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Why doesn Calc98 have a proper Windows install program?

April 26, 2017calc98 install program Windows

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Why doesn Calc98 have a proper Windows install program?

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The size of the Calc98 executable is of the order of 300k and the compressed distribution file is not much larger. This makes Calc98 extremely quick to download and capable of distribution using low capacity media like diskettes. We have looked at professional install programs and determined that the resulting installation files would be considerably larger than the software itself. Until we can find an installation program with a very small footprint (or write one ourselves) we think most users would prefer to have the benefit of a smaller download file, and tolerate the inconvenience of having to drag a shortcut onto their desktop to complete the installation.