Category Archives: Compression

Yep, Norton Did It

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Michal Necasek

Some time ago, the question of the oldest executable compression tool came up. EXEPACK was identified as a widespread and unexpectedly troublemaking specimen, but Realia SpaceMaker was reportedly older. Only initially no one could come up with surviving executables compressed … Continue reading →

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Realia SpaceMaker

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Michal Necasek

A recent exploration of Microsoft’s EXEPACK posed the question whether EXEPACK was the first executable compressor, at least in the world of PCs. It wasn’t. That distinction almost certainly belongs to Realia SpaceMaker, which was probably released sometime in late … Continue reading →

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