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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Compress
Message-ID: <2890@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 17 Jul 89 09:43:06 GMT
References: <4642@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <4642@crash.cts.com> jdeitch@pnet01.cts.com (Jim Deitch) writes:
>Why not use a 16 bit compression?  I have a version that will compile on the
>XT, AT under dos, and supports 16 bit.  Also, has anyone tried to port the
>Atari 16 bit that went through the net awhile ago to the IBM?

None of the 16 bit compression programs that I have seen fit in 64K + 64K.
They all need more table space.  MINIX does not support large model and
probably never will on 8088/80286 CPUs.  If you have one that runs
on MINIX and gives appreciably larger compression, great.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)