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From: etrmg@levels.sait.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: CP/M- and MSDOS-compatible file-crunching?y
Message-ID: <15649.27357142@levels.sait.edu.au>
Date: 5 Nov 90 14:03:46 GMT
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In article <4488.9010311817@np1a.bristol.ac.uk>, andmp@np1a.bristol.ac.uk (D M Pickles) writes:
> Does anyone know of a Crunching/Squeezing/Zipping-type method of
> compressing ascii files, that would work under CP/M as well as either
> 300 baud

yuk

> Any way of reducing the file size for
> the modem transfer would obviously be very beneficial!  
 
I'm very happy with ARK11.  I can get it to you, if it's not in SIMTEL.
The size saved is usually at least half of the space previously used.

ARC is not as efficient as ARK.  I found that it's faster. (Assembly coded)
Both are basically compatible I think.  

I believe I have a version of ZIP for CP/M too, but haven't tried it yet.  
Actually just found it after searching for a while thru my collection.
ZIP099 ??   Is there something newer or has someone used this?

> Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
There you go.

> David Pickles                                       andmp@uk.ac.bristol.np1a


Ronn