TSComp

File Format
Name	TSComp
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving TSComp
Extension(s)	.??$, .lib, .cmp, others
Wikidata ID	Q105851559
Released	≤1991

TSComp is the informal name of a compressed archive format used by some versions of the InstallShield installation software by The Stirling Group. It is also supported by a DOS utility named The Stirling Compressor. It uses PKWARE DCL Implode compression.

Identifiers

For single-file archives, often the last letter of the filename extension is changed to "$". For multi-file archives, the most common extensions seem to be .lib and .cmp.

Identification

Files begin with bytes: 65 5D 13 8C 08 01.

Software

• The Stirling Compressor v1.3.21
• untsc A command line extractor with source in Golang.
• Deark can list and extract the contents of archives via tscomp module.

Sample files

• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/tscomp/
• PSP20.ZIP
• AP3013.ZIP
• mastmath.zip
• pimfo10.zip