| From: | Richard Lane |
| Date: | 30 Sep 2000 at 15:43:14 |
| Subject: | Re: AmiPak |
Hello Andrew
On 30-Sep-00, Andrew Guard wrote:
> Well sounds a nice idea but that better make shore that Aminet have tools
> for AmiPak so they could check on files for virus etc or format would not
> become what they like it to be.
I don't know if the above is a reply to another message with no quote, or a
new one, or you've changed the subject line, or maybe I've missed a message
somewhere, as by the way it's written it would appear to be a reply.
Whatever...
If you're refering to the old program called Ami-Pack it's similar to LhA or
LZX but doesn't pack as well. Here's the page from The Magnum_Opus.Guide
about it.
Magnum Opus Guide V3.1
Ami-Pack, archive.
As far as I am aware this filetype is unique to the German "Amiga-Magazin"
series of PD disks. These can be found on Aminet in misc/amag (CD's 2-10).
To save disk space, some of the programs distributed on these disks were
stored in this archive format.
AmiPack-X which is included on each disk or set of disks, is the program
that both creates and unpacks these archives. It works in a similar manner
to LhA or LZX but has the advantage in that is has an interface and can
also be used as a default tool of an archive's icon. When these are double
clicked on you are presented with a requester with which you can select
where to unpack the archive. The interface varies a bit depending on which
version of AmiPack-X is used on that particular disk and it is in German
only, of which I only know a few words. However, with a bit of perseverance
it's not too hard to work out how to use it.
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