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From: rosen@mtgzz.UUCP (t.rosenfeld)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: reducing size of exe files
Message-ID: <2711@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 10:08:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: mtgzz.2711
Posted: Mon Jun  1 10:08:13 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jun-87 01:00:16 EDT
References: <3624@spool.WISC.EDU> <5949@eddie.MIT.EDU> <4044@amd.UUCP>
Distribution: comp
Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
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Summary: MS exepack


 In article <4044@amd.UUCP>, markg@amd.UUCP (Mark Gorlinsky) writes:
 > In article <3624@spool.WISC.EDU> bolo@spool.WISC.EDU (Joe Burger) writes:
 > >I'm looking for utilities that will reduce the size of .EXE 
 > >files produced by either Quick Basic or Turbo Basic.
 > 
 > I have a program called EXE2COM that changes a EXE file to a COM file.
 > It does this by removing the EXE related header, packing the file, and putting
 > on a new header.
 > 
 > The only limitation is that the EXE file has to <64K.
 
Microsoft has a program EXEPACK that comes with their compiler that uses
some scheme to pack any .exe file. This works on files >64K also.
I think it packs nulls and removes debug and symbol table info and the like.

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