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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.
'''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.
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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&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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== Software ==
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* [https://github.com/fragglet/lhasa lhasa]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:LHA_%28file_format%29#PMarc_extensions|Info in Wikipedia]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:LHA_%28file_format%29#PMarc_extensions|Info in Wikipedia]]
* [http://msx.hansotten.com/index.php?page=msxutils Some sample PMA files (among other formats)]
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* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~am9y-mn/fswlist.htm Original(?) implementations] (Japanese)
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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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[[Category:CP/M]]
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[[Category:MSX]]

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File Format
Name PMA
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Extension(s) .pma

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.

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").

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