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| − | |subcat=Archiving
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| − | |extensions={{ext|uc}}, {{ext|uc0}}, {{ext|uc2}}, {{ext|ucn}}, {{ext|ur2}}, {{ext|ue2}}
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| − | |released=1994
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| − | '''UltraCompressor II''' (UC2) is a 1990s-era compression and archiving program for the PC platform (DOS, Windows, OS/2, DesqView) which claimed to be both faster and more compact than other compression systems. It had special support for OS/2 extended attributes. It was a commercial program released as a "try-before-you-buy" download. It was developed by Ad Infinitum Programs (AIP-NL).
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| − | == Related tools ==
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| − | === UC2SEA ===
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| − | Some versions (the Pro versions?) of UC2 include UC2SEA, a utility for making self-extracting UC2 archives.
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| − | === UCEXE ===
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| − | Some versions (the Pro versions?) of UC2 include UCEXE, an [[executable compression]] utility. It can compress (at least) [[MS-DOS EXE|DOS EXE]] files, and [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] files (converting them to EXE).
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| − | == Identification ==
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| − | UC2 archives start with ASCII "{{magic|UC2}}", followed {{magic|0x1a}}.
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| − | A likely signature for both UC2SEA and UCEXE formats is "{{magic|UC2X}}" at offset 28.
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| − | == Software ==
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| − | ''Note that a designation like "UltraCompressor II revision 3" is roughly the same as "UltraCompressor version 2.3".''
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| − | * UltraCompressor II for DOS
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| − | ** {{CdTextfiles|ftp.wwiv.com/pub/COMPRESS/UC2INS.ZIP|UC2 original release}} (1994-01-01?) ([https://archive.org/details/UC2INS_ZIP another source])
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| − | ** {{CdTextfiles|thegreatunsorted/old_apps/archivers/uc2r2.exe|UC2 Revision 2}} (1994-07-01?)
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| − | ** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9703/disk2/DISC2/ARCERS/UC2R3.EXE|UC2 Revision 3}} (1995-06-01?)
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| − | ** {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/TOOLS/UC2PRO.EXE|UC2 Revision 3 Pro}}
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| − | ** {{CdTextfiles|ftp.wwiv.com/pub/GENUTIL/uc2b305.exe|UC2 Revision 3.05-beta}} (1995?)
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| − | ** [https://www.sac.sk/download/pack/uc237b.exe UltraCompressor version 2.37-beta] (1996?)
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| − | == Sample files ==
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| − | * {{DexvertSamples|archive/ultraCompressor2}}
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| − | == References ==
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| − | * [http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/security/docs/crypt/ripem.msu.edu/ultra-compressor-ii.txt UltraCompressor II info]
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| − | * [http://www.nicodevries.com/professional/ An author's website] which includes a link to the source code.
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| − | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090211113704/http://www.xs4all.nl/~aipnl/ Archived copy of AIPNL website]
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Latest revision as of 04:56, 28 December 2023
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