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From: chasm@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS/VAX file compression
Summary: Compress??
Message-ID: <9887@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 26 Oct 89 13:03:34 GMT
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In article <212@zodiac.rutgers.edu>, sechzer@zodiac.rutgers.edu (SELIG SECHZER * DEPT OF ECONOMICS * RUTGERS UNIV) writes:
:: This isn't exactly the same as what you folks were discussing but ... 
:: I'd be interested in some file compression software which runs on a VAX
:: and a PC.  The purpose for this would be to compress files before a VAX---> PC
:: or PC---> VAX transfer.  
:: 
:: Thanks
:: 
:: Selig L. Sechzer
:: sechzer@pisces.rutgers.edu
:: sechzer@zodiac


Compress should run quite well on a VAX, at least with a little twiddling
of the file nameing, opening, etc., code.  I brought up an early version
under MSDOS (1.4 or so), before there was explicit MSDOS support in the
distributed code, and it took only about 3 or 4 hours to get it to work
(small model, even, though I did use several "far" arrays -- and the source
was not very Unix compatible after the edits, as they say about q-a-d code).

VMS should not have any array size problems, so that just leaves the file
system.  And the traditional CR <--> CR/LF gotcha.

Charles