OS/2 PACK archive

File Format
Name	OS/2 PACK archive
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving OS/2 PACK archive ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.??_, .??@, others

OS/2 PACK archive is a compressed archive format used for software installation on OS/2.

This article covers the format with signature bytes a5 96 fe ff. For signature a5 96 fd ff, see OS/2 PACK2 archive.

PACK format is generally associated with the OS/2 PACK.EXE and UNPACK.EXE utilities.

Format details

The compression scheme is possibly the same LZW-based format used by LoadDskF/SaveDskF.

Files start with bytes a5 96 fe ff.