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'''PMA''' is a variant of the [[LHA]] archiving format, with the same basic structure but a different set of compression types. These compression types originated in the [[CP/M]] archiver PMarc, created by Miyo. PMA was a popular format on MSX computers.
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'''PMA''' is a variant of the [[LHA]] archiving format, with the same basic structure but a different set of compression types. These compression types originated in the [[CP/M]] archiver PMarc, created by Yoshihiko Mino. PMA was a popular format on MSX computers.
  
 
It is not to be confused with the archives of the [http://www.pma.org/news/archives.asp Precision Metalforming Association] or the [http://www.pmanet.org/?cmd=main.category&id_category=58 Pacific Maritime Association] or the [http://www.polishmuseumofamerica.org/v4/EnglishVersion/PMAArchives.htm Polish Museum of America] (all of which may come up in a search for "PMA archive").
 
It is not to be confused with the archives of the [http://www.pma.org/news/archives.asp Precision Metalforming Association] or the [http://www.pmanet.org/?cmd=main.category&id_category=58 Pacific Maritime Association] or the [http://www.polishmuseumofamerica.org/v4/EnglishVersion/PMAArchives.htm Polish Museum of America] (all of which may come up in a search for "PMA archive").
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! ID !! Description and remarks
 
! ID !! Description and remarks
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|<code>-pc1-</code> || The signature "<code>-pc1-</code>" can appear in CP/M .COM files compressed with the "PopCom" executable compressor, but possibly not in anything resembling a compression ID field.
 
 
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|<code>-pm0-</code> || Uncompressed
 
|<code>-pm0-</code> || Uncompressed
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|<code>-pm2-</code> ||  
 
|<code>-pm2-</code> ||  
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|<code>-pms-</code> || The signature "<code>-pms-</code>" can appear in self-extracting PMA archives, but possibly not in anything resembling a compression ID field.
 
 
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== See also ==
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* [[PMsfx]]
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* [[PMexe]]
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* [[PopCom!]]
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [https://github.com/fragglet/lhasa lhasa]
 
* [https://github.com/fragglet/lhasa lhasa]
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~am9y-mn/fswlist.htm Original(?) implementations] (Japanese)
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* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/misc/freewar1.pma freewar1.pma] → pmarc200.pma (compression), pmext222.com (extraction) - Canonical CP/M software
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* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~am9y-mn/fswlist.htm A page with various PMA software] (Japanese, mostly CP/M software)
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* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/othersys/pma4PC.lzh pma4PC.lzh] - PMA v0.20 for DOS, by Yoshihiko Mino
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* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/othersys/lha-pma-2.tar.bz2 lha-pma-2.tar.bz2] - C source code for an LHA extractor that supports pm2 compression, by Maarten ter Huurne
 
* [[Unar]]
 
* [[Unar]]
  
 
Some of the software listed at [[LHA#Software]] supports PMA.
 
Some of the software listed at [[LHA#Software]] supports PMA.
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''Wanted: Early versions (1.x) of CP/M PMarc.''
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
 
* {{CdTextfilesURL|230/EMULATOR/DIVERSE/MSX/TOOLS/}}
 
* {{CdTextfilesURL|230/EMULATOR/DIVERSE/MSX/TOOLS/}}
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160902101645/http://msx.hansotten.com/index.php?page=msxutils Some sample PMA files (among other formats)] (archived from the original)
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160902101645/http://msx.hansotten.com/index.php?page=msxutils Some sample PMA files (among other formats)] (archived from the original)
* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/pma/
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* {{DexvertSamples|archive/pma}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Latest revision as of 03:24, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name PMA
Ontology
Extension(s) .pma
Released ≤1990

PMA is a variant of the LHA archiving format, with the same basic structure but a different set of compression types. These compression types originated in the CP/M archiver PMarc, created by Yoshihiko Mino. PMA was a popular format on MSX computers.

It is not to be confused with the archives of the Precision Metalforming Association or the Pacific Maritime Association or the Polish Museum of America (all of which may come up in a search for "PMA archive").

Contents

[edit] Compression schemes

Refer to LHA#Compression schemes for more information about LHA-style compression schemes.

ID Description and remarks
-pm0- Uncompressed
-pm1-
-pm2-

[edit] See also

[edit] Software

Some of the software listed at LHA#Software supports PMA.

Wanted: Early versions (1.x) of CP/M PMarc.

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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