PAK is an old file compression and archiving program for DOS, developed by NoGate Consulting. (Search the web for "pak251.exe".) It has a number of features, which include some extensions to ARC format. One such ARC extension is compression method #11, named "Distilled". It was introduced in PAK v2.0, released in July 1989. Unlike my … Continue reading ARC/PAK’s “Distilled” compression scheme