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From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
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Subject: Re: Results with packed programs?
Keywords: packer packer2 experiences
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.105030.10718@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 29 Jan 91 10:50:30 GMT
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In article <1991Jan25.145158.10505@chinet.chi.il.us>
saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes:
> A year of so back, there were some programs posted (3 of them, I
think) which
> compressed executable files.  The word at the time was that while
there were
> some cases in which they wouldn't work at all, they wouldn't
'half-work'.  In
> other words, if a program one of them had been applied to ran for a
while,
> that almost guaranteed that it would run the same as the original
version.
> 
> 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?
> 
>                                    Steve         saj@chinet.chi.il.us
 
Have had a lot of problems with the PD compacters, will not Pack most
files, but now I use DCSquish and have found only one program that will
not run when I Squish it, funny is the DC PD Mystic Formater, I have
just got the Upgrade from Double Click, this is the Version II of there
DC Utilities, also has a Great Program DC Xtract 2.0 will do Zip/Zoo/Lzh
and Arc, Note this program does compact as well as Extract, worth every
Penny, Note I don't work for DC or any shop to do with it...
 
-- 
Roger W. Sheppard   85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...