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Fork of LZEXE, ecm release 2+ (Announce)

posted by Guti , 03.07.2025, 09:54

> I just uploaded a blog post mostly about the development of my LZEXE fork:
> https://pushbx.org/ecm/dokuwiki/blog/pushbx/2025/0629_june_work#lzexe
>
> I managed to shrink the depacker stub somewhat for my LZX0 format (and the
> experimental LZE0 to LZE6 along the way). This shrinking is fourfold:
> Generic optimisations, dropping the relocation table if it is empty,
> dropping the segment change handling if the original executable image is
> smaller than 40 KiB, and changing the stub so it doesn't inline the getbit
> function (a tradeoff of size against speed).
>
> I also ported things so NASM, FreePascal, WarpLink, gcc (ia16 or host
> target), and bash can be used to build everything, albeit the current
> release is still built using TurboPascal 5.0 as yet.
>
> The download, repo, and manual are all linked in
> https://pushbx.org/ecm/web/#projects-lzexe

What about LZEXE 1.00 ( http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopic.php?t=7005&view=min ) was it a hack?

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Complete thread:

• Fork of LZEXE, ecm release 2+ - ecm, 29.06.2025, 20:39 (Announce)
  • Fork of LZEXE, ecm release 2+ - Guti, 03.07.2025, 09:54
    • Fork of LZEXE, ecm release 2+ - Guti, 04.07.2025, 12:34