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Jsummers at 12:44, 5 February 2026

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Jsummers at 13:52, 24 October 2024

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Jsummers at 22:48, 8 October 2024

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MihaiPopa7 at 05:06, 14 September 2024

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MihaiPopa7: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Executable envelopes |extensions={{ext|exe}} |released=1993 }} '''READMAKE''' is a DOS utility for creating a DOS EXE file that..."

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Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Executable envelopes |extensions={{ext|exe}} |released=1993 }} '''READMAKE''' is a DOS utility for creating a DOS EXE file that..."

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Executable envelopes
|extensions={{ext|exe}}
|released=1993
}}
'''READMAKE''' is a DOS utility for creating a DOS [[EXE]] file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by Bruce Guthrie and Wayne Software.

== Identification ==
EXE files made by the 03/31/93 version of READMAKE has {{magic|blREADINCL}}. and other READMAKE-specific text at near bottom. Then the text data from the input document comes in.

== Software ==
* READMAKE 03/31/93 (informally 3.07): {{HTTP|:|/|/|cd.textfiles.com/nightowl/nopv10/051A/READ307.ZIP|READ307.ZIP}}

== Sample files ==
* {{HTTPS|:|/|/|archive.org/details/readmake_sample|READMAKE Sample}} → HELLO.EXE

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 ** 10/08/97 (7.10): {{CdTextfiles|simtel0101/simtel/txtutl/read710.zip|read710.zip}}
 ** 03/08/98 (8.06): [https://archive.org/details/hot-shareware-cd36 Hot Shareware 36] → FICHEROS/DUTI/READ806.ZIP
 == Sample files ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:49, 14 November 2024
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	* {{CdTextfiles\|nogames3/012a/pgold11.zip\|pgold11.zip}} → README.EXE		* {{CdTextfiles\|nogames3/012a/pgold11.zip\|pgold11.zip}} → README.EXE
	* {{CdTextfiles\|thebbsorg/ddsbbs/makelst.zip\|makelst.zip}} → README.EXE		* {{CdTextfiles\|thebbsorg/ddsbbs/makelst.zip\|makelst.zip}} → README.EXE
		+	* {{DexvertSamples\|document/readmake}}

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 }}
 '''READMAKE''' is a DOS utility for creating a DOS [[EXE]] file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by Bruce Guthrie and Wayne Software.
 == Identification ==
-EXE files made by the version 3.07 of READMAKE has {{magic|blREADINCL}}. and other READMAKE-specific text at near bottom. Also at near bottom is this text string: {{magic|"Written by Bruce Guthrie, Wayne Software and U.S. Dept of Commerce"}}. Then the text data from the input document comes in.
+The executable part of a generated file is compressed with [[EXEPACK]].
-Maybe is the same for other versions? I haven't checked them yet.
+The ''overlay'' always starts with the same 62 bytes, the first four being {{magic|3e 00 00 00}} (presumably a ''segment size'' field). However, some other EXE files from the same developer also have this trait.
 == Software ==

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 == Identification ==
-EXE files made by the 03/31/93 version of READMAKE has {{magic|blREADINCL}}. and other READMAKE-specific text at near bottom. Also at near bottom is this text string: {{magic|"Written by Bruce Guthrie, Wayne Software and U.S. Dept of Commerce"}}. Then the text data from the input document comes in.
+EXE files made by the version 3.07 of READMAKE has {{magic|blREADINCL}}. and other READMAKE-specific text at near bottom. Also at near bottom is this text string: {{magic|"Written by Bruce Guthrie, Wayne Software and U.S. Dept of Commerce"}}. Then the text data from the input document comes in.
 == Software ==

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 |released=1993
 }}
 '''READMAKE''' is a DOS utility for creating a DOS [[EXE]] file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by Bruce Guthrie and Wayne Software.

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 == Software ==
-* READMAKE 03/31/93 (informally 3.07): {{HTTP|:|/|/|cd.textfiles.com/nightowl/nopv10/051A/READ307.ZIP|READ307.ZIP}}
+READMAKE was usually packaged with other software by the same author. The individual programs have revision dates that serve as their version numbers. Each package as a whole has an apparent 3-digit version number, probably loosely derived from the release date.
 == Sample files ==
-* {{HTTPS|:|/|/|archive.org/details/readmake_sample|READMAKE Sample}} → HELLO.EXE
+* [https://archive.org/details/readmake_sample READMAKE Sample] → HELLO.EXE