Xref: utzoo comp.mail.uucp:4356 comp.sources.d:5443 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!b-tech!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: WANTED: News compression information... Message-ID: Date: 2 Jun 90 22:04:27 GMT References: <1990May29.202056.26271@ox.com> <861@sppy00.UUCP> <1990May31.200519.19379@eci386.uucp> Organization: Branch Technology Lines: 11 >C-news by default uses 12 bits (because >12 bits isn't always >possible on things like 286 Xenix or other small address space >machines like pdp11's) regardless of how compress is compiled. 16 versus You can use something like my rnews.c that is not only faster, more secure, never runs out of disk space, etc but also allows 14 bit uncompression even on small machines. -- Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ) zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us