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HXRT (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 17.02.2011, 03:02

> I'm trying to get my MSDOS system to fit on one floppy.
>
> I have 319,553 bytes free on the floppy,
> after deleting EVERYTHING unnecessary.
>
> I want to install HXRT.
>
> 1. Can it's EXE files be compressed with UPX or APACK? This would help.
> 2. Are all of the files really necessary, can I delete something?

I think all you need is BIN/*.* and of course you can compress that (ZIP, 7-Zip, PAQ) and unpack to RAM disk.

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Complete thread:

HXRT - w3a537, 17.02.2011, 02:38 (Miscellaneous)
- HXRT - Rugxulo, 17.02.2011, 03:02
  - HXRT - w3a537, 17.02.2011, 05:46
    - HXRT - DOS386, 17.02.2011, 06:18
      - HXRT - w3a537, 18.02.2011, 01:06
- HXRT - Japheth, 17.02.2011, 08:12
  - HXRT - w3a537, 18.02.2011, 01:10
    - HXRT - DOS386, 18.02.2011, 04:12
      - HXRT - w3a537, 18.02.2011, 22:21