http://macintoshgarden.org/taxonomy/term/3218/0 en http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/compact-pro <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-screenshot"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_screenshot" width="518" height="241" title="Compact Pro 1.5.1" alt="Game screenshot" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/screenshots/compact-pro.1.5.1.png?1244620450" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-file"> <div class="field-label">Application file:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-octet-stream" alt="application/octet-stream icon" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-octet-stream.png" /><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/apps/CompactPro.sit_.bin" type="application/octet-stream; length=169088">CompactPro.sit_.bin</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>A Macintosh archival compression program, similar to Stuffit but uses its own compression algorithm (.cpt) it could also create self extracting archives (.sea) and read/write .hqx and .bin files for distributing files over networks. Compact Pro for several years in the early 1990's was a serious and popular competitor to Stuffit. However it has now been discontinued and is unsupported. For further reading about this unique and historic Macintosh program, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Pro">see this Wikipedia entry</a>.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-compatibility"> <div class="field-label">Compatibility:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Compact Pro works with all (Classic native) Macintosh models except the 128K and 512K.<br /> Requires a Mac OS version 4.2 to 9.2.2.<br /> Its a FAT binary program that runs fine on 68k &amp; PPC Mac and the 3 main Macintosh emulators.<br /> Also: Stuffit Expander can be used to extract Compact Pro (.cpt) archives, if the Stuffit Engine is present in the System Folder (Classic Mac OS).</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-category-app"> <div class="field-label">Category:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Compression &amp; Archiving </div> </div> </div> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Bill Goodman </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-year"> <div class="field-label">Year released:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 1998 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-publisher-2"> <div class="field-label">Publisher:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Cyclos </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-system"> <div class="field-label">System:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> System 1 - 5 </div> <div class="field-item even"> System 6.x </div> <div class="field-item odd"> System 7.0 - 7.6 </div> <div class="field-item even"> Mac OS 8 - 8.1 </div> <div class="field-item odd"> Mac OS 9 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-emulation"> <div class="field-label">Emulation:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> SheepShaver (PPC) </div> <div class="field-item even"> Basilisk II (68k) </div> <div class="field-item odd"> Mini vMac (68k) </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-architecture"> <div class="field-label">Architecture:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 68k </div> <div class="field-item even"> PPC </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-manual"> <div class="field-label">App&#039;s manual:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/sites/macintoshgarden.org/files/manuals/compact_pro_users_guide.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=110355" title="compact_pro_users_guide.pdf">Compact Pro User&#039;s Guide</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/compact-pro" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/compact-pro#comments Compression & Archiving 1998 Bill Goodman Cyclos Tue, 05 May 2009 19:53:43 +0000 Attila 674 at http://macintoshgarden.org