Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dalcs!dalcsug!euloth From: euloth@dalcsug.UUCP (George Seto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: AlfCrunch archiving utility Summary: Downwards compatible? Message-ID: <499@dalcsug.UUCP> Date: 4 Jul 88 22:31:57 GMT References: <7012@cup.portal.com> Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada Lines: 26 In article <7012@cup.portal.com>, fireplace@cup.portal.com writes: > The following is an ARC'd file containing AlfUnCrunch (DZ), AlfCrunch (LZ) > and documentation. Are you sick of the horrible speed and bugs of ARC? > AlfCrunch is a lightning fast machine language compression/archive utility > that incorporates the Lempel-Ziv compression algorithm. It is much more > efficient than ARC and the speed is stunning. It is clearly the sucessor > to ARC on the Atari 8-bit series. ENJOY! > > --Ron fireplace@cup.portal.com "I'm not an actor, > sun!portal!cup.portal.com!fireplace but I play one on television." Can you advise if the files are compatible with ARC for the ST and IBM using CRUNCH? I was able to look at the ARC file which was supplied. Was this file CRUNCHED with the AlfCrunch? If so MANY thanks. One other question. Are sources available? I am working on a GIF viewer. and the GIF pics are LZ compressed. IF they are maybe I will have a go at making a GIF viewer. If anyone else has worked out a Viewer for GIF, or would like the Documentation explaining the format of GIF, please advise. Thanks. -- ******************************************************************************* * euloth@dalcsug.uucp || Disclaimer: All opinions are my own unless other- * * /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ || wise noted. * ****AKA: Atari Nut*************************************************************