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From: jwwalden@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Darc Tangent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: LZ 0.81 from Xenomiga Tech.
Message-ID: <1952.26b1acf1@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
Date: 28 Jul 90 20:19:13 GMT
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In article <1037@tau.sm.luth.se>, d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman) writes:
> Ok, I downloaded lz081.lzh from xanth:/incoming/amiga. I didn't know
> what it was, but I soon found out: a new (and FAST) .lzh program with
> complete commands (add, list, view, extract). The guy behind this is the
> author of lhunarc (for those of you who use that).
> 
> And yes, it is really very fast. And I mean *very* fast! Not faster than
> zip, but sometimes pretty close.
> 
> BUT, BUT, BUT....
> 
> It doesn't work very well! I get numerous Gurus in all kinds of situations.
> The only thing I can do is list contents of *one* single file. Then it
> exits correctly and returns to the shell (standard 1.3 shell). If I try
> wildcards or extract it Gurus on exit. It melts and lists all files correctly
> but when it has finished and should exit, it gurus every time.
> 
> Has anyone else tried lz081? Experiences? Could someone notify the author?
> I can't 'cause he's not reachable via internet to my knowledge.
> When lz works, I'm gonna throw away lharc1.11 for good, that's for sure!
> 
> Mike

I've only used lz 0.81 for two days, but I've unpacked several files 
successfully, packed one file successfully, and had a friend who has used it
successfully for about the same time period.  Neither of us have had any
problems.  I have an Amiga 2500/20, fairly standard, and was running it from
CShell 4.01.  The speed is truly amazing!

Darc Tangent
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