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From: jtara@m2-net.UUCP (Jon Tara)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Standard for file transmission (really 16-bit compress on PCs)
Message-ID: <1736@m2-net.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 88 07:57:55 GMT
References: <292@cullsj.UUCP> <55@psuhcx.psu.edu> <3980@killer.UUCP>
Organization: M-NET, Ann Arbor, MI
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Keywords: protocol compression source 16-bit PC
Summary: Huh?  It works if you've got the memory...

In article <3980@killer.UUCP>, chasm@killer.UUCP (Charles Marslett) writes:
> In article <55@psuhcx.psu.edu>, wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) writes:
> > Just one thing that needs to be known -- PC's can do no more than 12-bit
> > compression.  ...
> 
> Actually, I have sent several people copies of a minor mod to compress 4.0

Funny, I ran compress 4.0 through the Microsoft 4.0 compiler using
large model, and I've been happily compressing and de-compressing
with 16 bits ever since.  Far as I can tell, it doesn't need any
changes, at least under MS/PC-DOS and Microsoft C.  It does need
a good chunk of memory, which most people should have, unless you're
a real TSR nut.


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