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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Results with packed programs?
Keywords: packer packer2 experiences
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Date: 26 Jan 91 00:18:37 GMT
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saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes:

- Has anyone noted a counter-example?  If a program is compressed and 
- runs under (say) TOS 1.2, can it be counted on to run normally under
- TOS 1.0 and Rainbow TOS?  How much confidence should we have in this
- process?
 
I don't know if you want to limit this to PD/Shareware programs, but 
I've been using DC Squish (a commercial program that's included with 
the DC Utilities disk) for as long as I can remember and have NEVER 
had a problem with it.  I squish everything -- desk accessories, TSRs, 
and executables.  I'd be very surprised if my files wouldn't work on 
a machine with a different TOS.  In fact, before I got my STe (TOS 
1.6) I think I had some files squished using TOS 1.0.

Hope this answers your question somewhat.

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