Xref: utzoo comp.sources.d:2072 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:198 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!mailrus!umix!b-tech!m2-net!jtara 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 Lines: 19 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. -- jtara%m-net@umix.cc.umich.edu ihnp4!dwon!m-net!jtara "You don't have to take this crap. You don't have to sit back and relax." _Walls Come Tumbling Down_, The Style Council