DOS ain't dead

DJGPP and OpenWatcom (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 04.03.2008, 09:00

> I don't know what's this but I can confirm that ~1% win32 files I had
> compressed by UPX then didn't work.

Windows (some versions only?) loads those parts of the binary only which are "used". OTOH an exe-packer will have to read large parts (or all) of the binary first to unpack it. So both the time to start the binary and the "working set" most likely are worse with a packed binary.

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Steve, 25.02.2008, 20:01 (Announce)
  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 27.02.2008, 08:29
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 27.02.2008, 09:48
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 27.02.2008, 18:30
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - DOS386, 01.03.2008, 02:37
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 27.02.2008, 19:14
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 29.02.2008, 09:02
        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 29.02.2008, 10:02
          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Laaca, 29.02.2008, 16:46
            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - flox, 29.02.2008, 17:21
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 29.02.2008, 20:55
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - RayeR, 29.02.2008, 21:36
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:42
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 01.03.2008, 05:24
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 02.03.2008, 00:34
                      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 08:41
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 01.03.2008, 20:09
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 08:34
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 02.03.2008, 14:48
                      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 16:10
                        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 02.03.2008, 18:03
                          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 03.03.2008, 11:44
                            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 03.03.2008, 13:25
                            • annoying? moi? - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 18:10
                        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Steve, 03.03.2008, 02:55
                          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 03.03.2008, 11:31
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - flox, 03.03.2008, 17:19
            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 29.02.2008, 17:25
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - flox, 29.02.2008, 18:13
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Khusraw, 29.02.2008, 18:46
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - RayeR, 29.02.2008, 21:28
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Khusraw, 29.02.2008, 22:07
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - RayeR, 29.02.2008, 23:48
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:44
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - jaybur, 29.02.2008, 22:44
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Khusraw, 01.03.2008, 13:51
                • D | DLL hell | MPLAYER - DOS386, 01.03.2008, 02:54
                  • D | DLL hell | MPLAYER - Khusraw, 01.03.2008, 14:02
          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:30
            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 01.03.2008, 20:25
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 02.03.2008, 00:32
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 02.03.2008, 14:15
        • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:26
          • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - DOS386, 01.03.2008, 02:45
          • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 01.03.2008, 07:01
            • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - RayeR, 01.03.2008, 14:46
              • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 09:31
                • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - RayeR, 02.03.2008, 13:43
                  • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 15:59
                    • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - RayeR, 03.03.2008, 19:01
                      • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 04.03.2008, 09:00
                        • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 15:06
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 15:15
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Matjaz, 04.03.2008, 16:49
        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 18:05
  • Ladsoft / CC386 dead again - Steve, 01.03.2008, 06:28
    • Ladsoft / CC386 dead again - RayeR, 01.03.2008, 14:43
    • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - Steve, 03.03.2008, 04:55
      • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - rr, 03.03.2008, 09:44
      • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - Revised - Steve, 04.03.2008, 09:49
        • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - Slightly revised - Steve, 04.03.2008, 14:24
  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - DOS386, 04.03.2008, 01:57
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Steve, 04.03.2008, 05:25