Xref: utzoo alt.comp.compression:157 comp.compression:13 Newsgroups: alt.comp.compression,comp.compression Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!force From: force@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Pe) Subject: Re: Trying to get maximum compression Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: aix01srv.aix.rpi.edu References: <1991Mar24.152106.6333@pegasus.com> Date: 24 Mar 91 19:58:42 GMT Lines: 19 shaw@pegasus.com (Sandy Shaw) writes: >I am trying to get the maximum compression possible of the following >32 byte hex file(in ASC): >f3e9 ec5c 8bec ecdb ece9 ec12 ec3f ecec >0cbb 8bec 5cdb ecdb 5c9c bbec 8bdb 9cec >The best results I get are using the compact utility(adaptive Huffman). This >gives 21.88% compression or 7 bytes saved. Does anyone out there have a >scheme that can improve on this? Well, if it is a HEX file, why don't you try to compress it by taking two bytes and putting them into one byte (range 0-255)? -- Gently, he stood there, above it all. Only when he turned his steely-blue eyes upwards to the stars did he see the subtle purity that lay within the cosmos. Finally, he was at peace, for he realized that, although he was parted from his love by 300 miles, they both saw the same stars.