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Title: PP files Help
Post by: pinera on June 28, 2005, 07:03:58 AM

First, I know nothing about Amiga  :-(

I'm running Windows XP and want to view files that were compressed with PowerPacker.

Most of these PP files are 32K, a few are 4K and then the last 2 are 1K ".PAT" which may be unrelated to PowerPacker?

Anyway, I just need a way to unpack the files and see them.

*ANY* help is greatly appreciated  :-)

Thanks!

Title: Re: PP files Help
Post by: Piru on June 28, 2005, 09:38:37 AM

ppunpack.zip (http://drdma.tlkk.org/download/ppunpack.zip)

Title: Re: PP files Help
Post by: InTheSand on June 28, 2005, 10:09:15 AM

Hi,

The file linked above will allow the unpacking of PowerPacker files, but depending on the content, you'll probably need additional software to make use of what's unpacked.

If you're looking at graphics files, Paint Shop Pro and IrfanView will both be able to convert from the Amiga's IFF format to something more PC-friendly.

Plain text files should be readable "as is", though the Amiga and Windows use different ways of indicating the end of each line. However, something like Wordpad will open these regardless.

For music files (modules), DeliPlayer should cope with whatever Amiga stuff you throw at it.

Word processing files and anything else created using proprietary packages on the Amiga side of things will take more work to be usable, though...

Cheers,

 - Ali

Title: Re: PP files Help
Post by: pinera on June 28, 2005, 02:06:39 PM

Thank you for the file, but how do I use it?  Do I have to go to a DOS prompt?  Forgive my ignorance on this, but I think I need a step-by-step instruction on this one.   :-?

Title: Re: PP files Help
Post by: pinera on June 28, 2005, 02:07:36 PM

Thank you for the details on the unpack.exe file, but how do I use it?  Do I have to go to a DOS prompt?  Forgive my ignorance on this, but I think I need a step-by-step instruction on this one.   :-?

Title: Re: PP files Help
Post by: InTheSand on June 29, 2005, 12:01:20 AM

Hi,

PPUnpack is a command line program. Before you use it, extract the "ppunpack.exe" file into a new (temporary) directory and also copy your *.pp files there.

Then go to the Windows XP command prompt ("Start" menu, "Run", then type "cmd" and click "OK") and change to the temporary directory you created above (e.g. "cd ").

Then, for each *.pp file, run PPUnpack. Usage of the command is "ppunpack .pp ".

For example, if you have a "nice-picture.iff.pp" and you wish to extract it, use "ppunpack nice-picture.iff.pp nice-picture.iff".

Cheers,

 - Ali

Title: Re: PP files Help
Post by: pinera on June 29, 2005, 02:14:47 AM

Thanks Ali.

The command you specify assumes I know the name of the unpacked file.  The problem is that I do *NOT* know the name of these original files.  I know that these are text files, but I do not know their names.

In this case, how can I unpack them?

Thanks!

Title: Re: PP files Help
Post by: Piru on June 29, 2005, 07:57:56 AM

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The command you specify assumes I know the name of the unpacked file.

No it doesn't. You can use whatever name you like.

If you have no clue of the names, just generate your own, like:

ppunpack something.pp file1.txt
ppunpack somethingelse.pp file2.txt

Once you have figured out what the text files have inside, you can rename the files if you like.