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From: jmv@sppy00.UUCP (J. Vickroy +1 614 764 4343)
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Subject: Re: WANTED: News compression information...
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Date: 30 May 90 13:34:24 GMT
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In article <1990May29.202056.26271@ox.com> time@ox.com (Tim Endres) writes:
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=>  [ stuff deleted ]
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=>QUESTIONS:
=>Is "compress" the common news compression algorithm?
=>Do all news feeds compress at 16 bits or 12 bits?
=>What are the implications of using compress in commercial sw?
=>Are there any other, more miserly, compress programs available?

I've been told that the compression algorithm that sendbatch uses is
a "modified" L-Z. If this is true, then the PD compress should work.
This is the theory that I'm working from, at least. I'm in the 
middle of a port to Think C 4.0. 

jim
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