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- From: benc@htsa.aha.nl (Ben Castricum)
- Subject: Executable file compressors wanted
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 10:06:28 GMT
- Organization: Algemene Hogeschool Amsterdam, Polytechnic Institute
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.100628.3170@htsa.aha.nl>
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- Hi everybody, I would like some help with my program..
-
- I am working on a program that expands compressed executables.
- Something like DISLITE or UNLZEXE but I want to decompress all files
- with one program.
-
- Everything is developing nicely and currently my program has been tested
- on the following compressors:
-
- -- COM files --
- DIET V1.10a √
- DIET V1.20 √
-
- PKLITE V1.03 √
- PKLITE V1.05 √
- PKLITE V1.12 √
- PKLITE V1.13 √
- PKLITE V1.15 √
-
- SHRINK V1.00 √ (found 2 bugs in decompressing routine)
-
- -- EXE files -- 0123 (method 1 and 3 are extra compression)
- PKLITE V1.03 √√√
- PKLITE V1.05 √√√
- PKLITE V1.12 √√√√
- PKLITE V1.13 √√√
- PKLITE V1.15 √ √
- PKLITE V1.20 √ (found in PK[UN]ZIP v1.93a)
- PKLITE V1.20+ √ (found in PKLITE V1.15, uses encryption)
-
-
- Now I am working on some more EXE compressors.. (currently LZEXE V0.91)
-
- Below follows a list of compressors I have. If anyone has a compressor
- which is not listed I would be very gratefull to receive a copy of it.
-
- For PKLITE owners, if you don't want to send PKLITE itself (because it's
- registered), a program compressed with it should be enough. Just check if
- I haven't got the compressing method yet. The method used by pklite is stored
- in the header in the high nibble of the byte before the 'PKLITE' string.
- so it should look like this:
- 001C: 14 31 50 4B 4C 49 54 45
- ^^ ^^ P K L I T E (followed by copyright message)
- | | - (1) major version number (1 are )
- | |
- | -- (3) method (means large file with extr compression)
- ----- (14) minor version number (14h=20)
- so this a large file compressed with PKLITE V1.20 (extra compression)
- Don't think you're smart by changing the number, my program is not using it
- at all.
-
- Anyone who has send me an addition to my collection or in another way improved
- my program can receive the latest version of it.
- To make this interresting:
- It's able to make normal pklited files unextractable, even dislite v1.01 can't
- handle them! (ofcourse it's just a simple trick)
-
-
- These are the compressors I have:
-
- DIET V1.10a
- DIET V1.20
- DIET V1.44
- LZEXE V0.91
- PKLITE V1.03
- PKLITE V1.05
- PKLITE V1.12
- PKLITE V1.13
- PKLITE V1.15
- SHRINK V1.00
- TINYPROG V3.3
-
-
- thanks in advance.
- Ben.
-
- (benc@solist.htsa.aha.nl)
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