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(Digged a bit in archived version of PIM / PIMPLE versions to understand headers and capabilities differences.)
 
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'''PIM''' is yet another archiving program/format. CNET's review of it said "This application adds nothing but another compression method to an already overcrowded genre." (However, the review also claims that you can't add more than one file to an archive unless it's an entire directory, which is not actually true.)
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'''PIM''' / PIMPLE is a high performance compressor by Ilia Muraviev.
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The names and the formats conventions used are somehow confusing. AFAIK, PIMPLE is the compression engine and the name of the first compression tools using it, while PIM is the name of the later multi-file archiver.
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There are two version of PIMPLE format, PIMPLE1 and PIMPLE2.
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Also, there are two version of PIM format: the first consisted in a concatenation of PIMPLE files, the later introduced a new format with a different header.
  
Files start with the bytes 02 50 49 4D 00 (Ctrl-B, PIM, null).
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== Identification ==
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PIMPLE1: {{magic|01 50 49 4D}}, or v1 + "{{magic|PIM}}".
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PIMPLE2: {{magic|02 50 49 4D}}, or v2 + "{{magic|PIM}}".
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PIM2: {{magic|50 49 4D 32}}, or "{{magic|PIM2}}".
  
 
== Sample data ==
 
== Sample data ==
* [http://www.dan.info/sampledata/test.pim Test archive]
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* [https://www.dan.info/sampledata/test.pim Test archive]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://download.cnet.com/PIM-Archiver/3000-2250_4-10673641.html Review and download]
 
* [http://download.cnet.com/PIM-Archiver/3000-2250_4-10673641.html Review and download]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-JXHOqnms Video on how to use it by program's author]
 
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-JXHOqnms Video on how to use it by program's author]
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* [http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/PIM-archiver.shtml Softpedia download page]

Latest revision as of 14:21, 12 February 2020

File Format
Name PIM
Ontology
Extension(s) .pim
Released 2004

PIM / PIMPLE is a high performance compressor by Ilia Muraviev. The names and the formats conventions used are somehow confusing. AFAIK, PIMPLE is the compression engine and the name of the first compression tools using it, while PIM is the name of the later multi-file archiver. There are two version of PIMPLE format, PIMPLE1 and PIMPLE2. Also, there are two version of PIM format: the first consisted in a concatenation of PIMPLE files, the later introduced a new format with a different header.

[edit] Identification

PIMPLE1: 01 50 49 4D, or v1 + "PIM".

PIMPLE2: 02 50 49 4D, or v2 + "PIM".

PIM2: 50 49 4D 32, or "PIM2".

[edit] Sample data

[edit] Links

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