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Re: Program to reduce size of EXE files?

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From: Timo Salmi LASK
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 1990 05:38
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In article <25865@cs.yale.edu> favorini-francis@CS.YALE.EDU (Francis Favorini) writes:
>	A while back I was reading PC Week, or some such magazine, and I saw
>a description of a program (shareware/freeware I think) that could greatly
>reduce the size of EXE files by removing (unspecified) redundant or superfluous
>information.  Does anyone know what this program is called and where I might
>find it.  E-mail responses are preferred to posting, as I don't read this group
>often enough.

There is a program that compresses .exe files and expands for
execution thus greatly saving space.  It is called lzexe91, and it
is just being posted in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.  Furthermore it (and
many of the accompanying facilities) can be obtained by anonymous
ftp from chyde.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.3.  There are
also programs to reduce the .exe by removing some superfluous code,
but the reduction is just marginal.  The Turbo Professional 5.0
package from TurboPower Software includes such a facility. 

As to emailing.  I've always felt that if one is interested enough
to pose a question to a group, and expect an answer, one should show
reciprocal courtesy by reading the group properly.

...................................................................
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
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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK)
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Subject: Re: Program to reduce size of EXE files?
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Date: 23 Aug 90 05:38:23 GMT
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