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
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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.



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