PACKER (ImagiSOFT)

File Format
Name	PACKER (ImagiSOFT)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving PACKER (ImagiSOFT)
Extension(s)	.pak
Released	≤1992

PACKER is a compressed archive utility for DOS, developed by ImagiSOFT of Albuquerque, NM. It is a component of their installation software named The Finishing Touch.

PACKER's native file format is just called PACKED by the Finishing Touch documentation. Some third-party utilities (e.g. IDArc and LGFV) call it "PFT". It usually uses PKWARE DCL Implode compression.

PACKER does not provide a default filename extension, but .PAK is used by the Finishing Touch documentation and sample scripts.

Identification

Files begin with bytes (hex) 00 50 00 14 for PACKER 2.0, and 00 50 00 1E for 3.0. They seem to always end with 1e 00.

Software

• The Finishing Touch v2.0 (1992), includes PACKER v2.0
• The Finishing Touch v2.6 (1993), includes PACKER v2.0
• The Finishing Touch v3.0 (1995), includes PACKER v3.0

Sample files

• FINISH26.ZIP → SAMPLE.PAK
• dexvert samples — archive/packedPFT

Links

• ImagiSOFT website