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'''ACE''' is a compressed archive format. It was originally developed by Marcel Lemke, later by e-merge GmbH.
 
'''ACE''' is a compressed archive format. It was originally developed by Marcel Lemke, later by e-merge GmbH.
  
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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|ace12b.exe}} ace12b.exe] or [{{SACFTPURL|pack|ace12b.zip}} ace12b.zip] - Ace v1.2b (includes source code)
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* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|ace12b.exe}} ace12b.exe] or [{{SACFTPURL|pack|ace12b.zip}} ace12b.zip] - Ace v1.2b (includes UnAce source code)
 
* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|ace26.exe}} Ace v2.6]
 
* [{{SACFTPURL|pack|ace26.exe}} Ace v2.6]
* [https://packages.debian.org/stable/unace GPL unace (supports ACE archives >1.2)]
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* [https://packages.debian.org/stable/unace GPL unace]
 
* [[Konvertor]]
 
* [[Konvertor]]
 
* [https://pypi.org/project/acefile/ acefile] (Python)
 
* [https://pypi.org/project/acefile/ acefile] (Python)
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== Sample files ==
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* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/ace/
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 04:37, 14 March 2022

File Format
Name ACE
Ontology
Extension(s) .ace
Wikidata ID Q288256
Released 1997
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.

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Files have ASCII "**ACE**" at offset 7.

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