mark@zach.fit.edu ( Mark R. Craig) (12/20/90)
There is a program for the Amiga computer called PowerPacker that compresses executables in such a way that when you execute the resulting PowerPacked file, it uncompresses the executable TO MEMORY (not disk) and runs it. I was wondering if such a program exists for IBM (Public Domain prefered) - I need to get FRACTINT.EXE to fit on one low density 5.25" floppy. Thanks. Mark R. Craig Internet: la086318@zach.fit.edu UUCP: ...!winnie!zach!la086318
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (12/20/90)
In article <1747@winnie.fit.edu> mark@zach.fit.edu ( Mark R. Craig) writes: >There is a program for the Amiga computer called PowerPacker that compresses >executables in such a way that when you execute the resulting PowerPacked >file, it uncompresses the executable TO MEMORY (not disk) and runs it. >I was wondering if such a program exists for IBM (Public Domain prefered) - : Yes, it is called LZEXE. Available as /pc/pd2/lzexe91.zip by anonymous ftp from uwasa.fi archives, Vaasa, Finland. .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
cur022%cluster@ukc.ac.uk (Bob Eager) (12/20/90)
In article <1990Dec20.094412.14679@uwasa.fi>, ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes: > In article <1747@winnie.fit.edu> mark@zach.fit.edu ( Mark R. Craig) writes: >>There is a program for the Amiga computer called PowerPacker that compresses >>executables in such a way that when you execute the resulting PowerPacked >>file, it uncompresses the executable TO MEMORY (not disk) and runs it. >>I was wondering if such a program exists for IBM (Public Domain prefered) - > : > > Yes, it is called LZEXE. Available as /pc/pd2/lzexe91.zip by > anonymous ftp from uwasa.fi archives, Vaasa, Finland. There is also a PKWare version called PKLITE, which is around in various places. -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Bob Eager | University of Kent at Canterbury | +44 227 764000 ext 7589 -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
tony@mantis.co.uk (Tony Lezard) (12/21/90)
mark@zach.fit.edu ( Mark R. Craig) writes: > There is a program for the Amiga computer called PowerPacker that compresses > executables in such a way that when you execute the resulting PowerPacked > file, it uncompresses the executable TO MEMORY (not disk) and runs it. > I was wondering if such a program exists for IBM (Public Domain prefered) - > I need to get FRACTINT.EXE to fit on one low density 5.25" floppy. > > Thanks. As has already been pointed out, LZEXE is the program to do this. Unfortunately, FRACTINT (version 14) appears to have already been compressed by LZEXE (well, my copy anyway) and so of course no further compression attempts will reduce it noticably below 168k. Time to start searching for a program to split large files across disks! Still, it's well worth getting hold of a copy of LZEXE anyway. > Mark R. Craig > Internet: la086318@zach.fit.edu > UUCP: ...!winnie!zach!la086318 -- Tony Lezard. E-mail: tony@mantis.co.uk, Snail: Mantis Consultants, Unit 56, St. John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge, CB4 4WS, United Kingdom. Voice: +44 223 421094. Most appropriate anagram of name: Lazy Rodent.
silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) (12/23/90)
In article <1747@winnie.fit.edu> mark@zach.fit.edu ( Mark R. Craig) writes:
$There is a program for the Amiga computer called PowerPacker that compresses
$executables in such a way that when you execute the resulting PowerPacked
$file, it uncompresses the executable TO MEMORY (not disk) and runs it.
$I was wondering if such a program exists for IBM (Public Domain prefered) -
$I need to get FRACTINT.EXE to fit on one low density 5.25" floppy.
I know of two, and there are probably others. LZEXE is widely available;
check BBSs, perhaps Simtel20, and major shareware/PD distribution houses.
Phil Katz also has one, called PKLITE; like his other programs, it's shareware,
costs $47 to register, and reportedly works very well. See the December 25
issue of PC Magazine for a quick review of PKLITE.
Note that some programs can not be compressed; examples include those
which store overlays as part of the .EXE itself, since they then have to
go back to disk and load it in.
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