Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!apple!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New version of Zoo for the Amiga Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 89 06:05:14 GMT References: <6465@bsu-cs.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: <6465@bsu-cs.UUCP> jbwaters@bsu-cs.UUCP (J. Brian Waters) writes: > > b) it features a much improved compression and decompression routine > utilizing many new tricks I have learned such as using the > upper 8 bits of an address register as a data tag, and self > modifying code. The use of move ccr, also helps. Aren't using the upper 8 bits of an address register and self-modifying code complete sins on the 020 and above? I suspect some Amiga owners with 020 and 030 machines will be most upset with you. -- Michael Portuesi / Information Technology Center / Carnegie Mellon University INET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu / BITNET: mp1u+@andrew UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ The Amiga 1000 -- Support classic Amiga technology.