Re: DOS Translator Issues
Juergen Luethje wrote:
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> Vincent wrote:
> >
> > If you want to save HDD space,
>
> I think that's the main reason for using UPX. Also, there are UPXed
> files that fit on a floppy, while they will be too big when not UPXed.
>
> > just use a popualar compression
> > archiving utility.. Like WinZip, WinRAR, 7z, etc. The results
> > are almost as good too, and you wont get better results if you
> > compress your apps and put it into a compressed archieve.
>
> I can't see why ZIPing an executable could be an replacement for using
> UPX. How are you going to execute a ZIPed .exe file?
>
>
> Regards,
> Juergen
Those are poor execuses dude.. Most uncompressed translated/compiled
programs will still be small enough to fit on 1.44 MB floppies. And
what about all the other media devices out? Such as Flash Drives
(I have a 256 MB SanDisk Cruzer). Soon enough floppy drives will no
longer be avaliable in new computers, they lasted this long; but their
time is running short with the new emerging technologies.
You are right, you cant run a program thats archieved unless it's self
extracting EXE. If you are using a computer that doesnt have a HDD or
some other writable/readable storage device that is larger in capacity
than a floppy to extract the files to, then the computer will probably
be ancient, and Euphoria would run terrible on it, at least with v2.5
and its slower parsing.
Regards,
Vincent
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