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** {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/nopv20/019A/WWP304.ZIP|v3.04}} | ** {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/nopv20/019A/WWP304.ZIP|v3.04}} | ||
** {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/WWP304A.ZIP|v3.04a}} | ** {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/WWP304A.ZIP|v3.04a}} | ||
| + | ** [{{SACFTPURL|pack|wwp304ag.zip}} v3.04a with German installer and documentation] | ||
| + | ** {{CdTextfiles|thegreatunsorted/old_cracks/old_cracks_a-l/wwp305b3.zip|v3.05 beta 3}} | ||
| + | ** [{{SACFTPURL|pack|wwp305b5.zip}} v3.05 beta 5] | ||
| − | ''Ed. note: | + | ''Ed. note: Some versions of WWPACK will refuse to run unless the timestamp of the WWPACK.EXE file is exactly correct. For v3.04, it must be 1996-01-06 03:04:00am. For v3.04a, it must be 1996-01-21 03:04:00am.'' |
Revision as of 14:37, 30 July 2023
WWPACK is an executable compression utility for DOS, developed by Piotr Warezak and Rafal Wierzbicki. Its main feature is compression of EXE files.
See also WWPack32, a related utility for Windows.
Discussion
Version 3.00+ can also compress arbitrary data files. Such files are compressed using the "PD" command, and decompressed with "UD".
Version 3.03+ can also compress COM files, converting them to EXE.
The registered version of WWPACK v3.03+ has a "U" command, to decompress (some) executable files compressed with WWPACK.
No WWPACK versions prior to 3.00 have been found. Based on the 3.00 documentation, there were five such releases: 2.00 (1993-11-24), 2.01, 2.02a, 2.03, and 2.04. Prior to v3.00, WWPACK only compressed the DOS "relocation table". It became a full-fledged executable compression utility as of v3.00.
Identification
EXE files compressed by WWPACK probably have ASCII "WWP" at offset 28.
Data files compressed by WWPACK begin with "WWP".
Software
- WWPACK
- v3.00
- v3.01: Best of Walnut Creek CD ROM (April 1995) → DISCS/SIMTEL/WWP301.ZIP
- v3.02
- v3.02a
- v3.03
- v3.04
- v3.04a
- v3.04a with German installer and documentation
- v3.05 beta 3
- v3.05 beta 5
Ed. note: Some versions of WWPACK will refuse to run unless the timestamp of the WWPACK.EXE file is exactly correct. For v3.04, it must be 1996-01-06 03:04:00am. For v3.04a, it must be 1996-01-21 03:04:00am.
