A Macintosh archival compression program, similar to StuffIt but using
its own compression algorithm (.cpt). Originally called "Compactor",
it could also create self-extracting archives (.sea), expand early
StuffIt files, and read/write .hqx and .bin files for distributing
over networks. Compact Pro for several years in the early 1990's was a
serious and popular competitor to StuffIt. It was the first shareware
program to win a MacUser "Eddy" (Editors' Choice) award. However since
2003 it has been discontinued and is unsupported.
For further reading about this unique and historic Macintosh program,
[see this Wikipedia entry][1] or:
* [Ken Hancock, "Compression Wars" , TidBITS, Issue 42, 11 February
1991][2]
* [Tadashi Kawaguchi, "Compact Pro 1.52", MacWare, 1999][3]
* [Jim Wheelis, "Just ZipIt", TidBITS, Issue #182, 28 June 1993][4]
For versions of Compact Pro 1.52 available in the English, French,
German & Japanese languages: visit the official [Compact Pro web
site][5]
Others DL actually submitted here: Compact Pro 1.51 (French), Compact
Pro 1.51 (Japanese), Compact Pro 1.33 (French), Compactor 1.21
(Extractor 1.12 and 1.21 included), Compact Pro Expand (a drag and
drop utility from the same author), Compact Pro 1.33 (English),
Compact Pro 1.34 (English).
Compactor was the previous name of Compact Pro...
Version 1.51 Registration Info
Name: Registered
Code: 35427117
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC
Compact Pro works with all (Classic native) Macintosh models except
the 128K and 512K.
Requires a Mac OS version 4.2 to 9.2.2.
It's a FAT binary program that runs fine on 68k & PPC Mac and the 3
main Macintosh emulators.
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).
[1]:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Pro
[2]:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060303055325/http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-042.html
[3]:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071010153328/http://www.macware.org/review/Compact_Pro/Compact_Pro.html
[4]:
http://tidbits.com/1993/06/28/just-zipit/
[5]:
http://web.archive.org/web/20211219223028/http://www.cyclos.com/compactpro.htm
