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From: ajbrouw@neabbs.UUCP (ALBERT-JAN BROUWER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Imploder vs. PowerPacker
Message-ID: <565260@neabbs.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 91 16:38:25 GMT
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Jeff Davis writes:
> Does anyone have any technical information about Imploder?  Does it
> achieve its speed illegally?

Me if anybody. Illegally? Never. The speed is due to a highly optimized
decompression algorithm (Peter's baby) and some smart design choices.

> If someone can give a more technical report on Imploder, I may start
> using it occasionally also.

I programmed the bloody thing. Trust me. Technical report? Uhm, I
could rant on for ages, better ask something specific. Besides, there
should be quite some tech info in the documentation. Be sure to read
it before you use hunk-merge, overlay or library stuff.


Jim Graham writes:
> Has anyone managed to get the music feature of this utility to work?
> I have frequently tried to turn "Music On" by selecting it from the
> pulldown menu, yet it remains "stuck" on "Music Off".

Version 3.1 has no music. V3.1 is an interim version with a few minor
enhancements that should have shortly preceded 4.0.

As it stands, 4.0 still hasen't been released due to lack of time, though
we hope to be able to wrap things up shortly.
Anyways, 4.0 will have some quite amazing new music by Paul van der Valk,
some enhanced features, batch mode etc. Also lots of support utilities
and improved documentation.


-Albert

"Want to program the Amiga? RTFRKRM's!"