Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!mantis!tony From: tony@mantis.co.uk (Tony Lezard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Crunching executables Message-ID: Date: 21 Dec 90 11:42:59 GMT References: <1747@winnie.fit.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 28 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.