SHRINK (executable compression)
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The original SHRINK 1.0 (1988) was developed by Thomas G. Hanlin III. SHRINK 2.0 (1995) was developed by Kevin Tseng. The precise relationship between v1.0 and v2.0 is not clear. | The original SHRINK 1.0 (1988) was developed by Thomas G. Hanlin III. SHRINK 2.0 (1995) was developed by Kevin Tseng. The precise relationship between v1.0 and v2.0 is not clear. |
Revision as of 18:12, 12 January 2020
SHRINK is an executable compression utility for DOS .COM files. It uses run-length encoding.
The original SHRINK 1.0 (1988) was developed by Thomas G. Hanlin III. SHRINK 2.0 (1995) was developed by Kevin Tseng. The precise relationship between v1.0 and v2.0 is not clear.
Identification
v1.0: TrID has signatures (→ TrIDScan → TTrID XML defs (7Z) → com-shrink.trid.xml) for identifying SHRINK-compressed files.
v2.0: Unknown.
Software
- SHRINK 1.0:
- SHRINK 2.0: