ACE


 * For another "Ace" format, see Ace Film.

ACE is a compressed archive format. It was originally developed by Marcel Lemke, later by e-merge GmbH.

Related software includes Ace (for DOS, OS/2, and Windows console), UnAce, WinAce, XAce Plus, MacUnace, UnACE.DLL, ActiveACE, ACE Compression Library (ACL). At least one version of UnAce is open source.

Version 2 of the format introduced new compression schemes that are not supported by all ACE decompression software.

Identification
Files have ASCII "" at offset 7.

Specifications

 * [ ace12b.zip] → TECHNOTE.DOC

Software

 * [ ace12b.exe] or [ ace12b.zip] - Ace v1.2b (includes UnAce source code)
 * [ Ace v2.6]
 * GPL unace
 * Konvertor
 * acefile (Python)

Sample files

 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/ace/

Links

 * ACE (compressed file format)
 * WinAce
 * WinAce website (2017 archive)