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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.
 
'''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").
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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
 
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== Compression schemes ==
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Refer to [[LHA#Compression schemes]] for more information about LHA-style compression schemes.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! ID !! Description and remarks
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|-
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|<code>-pm0-</code> || Uncompressed
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|-
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|<code>-pm1-</code> ||
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|-
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|<code>-pm2-</code> ||
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|}
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== See also ==
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* [[PMsfx]]
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* [[PMexe]]
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* [[PopCom!]]
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== Software ==
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* [https://github.com/fragglet/lhasa lhasa]
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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
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* [[Unar]]
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Some of the software listed at [[LHA#Software]] supports PMA.
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''Wanted: Early versions (1.x) of CP/M PMarc.''
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== Sample files ==
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* {{CdTextfilesURL|230/EMULATOR/DIVERSE/MSX/TOOLS/}}
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* [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)
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* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/pma/
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== Links ==
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* [[Wikipedia:LHA_%28file_format%29#PMarc_extensions|Info in Wikipedia]]
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[[Category:CP/M]]
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[[Category:MSX]]
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Revision as of 02:55, 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 [http://www.pmanet.org/?cmd=main.category

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