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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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== 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>-pc1-</code> ||
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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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|<code>-pms-</code> || The signature "<code>-pms-</code>" can appear in self-extracting PMA archives, but possibly not in anything resembling a compression ID field.
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|}
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [https://github.com/fragglet/lhasa lhasa]
 
* [https://github.com/fragglet/lhasa lhasa]
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* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~am9y-mn/fswlist.htm Original(?) implementations] (Japanese)
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Some of the software listed at [[LHA#Software]] supports PMA.
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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)
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:LHA_%28file_format%29#PMarc_extensions|Info in Wikipedia]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:LHA_%28file_format%29#PMarc_extensions|Info in Wikipedia]]
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~am9y-mn/fswlist.htm Original(?) implementations] (Japanese)
 
* [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)
 
  
 
[[Category:CP/M]]
 
[[Category:CP/M]]
 
[[Category:MSX]]
 
[[Category:MSX]]

Revision as of 13:52, 16 October 2020

File Format
Name PMA
Ontology
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").

Contents

Compression schemes

Refer to LHA#Compression schemes for more information about LHA-style compression schemes.

ID Description and remarks
-pc1-
-pm0- Uncompressed
-pm1-
-pm2-
-pms- The signature "-pms-" can appear in self-extracting PMA archives, but possibly not in anything resembling a compression ID field.

Software

Some of the software listed at LHA#Software supports PMA.

Sample files

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