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<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 15:04, 3 November 2022</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>|released=1992</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|released=1992</div></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'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Z/Install Lite''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>a.k.a. 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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Z/Install&diff=43515&oldid=prev 2022-11-03T14:58:13Z

<p>Jsummers moved page <a href="/wiki/Z/Install_Lite" class="mw-redirect" title="Z/Install Lite">Z/Install Lite</a> to <a href="/wiki/Z/Install" title="Z/Install">Z/Install</a>: There is a Z/Install...</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='1' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='1' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 14:58, 3 November 2022</td> </tr></table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Z/Install&diff=35915&oldid=prev 2020-06-11T15:25:05Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|zpk}}, special |released=1992 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;Z/Install Lite&#039;&#039;&#039; (a.k.a. &#039;&#039;&#039;ZI/Lite&#039;&#039;&#039;) is DOS software that creat...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|zpk}}, special<br /> |released=1992<br /> }}<br /> '''Z/Install Lite''' (a.k.a. '''ZI/Lite''') is DOS software that creates self-extracting archives for software installation. It was developed by SpeedSOFT Development.<br /> <br /> It includes '''ZPack Lite''', a stand-alone utility for managing compressed archives in its native '''.ZPK''' format.<br /> <br /> It's unclear whether non-&quot;Lite&quot; versions of these programs exist.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> ZPK files (the non-executable kind) apparently start with bytes {{magic|01 5a 50 4b 01}}.<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|ftp.wwiv.com/pub/COMPRESS/ZILITE.ZIP|Z/Install Lite v1.0}} (DOS software)</div>

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