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From: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Compression device
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Date: 15 Oct 90 12:00:46 GMT
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In article <291@geocub.greco-prog.fr> anthes@geocub.greco-prog.fr (Franklin Anthes) writes:
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-I'd really like to find an amiga device (comp:?) which would automatically    
-compress/decompress any files stored on it. I don't think such a device would 
-be able to handle direct access ( it could probably fake it though ). But     
-it still would be a really usefull tool.                                      
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-You're a little tight on disk space? Just copy some files over to to the      
-comp: device, delete the originals and voila you have some free space on      
-your disk. Of course all the other operatations on files (execute,delete,     
-read,write,rename etc.) would be supported.                                   
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-Does such a beast exist already for the Amiga? If not is this a feasible idea?
-This would have to be a Dos device, wouldn't it?
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-	Frank Anthes-Harper :  Bien le bonjour de la France
-	anthes@geocub.greco-prog.fr

It seems like this would be a good thing... One could start with a software
compression scheme and incorporate it in an OS release. By adding one of
the existing processors that can be used for compression and some driver
software, someone with more bucks could get the compression done faster.
The processor may be located on a multi-purpose board with extra serial
ports, or whatever (Video WaffleIron?).

Anything wrong with it?