http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=PMsfx 2026-08-26T06:37:50Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=PMsfx&diff=52004&oldid=prev 2026-08-16T13:51:58Z

<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 13:51, 16 August 2026</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>* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/archive/pm-utils.pma pm-utils.pma] → PMSFX2.*</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/archive/pm-utils.pma pm-utils.pma] → PMSFX2.*</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://lhasa.soulsphere.org/ Lhasa]</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;">* {{Deark}} (Converts to non-executable PMA)</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'>&#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> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=PMsfx&diff=51925&oldid=prev 2026-07-24T14:20:12Z

<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 14:20, 24 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</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>'''PMsfx''' is a CP/M utility that creates self-extracting archives. It was developed by Yoshihiko Mino. 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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=PMsfx&diff=51868&oldid=prev 2026-07-03T14:29:28Z

<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 14:29, 3 July 2026</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>* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/dos2/sdosupd.com sdosupd.com] &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/dos2/sdosupd.com sdosupd.com] &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/magazines/NVMAGA7B.LZH NVMAGA7B.LZH] → BAKUDAN.COM, FW.COM, GEARD2.COM</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/magazines/NVMAGA7B.LZH NVMAGA7B.LZH] → BAKUDAN.COM, FW.COM, GEARD2.COM</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;">v2.10:</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;">* {{DiscMasterLink|browse/19793/2015.02.ftp.barnyard.co.uk.tar/ftp.barnyard.co.uk/cpm/ftp.demon.co.uk-pub-cpm/amstrad/keydf103.com|keydf103.com}}</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;">v2.11:</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;">* {{DiscMasterLink|browse/19793/2015.02.ftp.barnyard.co.uk.tar/ftp.barnyard.co.uk/ftp.lip6.fr/pub/amstrad/emu-uti/LIBDSK10.ZIP/libdsk10.tgz/libdsk10.tar/libdsk-1.0.0/dskwrite/dskwrsea.com|dskwrsea.com}}</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'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:CP/M]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:CP/M]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=PMsfx&diff=44198&oldid=prev 2023-02-20T13:54:40Z

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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=PMsfx&diff=44194&oldid=prev 2023-02-20T13:43:38Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |released=≤1990 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;PMsfx&#039;&#039;&#039; is a CP/M utility that creates self-extracting archives. It was developed by Yoshihiko M...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |released=≤1990<br /> }}<br /> '''PMsfx''' is a CP/M utility that creates self-extracting archives. It was developed by Yoshihiko Mino. It requires PMarc (see [[PMA]]).<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> Files have ASCII &quot;{{magic|-pms-}}&quot; at offset 2. This resembles an [[LHA]] compression identifier, but it is not used in that way.<br /> <br /> This probably does not distinguish them from [[PMexe]]. The best way to do that is unknown. V2.00 files have a string at offset 14 that begins &quot;{{magic|PMsfx}}&quot;, but files from earlier versions do not.<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/archive/pm-utils.pma pm-utils.pma] → PMSFX2.*<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> v1.12:<br /> * [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/misc/freewar2.pma freewar2.pma] → VC12.COM<br /> v1.14:<br /> * [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/magazines/msx_fan/msxfan06.zip msxfan06.zip] → MSXF06.DSK → BSPPMA.COM<br /> v2.00:<br /> * [https://github.com/fragglet/lhasa/blob/master/test/archives/pmarc2/sfx.com lhasa source code: test/archives/pmarc2/sfx.com]<br /> * [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/dos2/sdosupd.com sdosupd.com] <br /> * [http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/magazines/NVMAGA7B.LZH NVMAGA7B.LZH] → BAKUDAN.COM, FW.COM, GEARD2.COM</div>

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