http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=BAT2EXEC 2026-04-24T21:18:08Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=BAT2EXEC&diff=51422&oldid=prev 2026-01-25T15:27:41Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:27, 25 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>It was originally released via an article in the August 1990 issue of PC Magazine.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>It was originally released via an article in the August 1990 issue of PC Magazine.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See also [[TurboBAT]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Discussion ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Discussion ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=BAT2EXEC&diff=49030&oldid=prev 2024-08-21T18:38:01Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Identification</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:38, 21 August 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Identification ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Identification ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Files compiled by v1.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5 have an ASCII signature at offset 3: &quot;{{magic|Compiled by BAT2EXEC </del>1.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5}}</del>&quot;<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Files compiled by v1.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2-</ins>1.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">3 start with bytes assembled from the </ins>&quot;<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">INIT CODE&quot; section of the source code, observed to be these 32 bytes:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Other versions</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Undetermined</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> fc bd 20 01 8b 6e 00 8b a6 02 00 8b 9e 04 00 b4</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> 4a cd 21 a1 2c 00 89 86 1a 00 8b 9e 00 00 ff e3</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Files compiled by v1.5 have an ASCII signature at offset 3</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;{{magic|Compiled by BAT2EXEC 1.5}}&quot;</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=BAT2EXEC&diff=44650&oldid=prev 2023-07-16T18:08:12Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:08, 16 July 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''BAT2EXEC''' is a DOS utility that converts a [[Batch file]] to a [[DOS executable (.com)|COM file]] that (hopefully) works the same. It was developed by Ziff Communications and Douglas Boling.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''BAT2EXEC''' is a DOS utility that converts a [[Batch file]] to a [[DOS executable (.com)|COM file]] that (hopefully) works the same. It was developed by Ziff Communications and Douglas Boling.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It was originally released via an article in the August 1990 issue of PC Magazine.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Discussion ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Discussion ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/BOOTUTIL/BOOTLOG2.ZIP|BOOTLOG2.ZIP}} → LOGTIME.COM</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/BOOTUTIL/BOOTLOG2.ZIP|BOOTLOG2.ZIP}} → LOGTIME.COM</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/ARCUTILS/SZV102F.ZIP|SZV102F.ZIP}} → ZIPVIEW.COM</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/ARCUTILS/SZV102F.ZIP|SZV102F.ZIP}} → ZIPVIEW.COM</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Links ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [https://books.google.com/books?id=cSMUxSP5pKgC&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PT419#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false Original BAT2EXEC article in PC Magazine], Aug. 1990, p. 415</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=BAT2EXEC&diff=44646&oldid=prev 2023-07-15T19:15:43Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Executable envelopes |released=1990 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;BAT2EXEC&#039;&#039;&#039; is a DOS utility that converts a <a href="/wiki/Batch_file" title="Batch file">Batch file</a> to a [[DOS executable (.com)|...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Executable envelopes<br /> |released=1990<br /> }}<br /> '''BAT2EXEC''' is a DOS utility that converts a [[Batch file]] to a [[DOS executable (.com)|COM file]] that (hopefully) works the same. It was developed by Ziff Communications and Douglas Boling.<br /> <br /> == Discussion ==<br /> More research is needed regarding version 1.0. There are probably at least two versions of it, with one named &quot;BAT2COM&quot; instead of &quot;BAT2EXEC&quot;.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> Files compiled by v1.5 have an ASCII signature at offset 3: &quot;{{magic|Compiled by BAT2EXEC 1.5}}&quot;.<br /> <br /> Other versions: Undetermined.<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|megarom/megarom2/UTILITY/MISC/BAT2EXEC.ZIP|BAT2EXEC/BAT2COM v1.0}}<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|tigershareware/x03/bat2ex12.zip|BAT2EXEC v1.2}}<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|nopv07/038A/BAT2EX13.ZIP|BAT2EXEC v1.3}}<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9510/disk2/DISC2/BATUTIL/BAT2EX15.ZIP|BAT2EXEC v1.5}}<br /> <br /> == Sample files ==<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/CHEMSTRY/CCAL9116.ZIP|CCAL9116.ZIP}} → EQ.COM<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/BOOTUTIL/BOOTLOG2.ZIP|BOOTLOG2.ZIP}} → LOGTIME.COM<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/ARCUTILS/SZV102F.ZIP|SZV102F.ZIP}} → ZIPVIEW.COM</div>

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