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DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? (Users)

posted by Zyzzle, 28.09.2022, 00:38

The DOS/32 Advanced extender is a great replacement for DOS4G/w, but files compressed with its SC compressor utility can't be decompressed (easily). Unfortunately, the SC utility is a very bad compressor. UPX greatly outperforms and offers much, much tighter compression, *and* can decompress the produced executables.

Is there any utility or program that can easily decompress the compressed DOS/32a executables? My aim is to recompress these executables in order to save ~30-50% disk space over the inefficient compression which SC.EXE offers. The claim is that such LC files are "unextractable" but I'm sure someone has found a way. I've looked and can find no such utility, however, but perhaps I missed it back in the day?

Complete thread:

• DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - Zyzzle, 28.09.2022, 00:38
  • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - Guti, 28.09.2022, 07:20
    • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - Laaca, 28.09.2022, 08:13
      • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - roytam, 28.09.2022, 10:42
        • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - CandyMan, 28.09.2022, 11:09
          • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - Zyzzle, 30.09.2022, 05:58
            • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - RayeR, 15.12.2022, 16:16
              • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - Zyzzle, 20.12.2022, 06:25
                • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - rr, 22.12.2022, 21:43
                  • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - Zyzzle, 23.12.2022, 10:44
      • DOS/32a: utility to extract Linear Compressed (LC) files? - Guti, 29.09.2022, 13:22