Hyper archive

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File Format
Name Hyper archive
Ontology
Extension(s) .hyp
Released ~1989

Hyper archive (HYP) is a compressed archive format associated with an MS-DOS utility named Hyper. The utility was developed by K. P. Nischke and P. Sawatzki, and distributed as shareware.

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Checksum algorithm

Each member file has a checksum, in the form of a 32-bit unsigned integer. It is a checksum of the compressed data, not the original data as the v2.5 English documentation implies.

The algorithm starts by initializing the checksum to 0. For each byte: Add the byte's value to the current checksum value (mod 2^32), then rotate the checksum value left by 1 bit.

Self-extracting archives

Self-extracting HYP archives in EXE format are supported. They are constructed manually, by appending a .HYP file to a copy of the main HYPER.EXE file. In such a file, the archive data is embedded in the overlay segment (refer to MS-DOS EXE#Special file positions).

Identification

A HYP file begins with bytes 1a 48 50 (if the first member file was compressible), or 1a 53 54 (if not).

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Software

Hyper v2.7 (assuming it's legitimate) has only been found as a bare executable file, possibly only as a component of something called SF Install.

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