ACE
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
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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Identification
Files have ASCII "**ACE**
" at offset 7.
Specifications
- ace12b.zip → TECHNOTE.DOC
Software
- ace12b.exe or ace12b.zip - Ace v1.2b (includes UnAce source code)
- Ace v2.6
- GPL unace (supports ACE archives >1.2)
- Konvertor
- acefile (Python)