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From: barton@latcs1.oz.au (The Wasp)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Compress NetHack
Keywords: ~700k executable too big!
Message-ID: <8488@latcs1.oz.au>
Date: 4 Aug 90 10:59:24 GMT
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Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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I have tried to compress the NetHack executable (which is 700k ish)
with PowerPackerv2.2a but it doesn't seem to decompress properly.

Does anyone know of a compression program (for amiga) which compresses
a command file and leaves the compressed version executable? (like P.P. 2.2)

I figure this would lower the load time (about 110seconds off floppy) and if
the decompression routine was fast (like P.P.) decrease the overall load time


Doug
baron@latcs1.oz.au

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