C64 Self-Extracting Archive software req.!

Harry Potter

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Jul 14, 2015, 8:57:32 AM7/14/15

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Hi! I am looking for a program to create self-extracting archives on a C64 and a C128. Where can I find a good one?

Brandon

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Jul 14, 2015, 11:27:05 AM7/14/15

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Harry Potter wrote on Tue, 14 Jul 2015 05:57:31 -0700 (PDT):

> Hi! I am looking for a program to create self-extracting archives on a C64 and a C128. Where can I find a good one?

Your request is ambiguous-- do you want to *create* the sfx *on the
c64*, or do you want something that just *extracts* on the c64?

Exomizer does the latter.

http://hem.bredband.net/magli143/exo/

As for the former, I don't know what will do that, but I suspect it
would be very slow and not get good compression in comparison to
something like Exomizer.

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-Brandon
http://www.brandonstaggs.com/c64.html

Harry Potter

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Jul 14, 2015, 7:15:46 PM7/14/15

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On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 11:27:05 AM UTC-4, Brandon wrote:
> Your request is ambiguous-- do you want to *create* the sfx *on the
> c64*, or do you want something that just *extracts* on the c64?
>

I want to create an archive file that can decompress itself to a real C64 disk.

Brandon

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Jul 14, 2015, 8:45:53 PM7/14/15

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Take a look at the link I gave you. If Exomizer doesn't work the way
you need it to, it comes with source, maybe you can start there. The
hardest part of the job has been done -- developing compression that
is efficient and extracts quickly on 65xx processors.

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-Brandon
http://www.brandonstaggs.com/c64.html

Your Name

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Jul 14, 2015, 8:49:15 PM7/14/15

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In article <4257bd4a-3a92-4625...@googlegroups.com>,

Just wave you magic wand and say "Compressicus Maximus" and then
"Extractus 64-oreous". ;-)

Harry Potter

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Jul 15, 2015, 8:02:32 AM7/15/15

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On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 8:45:53 PM UTC-4, Brandon wrote:
> Take a look at the link I gave you. If Exomizer doesn't work the way
> you need it to, it comes with source, maybe you can start there. The
> hardest part of the job has been done -- developing compression that
> is efficient and extracts quickly on 65xx processors.
>

I have and in fact use Exomizer. However, it doesn't fit this need. I need to compress *multiple* files and decompress them to disk.

Errol Smith

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Jul 17, 2015, 12:43:27 PM7/17/15

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Harry Potter wrote:
> Hi! I am looking for a program to create self-extracting archives on a C64 and a C128. Where can I find a good one?

http://zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c128/os/cs-dos/index.html

http://zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c64/archivers/index.html

http://zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c128/archivers/index.html

Harry Potter

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Jul 17, 2015, 5:36:41 PM7/17/15

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On Friday, July 17, 2015 at 12:43:27 PM UTC-4, Errol Smith wrote:
> http://zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/c64/archivers/index.html
>
Okay. Now, which of these can I use to create a self-extracting archive, i.e. a program which contains the archive and decompresses its contents to the disk upon running?

Robert Wolfe

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Dec 16, 2018, 8:36:14 PM12/16/18

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I believe CS-DOS had the archiver as well as the SFX creator that you need
to do what it is that you want to do.