Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!olivea!tardis!jms From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: Compressing 68K code Message-ID: <1821@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Date: 10 May 91 01:41:31 GMT References: Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Distribution: comp Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA Lines: 18 In article paul@tadtec.uucp (Paul Chown) writes: > Does anybody out there in net-land know of a good compression >algorithm for 68K object files? I am trying to cram a large object file >into an EPROM that just doesn't have the room. You might try asking that question in the comp.sys.amiga.misc or comp.sys.amiga.programmer newsgroups. There is a program (I think it's called PowerPacker) that will take an executable 68000 binary, compress it, and write it out as a self-extracting file. The idea is to file more executable binaries into what's left on an 880K floppy. Supposedly, the time saved by not having to read in the extra blocks of the floppy more than makes up for the decompress time, making the command faster. I have no idea what algorithm is uses. -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: jms@tardis.tymnet.com or jms@gemini.tymnet.com BT Tymnet Tech Services | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-C51 | BIX: smithjoe | CA license plate: "POPJ P," (PDP-10) San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | humorous dislaimer: "My Amiga 3000 speaks for me."