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== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
PUT files appear to start with 2 variable bytes, and then the [[ASCII]] text "-lZ5-". (The use of "lZ" suggests that PUT's compression may be based on [[LZ77]] or [[LZ78]]; however, there is nothing to confirm this.)
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PUT files appear to start with 2 variable bytes, and then the [[ASCII]] text "{{magic|-lZ5-}}". (The use of "lZ" suggests that PUT's compression may be based on [[LZ77]] or [[LZ78]]; however, there is nothing to confirm this.)
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==

Revision as of 06:31, 10 September 2019

File Format
Name PUT
Ontology
Extension(s) .put
Released 1990[1]

PUT is a shareware archiver/compressor for DOS, released in 1990, that produces files with the suffix ".put" (".PUT", using proper DOS naming conventions). The decompressor is called "GET". PUT was made by a company called "MicroFox", which seems to have consisted of a single person, Jim Haas.[1]

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Identification

PUT files appear to start with 2 variable bytes, and then the ASCII text "-lZ5-". (The use of "lZ" suggests that PUT's compression may be based on LZ77 or LZ78; however, there is nothing to confirm this.)

Software

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://archive.org/download/msdos_festival_PUT345/PUT345.ZIP → PUT.DOC
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