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| '''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]] 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.<ref name="doc" /> | '''PUT''' is a shareware archiver/compressor for [[DOS]] 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.<ref name="doc" /> | ||
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| Official documentation of .PUT format is lacking, but it's clearly a variant of [[LHA]], and in some cases identical to LHA. | Official documentation of .PUT format is lacking, but it's clearly a variant of [[LHA]], and in some cases identical to LHA. | ||
| − | Some versions (1.00, 2.00, 3.10) seem to use standard LHA format. Others (2.20, 3.41+) use a variant in which the 'h'  | + | Some versions (1.00, 2.00, 3.10) seem to use standard LHA format. Others (2.20, 3.41+) use a variant in which the 'h' in the compression ID field is changed to a capital 'Z'. If there are any other differences, they must be subtle. PUT has been observed to use methods 'lZ0', 'lZ1', and 'lZ5'. | 
| == Identification == | == Identification == | ||
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203161119/http://ameba.lpt.fi/%7Eeerheino/shs/shaid.htm SH Archive Identifier] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203161119/http://ameba.lpt.fi/%7Eeerheino/shs/shaid.htm SH Archive Identifier] | ||
| ** [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/shaid260.zip Version 2.60] | ** [http://www.manmrk.net/tutorials/compress/downloads/shaid260.zip Version 2.60] | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * {{DexvertSamples|archive/microfoxPUT}} | ||
| == Links == | == Links == | ||
Latest revision as of 04:15, 28 December 2023
- For another "PUT" format, see PUT and GET (Scott Jennings).
PUT is a shareware archiver/compressor for DOS 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]
Version 1.00 was released in 1993, but claims a copyright date of "1990-1993", so maybe it wasn't the first release.
PUT files with an .INS extension are treated specially by the "INSTALL" program that is used by, and distributed with, some versions of PUT/GET.
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[edit] Format details
Official documentation of .PUT format is lacking, but it's clearly a variant of LHA, and in some cases identical to LHA.
Some versions (1.00, 2.00, 3.10) seem to use standard LHA format. Others (2.20, 3.41+) use a variant in which the 'h' in the compression ID field is changed to a capital 'Z'. If there are any other differences, they must be subtle. PUT has been observed to use methods 'lZ0', 'lZ1', and 'lZ5'.
[edit] Identification
Some .PUT files can't be distinguished from LHA format - see LHA#Identification.
Those that can have bytes '-' 'l' 'Z' ?? '-' at offset 2, where the ?? byte is '0', '1', or '5'.
[edit] Software
- PUT and GET - Release dates are approximate. Some distributions include other software: INSTALL (an installation utility) and FED (a form editor / text file viewer).
- Ainviewer
-  Multiple Unpacker
- Author's homepage (does not seem to contain any relevant information, at least in English)
 
- SH Archive Identifier
[edit] Sample files
[edit] Links
- MicroFox Programs (1999 archive)

