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From: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: A Unix worthy Compress/Uncompress for the PC
Message-ID: <10874@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 16 Oct 89 16:51:33 GMT
References: <1240@marlin.NOSC.MIL> <40116@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Reply-To: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <40116@bu-cs.BU.EDU> madd@cs.bu.edu (Jim Frost) writes:
>In article <1240@marlin.NOSC.MIL> jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (John B. Jones) writes:
>|I'm searching for a compress/uncompress which will uncompress Unix
>|compressed files on my AT.  Does anyone have a copy they could send?
>|It has to do 16 bit uncompression, I believe.  
>
>I don't believe you'll find one.  UNIX does 16-bit L-Z compression,
>which requires something like 512k data space to operate, leaving
>precious little space for the code on a full 640k machine.  Most PC
>L-Z compression utilities use 12-bit, which fits much more
>comfortably.
>
>jim frost
>madd@std.com

   On the contrary. I have a program that does full 16-bit compress/
uncompress in less than 470K. It's pretty fast, too (even on an old XT),
and doesn't thrash the drives. [My previous compress would only do 13
bits and thrashed the drive badly.] 
   Anybody who wants a copy, email me at the addresses below.


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