TINYPROG - Revision history

DOSGuy: /* Software */ Adding date reported by versions 3.0 through 3.8

2025-12-18T03:09:15Z

‎Software: Adding date reported by versions 3.0 through 3.8

DOSGuy: /* Identification */ Explanation of "TINYPROG version number" only resolving to version 1 or 3, not 3.0-3.9, and additional method of identifying an executable with TINYPROG compression through presence of "TZ" at offset 40 in all versions.

2025-12-18T03:03:13Z

‎Identification: Explanation of "TINYPROG version number" only resolving to version 1 or 3, not 3.0-3.9, and additional method of identifying an executable with TINYPROG compression through presence of "TZ" at offset 40 in all versions.

Jsummers at 16:21, 19 August 2023

2023-08-19T16:21:07Z

Jsummers: /* Software */

2023-08-19T16:01:51Z

‎Software

Jsummers at 15:13, 22 July 2023

2023-07-22T15:13:27Z

Jsummers: /* Software */

2023-02-14T14:47:58Z

‎Software

Jsummers at 16:45, 17 April 2022

2022-04-17T16:45:32Z

Jsummers: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Compression |subcat2=Executable compression |released=1990 }} '''TINYPROG''' is an executable compression utility for DOS, develope..."

2019-09-15T20:55:59Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Compression |subcat2=Executable compression |released=1990 }} '''TINYPROG''' is an executable compression utility for DOS, develope..."

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Compression
|subcat2=Executable compression
|released=1990
}}
'''TINYPROG''' is an executable compression utility for DOS, developed by Tranzoa. It can compress [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] and [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] files. It has a password protection option. It does not appear to have a decompression feature.

== Identification ==
According to the documentation, a compressed EXE file has bytes {{magic|'t' 'z'}} at offset 28. The next byte is "hex C0, logically OR'ed with the TINYPROG version number".

== Software ==
* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/TINYP39.ZIP|TINYP39.ZIP}} - TINYPROG v3.9 (1994-03-11)
* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/TRON121.ZIP|Tron}} - DOS program that claims to decompress TINYPROG files
* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/UNTINY.ZIP|UnTiny}} - DOS program that claims to decompress TINYPROG files

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 ** Version "6/8/90" - variant 1: [https://archive.org/details/cdass-5 CD-ROM Aktief Super Special 5 - Tools en Utilities (Dutch)] → SHELL/COMP/TINYPROG.ARJ
 ** {{CdTextfiles|ultimateswco/la/la022.zip|Version "6/8/90" - variant 2}}
-** {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/pdsi006/028A/TINYPR.ZIP|v3.0}}
+** {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/pdsi006/028A/TINYPR.ZIP|v3.0 (1991-01-25)}}
-** {{CdTextfiles|simtel0692/MSDOS/FILUTL/TINYP33.ZIP|v3.3}}
+** {{CdTextfiles|simtel0692/MSDOS/FILUTL/TINYP33.ZIP|v3.3 (1991-08-08)}}
-** {{CdTextfiles|pier01/001a/tiny35.zip|v3.5}}
+** {{CdTextfiles|pier01/001a/tiny35.zip|v3.5 (1992-04-27)}}
-** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel/DISK1/DISC2/EXECOMP/TINYP36.ZIP|v3.6}}
+** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel/DISK1/DISC2/EXECOMP/TINYP36.ZIP|v3.6 (1992-12-03)}}
-** {{CdTextfiles|psl/pslv2nv01/DOS/UT_DSKFI/TINY38.ZIP|v3.8}}
+** {{CdTextfiles|psl/pslv2nv01/DOS/UT_DSKFI/TINY38.ZIP|v3.8 (1993-05-11)}}
 ** {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/TINYP39.ZIP|v3.9 (1994-03-11)}}

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 == Identification ==
-According to the documentation, a compressed EXE file has bytes {{magic|'t' 'z'}} at offset 28. The next byte is "hex C0, logically OR'ed with the TINYPROG version number".
+According to the documentation, a compressed EXE file has bytes {{magic|'t' 'z'}} at offset 28. The next byte is "hex C0, logically OR'ed with the TINYPROG version number". (Representing only the major version number, this value is C1 for the "6/8/90" releases and C3 for versions 3.0 through 3.9.) A capitalized {{magic|'T' 'Z'}} is found at offset 40.
 TINYPROG-compressed files normally contain the following ASCII string somewhere in them:

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 Except that password-protected files instead contain:
   TINYPROG says, "Bad password or program file!"
 == Software ==
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 * {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/UNTINY.ZIP|UnTiny v0.91}}
 * [{{SACFTPURL|pack|untiny.rar}} UnTiny v1.04]

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 Decompression, for DOS:
 * See [[Executable compression#Decompression software]] for some multi-format utilities that support TINYPROG.
-* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/UNTINY.ZIP|UnTiny}}
+* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/UNTINY.ZIP|UnTiny v0.91}}

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 == Software ==
-* {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/TINYP39.ZIP|TINYP39.ZIP}} - TINYPROG v3.9 (1994-03-11)
+* TINYPROG
 Decompression, for DOS:
 * See [[Executable compression#Decompression software]] for some multi-format utilities that support TINYPROG.
 * {{CdTextfiles|pdos9606/ARCHIVER/EXECOMP/UNTINY.ZIP|UnTiny}}

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 |released=1990
 }}
-'''TINYPROG''' is an executable compression utility for DOS, developed by Tranzoa. It can compress [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] and [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] files. It has a password protection option. It does not appear to have a decompression feature.
+'''TINYPROG''' is an executable compression utility for DOS, developed by Tranzoa. It compresses [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] files (to EXE), and [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] files (converting them to EXE).
 == Identification ==
 According to the documentation, a compressed EXE file has bytes {{magic|'t' 'z'}} at offset 28. The next byte is "hex C0, logically OR'ed with the TINYPROG version number".
 == See also ==