req: PowerPacker 5.0b

andy2004 · 18 June 2006, 15:47

Hi, i'm requesting, Powerpacker Professional v5.0b (1994)(francis, nico) from the new tosec downloads, i cant seem to find the torrents, or by emule
Dont worry i think i found it

z00mba · 18 June 2006, 19:01

Did they really labeled it "francis, nico"?!?

I'll take a look for you...

EDIT: Sorry could only found version 4.0
EDIT2: If you found it, can you, please, upload it to the Zone? Thanks

whiteb · 18 June 2006, 22:33

I have it <Huge grin>, got it from Tosec.

<Zoned>

Where abouts in Hampshire are you Andy, I grew up in Portsmouth.

z00mba · 18 June 2006, 22:43

Thank you whiteb

mr_a500 · 19 June 2006, 00:00

Strange... PowerPacker 5.0b seems to have less features than version 4.2. There are no options for screenmode or fonts and there is no AREXX menu. If you try to force screenmode to laced (with ModePro), it only uses half the screen. Menu options look greyed out but they're not. The only thing new in 5.0 that I see are the display of largest blocks of chip and fast RAM (and sizes are not in boxes anymore).

Does anybody know if 5.0 actually has any improvements over 4.2?

andy2004 · 19 June 2006, 01:15

Its in THE ZONE, z00mba

whiteb, I 2 grew up in portsmouth, I went to NorthGate first school in new road, 1980-1982, in portsmouth, 1983 moved Havant,

Any body got Disk Mag Creator (1995) (Gibson, A - f1 licenceware) disk1 and 2
and Magnum Pro 19XX also from f1 licenceware

think it they were in a previous tosec

whiteb · 19 June 2006, 01:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy2004

Its in THE ZONE, z00mba

whiteb, I 2 grew up in portsmouth, I went to NorthGate first school in new road, 1980-1982, in portsmouth, 1983 moved Havant,

Lived in North End from around early 70's till 1990 when I emigrated to Oz.

andy2004 · 19 June 2006, 02:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by whiteb

Lived in North End from around early 70's till 1990 when I emigrated to Oz.

Its changed down there alot. So whats it like in OZ, and no jokes about the yellow brick road, or the red shoes.

whiteb · 19 June 2006, 03:42

Click my heels three times and find myself back in kansas ?

LOL, its very different to the brick jungle that i remember, a more relaxed not so fast paced living, and no, kangaroo's do not hop down the high street at midday..

jrom · 19 June 2006, 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_a500

Does anybody know if 5.0 actually has any improvements over 4.2?

Well... can anyone confirm this version isn't a hacked up version? I never heard of a PP5.x but then again... I could be wrong here

mr_a500 · 19 June 2006, 15:32

Yes, that's what I was thinking. It looks like an older version hacked to look newer. The About box has completely different address and company names but are about the same length (maybe binary edited). The 5.0 executable seems to have been compressed with something other than PowerPacker (will not compress/decompress in PowerPacker) and does not show a version string (with WB "version" or other version utilities).

andy2004 · 19 June 2006, 20:19

Powerpacker is compressed with StoneCracker 4 and if u unpack and use azap to scan for powerpacker, there is a (Private) in there
I do remember hearing about powerpacker 5, when u scan with xfdlist after compressing a executable filetype, it says powerpacker 4, filesize of powerpacker 5 is 70717 bytes unpacked.

I also have the PowerPacker Pro 4.03 version aswell which i can either upload to the zone, or my webspace.

use xfdmaster suite, xfdmaster.library and xfdlist to list compressed files

available on aminet under util/pack

ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/pack/xfdmaster.lha
or
link to homepage
http://www.dstoecker.de/programs.html#xfdmaster.library

Crashdisk · 29 July 2013, 21:02

Some info about fakes of PowerPacker:

[77E3A9FB] PowerPacker v4.1a
[E13CCDF3] PowerPacker v4.1a
[F044CC26] PowerPacker v4.1a
[5C711F33] PowerPacker v4.1b
[8EFB713F] PowerPacker v4.2
[0235AF69] PowerPacker v4.2
[AA405A29] PowerPacker v4.2
[3D4329E9] PowerPacker v4.3
[93385FED] PowerPacker v4.3
[A5420D33] PowerPacker v4.3
[C12360FA] PowerPacker v4.3
[DCC8AF46] PowerPacker v4.3
[7C3392A3] PowerPacker v4.3b
[34647382] PowerPacker v4.3b
[A015D0B8] PowerPacker v4.3b
[E23308C0] PowerPacker v4.3b
=> PowerPacker v4.0a rev37.278

[D17E1EFD] PowerPacker v4.0b
[582B77BD] PowerPacker v5.0b
=> PowerPacker v4.0a Private release

Crazy C · 31 January 2020, 11:43

Is there a manual of Powerpacker 5 somewhere in the net?

Crashdisk · 31 January 2020, 23:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy C

Is there a manual of Powerpacker 5 somewhere in the net?

As previously mentioned, there is no version 5...

Crazy C · 02 February 2020, 09:06

So which is the latest/best Version of Powerpacker?
And what about the 5.0b version? Why does it exist and why is Nico Francois the author?

DrBong · 02 February 2020, 10:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy C

So which is the latest/best Version of Powerpacker?

If you read the thread closely, it appears that PowerPacker 4.0a was the last legitimate release. The manual for it is included as a .doc file on the disk itself.

Quote:

And what about the 5.0b version? Why does it exist and why is Nico Francois the author?

PowerPacker V5.0b legitimately doesn't exist. As Crashdisk has painstakingly detailed in post #13 above, all available versions of PowerPacker newer than V4.0a are *fakes* that were released to the Amiga cracking scene back in the day.

andy2004 · 07 March 2020, 01:04

Powerpacker 5.. does exist.. i remember it being advertised in one of the amiga magazines.. simple reason i remember i was actually thinking of buying it.. it was on sale for £15 at the time.
before i found imploder 4, stoncecracker or stc coverdisc, and crunchmania..
powerpacker 4.2 was for Wb2.04 and didnt work on wb1.3
powerpacker 4.3 was sold by UGA software..

Powerpacker 5 which is on the ftp.. looks like a hacked version of 4.3. with just the numbers replaced.
why did my post post twice??

andy2004 · 07 March 2020, 01:05

Powerpacker 5.. does exist.. i remember it being advertised in one of the amiga magazines.. simple reason i remember i was actually thinking of buying it.. it was on sale for £15 at the time.
before i found imploder 4, stoncecracker or stc coverdisc, and crunchmania..

stevsurv · 07 March 2020, 21:30

The ones in the zone look fake/hacked.

18 June 2006, 19:01	#2
z00mba Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fr Age: 47 Posts: 185	Did they really labeled it "francis, nico"?!? I'll take a look for you... EDIT: Sorry could only found version 4.0 EDIT2: If you found it, can you, please, upload it to the Zone? Thanks Last edited by z00mba; 18 June 2006 at 19:11.

19 June 2006, 20:19	#12
andy2004 Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hampshire Age: 49 Posts: 271	Powerpacker is compressed with StoneCracker 4 and if u unpack and use azap to scan for powerpacker, there is a (Private) in there I do remember hearing about powerpacker 5, when u scan with xfdlist after compressing a executable filetype, it says powerpacker 4, filesize of powerpacker 5 is 70717 bytes unpacked. I also have the PowerPacker Pro 4.03 version aswell which i can either upload to the zone, or my webspace. use xfdmaster suite, xfdmaster.library and xfdlist to list compressed files available on aminet under util/pack ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/pack/xfdmaster.lha or link to homepage http://www.dstoecker.de/programs.html#xfdmaster.library Last edited by andy2004; 20 June 2006 at 02:51.

31 January 2020, 11:43	#14
Crazy C Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Hannover / Germany Age: 47 Posts: 70	Powerpacker 5 manual Is there a manual of Powerpacker 5 somewhere in the net?

02 February 2020, 09:06	#16
Crazy C Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Hannover / Germany Age: 47 Posts: 70	Latest Powerpacker Version? So which is the latest/best Version of Powerpacker? And what about the 5.0b version? Why does it exist and why is Nico Francois the author?

07 March 2020, 01:04	#18
andy2004 Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hampshire Age: 49 Posts: 271	Powerpacker 5.. does exist.. i remember it being advertised in one of the amiga magazines.. simple reason i remember i was actually thinking of buying it.. it was on sale for £15 at the time. before i found imploder 4, stoncecracker or stc coverdisc, and crunchmania.. powerpacker 4.2 was for Wb2.04 and didnt work on wb1.3 powerpacker 4.3 was sold by UGA software.. Powerpacker 5 which is on the ftp.. looks like a hacked version of 4.3. with just the numbers replaced. why did my post post twice?? Last edited by andy2004; 07 March 2020 at 01:11.

18 June 2006, 15:47	#1
andy2004 Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hampshire Age: 49 Posts: 271	req: PowerPacker 5.0b Hi, i'm requesting, Powerpacker Professional v5.0b (1994)(francis, nico) from the new tosec downloads, i cant seem to find the torrents, or by emule Dont worry i think i found it Last edited by andy2004; 18 June 2006 at 16:34.

18 June 2006, 22:33	#3
whiteb Fanatically Amiga. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 54 Posts: 1,557	I have it <Huge grin>, got it from Tosec. <Zoned> Where abouts in Hampshire are you Andy, I grew up in Portsmouth.

18 June 2006, 22:43	#4
z00mba Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fr Age: 47 Posts: 185	Thank you whiteb

19 June 2006, 00:00	#5
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	Strange... PowerPacker 5.0b seems to have less features than version 4.2. There are no options for screenmode or fonts and there is no AREXX menu. If you try to force screenmode to laced (with ModePro), it only uses half the screen. Menu options look greyed out but they're not. The only thing new in 5.0 that I see are the display of largest blocks of chip and fast RAM (and sizes are not in boxes anymore). Does anybody know if 5.0 actually has any improvements over 4.2?

19 June 2006, 01:15	#6
andy2004 Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hampshire Age: 49 Posts: 271	Its in THE ZONE, z00mba whiteb, I 2 grew up in portsmouth, I went to NorthGate first school in new road, 1980-1982, in portsmouth, 1983 moved Havant, Any body got Disk Mag Creator (1995) (Gibson, A - f1 licenceware) disk1 and 2 and Magnum Pro 19XX also from f1 licenceware think it they were in a previous tosec

19 June 2006, 03:42	#9
whiteb Fanatically Amiga. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 54 Posts: 1,557	Click my heels three times and find myself back in kansas ? LOL, its very different to the brick jungle that i remember, a more relaxed not so fast paced living, and no, kangaroo's do not hop down the high street at midday..

19 June 2006, 15:32	#11
mr_a500 Amiga-based Cyborg Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 808	Yes, that's what I was thinking. It looks like an older version hacked to look newer. The About box has completely different address and company names but are about the same length (maybe binary edited). The 5.0 executable seems to have been compressed with something other than PowerPacker (will not compress/decompress in PowerPacker) and does not show a version string (with WB "version" or other version utilities).

29 July 2013, 21:02	#13
Crashdisk Moderator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Age: 46 Posts: 1,982	Some info about fakes of PowerPacker: [77E3A9FB] PowerPacker v4.1a [E13CCDF3] PowerPacker v4.1a [F044CC26] PowerPacker v4.1a [5C711F33] PowerPacker v4.1b [8EFB713F] PowerPacker v4.2 [0235AF69] PowerPacker v4.2 [AA405A29] PowerPacker v4.2 [3D4329E9] PowerPacker v4.3 [93385FED] PowerPacker v4.3 [A5420D33] PowerPacker v4.3 [C12360FA] PowerPacker v4.3 [DCC8AF46] PowerPacker v4.3 [7C3392A3] PowerPacker v4.3b [34647382] PowerPacker v4.3b [A015D0B8] PowerPacker v4.3b [E23308C0] PowerPacker v4.3b => PowerPacker v4.0a rev37.278 [D17E1EFD] PowerPacker v4.0b [582B77BD] PowerPacker v5.0b => PowerPacker v4.0a Private release

07 March 2020, 01:05	#19
andy2004 Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hampshire Age: 49 Posts: 271	Powerpacker 5.. does exist.. i remember it being advertised in one of the amiga magazines.. simple reason i remember i was actually thinking of buying it.. it was on sale for £15 at the time. before i found imploder 4, stoncecracker or stc coverdisc, and crunchmania..

07 March 2020, 21:30	#20
stevsurv Beta 1.666 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in 1985 Posts: 384	The ones in the zone look fake/hacked. Attached Thumbnails

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