AKT

File Format
Name	AKT
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving AKT
Extension(s)	.akt
Released	≤1999

AKT is a compressed archive utility, and its .AKT file format. It is credited to "TRT/Agyhalál".

Discussion

About AKT32

There might be a version of AKT whose files start with signature "AKT32". But no such thing been found.

The signature was added to IDArc before the release of any of the known surviving versions of AKT. SH Archive Identifier also identifies the hypothetical format, and confirms that AKT and AKT32 had the same author.

Note: The program filename for AKT v0.70Beta7 is "AKT32.EXE", and the SAC archive names it "AKT32". But it calls itself "AKT", not "AKT32". And the files it creates do not have the signature "AKT32".

Identification

AKT files start with ASCII "AKT".

The next byte (offset 3) is probably a format version number. Values 0x09 (v0.70b5), 0x0a (v0.70b7), and 0x0b (v1.00a3) have been observed. The GetTyp file identification software also recognizes 0x07 and 0x08, used by older versions of AKT.

The byte after that (offset 4) seems to always be 0x09 in v0.70b5+, but GetTyp suggests that its purpose depends on the version of AKT format.

Software

• AKT
  • AKT v0.70 beta 5 (for DOS)
  • AKT v0.70 beta 7 (for 32-bit Windows console)
  • v1.00a3 - archived copy (for 32-bit Windows console)

Sample files

• dexvert samples — archive/akt

Links

• AKT website - archived copies