http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=CAR_%28MylesHi%21%29 2026-09-08T17:57:52Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=CAR_(MylesHi!)&diff=47983&oldid=prev 2024-02-16T19:22:57Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Sample files</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:22, 16 February 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Sample files ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Sample files ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/</del>archive/lha/ <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*.car</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{DexvertSamples|</ins>archive/lha/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Sembiance http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=CAR_(MylesHi!)&diff=45880&oldid=prev 2023-10-19T13:58:44Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 13:58, 19 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''CAR''' is a compressed archive utility, and associated file format, developed by ''MylesHi! 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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=CAR_(MylesHi!)&diff=45841&oldid=prev 2023-10-17T15:11:55Z

<p>Added sample files</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:11, 17 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip CAR v1.50] (DOS software)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip CAR v1.50] (DOS software)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {{Deark}} - Can convert CAR to [[LHA]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {{Deark}} - Can convert CAR to [[LHA]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Sample files ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/lha/ *.car</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Sembiance http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=CAR_(MylesHi!)&diff=39903&oldid=prev 2021-05-26T14:43:39Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Software</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 14:43, 26 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip CAR v1.50] (DOS software)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip CAR v1.50] (DOS software)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* {{Deark}} - Can convert CAR to [[LHA]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=CAR_(MylesHi!)&diff=37487&oldid=prev 2020-08-15T20:47:38Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Identification</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 20:47, 15 August 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''This applies to the CAR files produced by version 1.50, which was the first release, and the only one we know of.''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''This applies to the CAR files produced by version 1.50, which was the first release, and the only one we know of.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>CAR format is very similar to [[LHA]] format, but it has the header fields in a different order, making it completely incompatible. Unfortunately, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there appears to be no simple way </del>to distinguish the formats.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>CAR format is very similar to [[LHA]] format, but it has the header fields in a different order, making it completely incompatible. Unfortunately, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it is difficult </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reliably </ins>distinguish the formats<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and maybe impossible to do with perfect accuracy</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For </del>CAR <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">format</del>:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A </ins>CAR <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">file has the following properties (but so do some valid LHA files)</ins>:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* ASCII &quot;{{magic|-lh5-}}&quot; or &quot;{{magic|-lh0-}}&quot; appears at offset 2</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* ASCII &quot;{{magic|-lh5-}}&quot; or &quot;{{magic|-lh0-}}&quot; appears at offset 2</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {the byte value at offset 0} =&#160; {the byte value at offset 15} + 25</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {the byte value at offset 0} =&#160; {the byte value at offset 15} + 25</div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=CAR_(MylesHi!)&diff=37148&oldid=prev 2020-08-12T12:59:16Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Software</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:59, 12 August 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip CAR v1.50]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip CAR v1.50] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(DOS software)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=CAR_(MylesHi!)&diff=37145&oldid=prev 2020-08-12T12:44:17Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|car}} |released=1996 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;CAR&#039;&#039;&#039; is a compressed archive utility, and associated file format, develope...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|car}}<br /> |released=1996<br /> }}<br /> '''CAR''' is a compressed archive utility, and associated file format, developed by ''MylesHi! Software'' / Chris Campbell.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> ''This applies to the CAR files produced by version 1.50, which was the first release, and the only one we know of.''<br /> <br /> CAR format is very similar to [[LHA]] format, but it has the header fields in a different order, making it completely incompatible. Unfortunately, there appears to be no simple way to distinguish the formats.<br /> <br /> For CAR format:<br /> * ASCII &quot;{{magic|-lh5-}}&quot; or &quot;{{magic|-lh0-}}&quot; appears at offset 2<br /> * {the byte value at offset 0} = {the byte value at offset 15} + 25<br /> * bytes {{magic|0x20 0x00 0x00}} appear at offset {{the byte value at offset 15} + 24}<br /> <br /> == Specifications ==<br /> * [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip car150.zip] → CAR.DOC → Appendix G -- CAR technical information<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/car150.zip CAR v1.50]</div>

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