CauseWay Compressor
CauseWay Compressor (abbreviated CWC) is a DOS utility that does executable compression and file compression.
CWC is part of CauseWay, a software package whose main feature is a DOS Extender. CauseWay may also provide library functions that can be used instead of the DOS utility.
CauseWay is by Michael Devore and Devore Software & Consulting. CWC was originally developed by John Wildsmith.[1]
The executable compression feature compresses EXE files, but it's not clear exactly what class of EXE files it supports. It claims to support "CauseWay applications" in "3P" format. It does seem to support at least some normal DOS EXE files.
The native compressed file format doesn't have a standard filename extension. Compressed files keep their original name.
The source code (assembly language) has apparently been released to the public domain.
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Identification
Compressed data files start with ASCII "CWC".
Compressed EXE files: (TODO)
Software
- CauseWay Compressor 3.01:
- https://github.com/amindlost/cw/blob/main/bin/cwc.exe
- ANORMAL's DOSEXE collections → DOSEXE Executable Tools Pack → packers/causeway compresor.301-michael devore.rar
- CauseWay:
- Archive of CauseWay DOS Extender v3.52
- https://codeberg.org/tkchia/causeway - Attempt to update and improve CauseWay
- CauseWay 3.49 (at VetusWare)
- CauseWay 3.60 (at VetusWare)
Links
- There is some information about CWC in the CauseWay documentation, particularly Chapter 12: CauseWay File Compressor (page 80 and page 81).
