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From: cww@ndmath.UUCP (Clarence W. Wilkerson)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: SIMTEL20 to ban ARC files
Summary: Function of using 16 bit compress
Keywords: lzw, atob/btoa, 7 bit pure
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Date: 27 Sep 88 13:37:37 GMT
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I think the comparisons offered by Bill Davidsen are most
indicative of the effect of 16 bit compress compresses on
Unix system. With a 12 bit compress, I don't think you would
see such a large difference.