies.

The algorithm starts by initializing the checksum to 0. For each byte: Add the byte's value to the current checksum value (mod 2^32), then rotate the checksum value left by 1 bit.

[edit] Self-extracting archives

Self-extracting HYP archives in EXE format are supported. They are constructed manually, by appending a .HYP file to a copy of the main HYPER.EXE file. In such a file, the archive data is embedded in the overlay segment (refer to MS-DOS EXE#Special file positions).

[edit] Identification

A HYP file begins with bytes 1a 48 50 (if the first member file was compressible), or 1a 53 54 (if not).

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Software

Hyper v2.7 (assuming it's legitimate) has only been found as a bare executable file, possibly only as a component of something called SF Install.

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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