W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (08/27/86)
Relayed from RCP/M Royal Oak:
Date: 08/25/86
From: Daniel Patt,
Re: LZW CRUNCHER and NSWP7 NULU
I have been using the LZW (or is it LWZ) crunch12, uncrunch12 and
typelz15 series. The speed and space savings are great. I was
wondering if anyone knows or could tell me if NSWP7, NULU, Qlist and
similar programs can be modified to allow both squeezed and crunched
actions. Has anyone heard if this is being done or do they know where
to get the files to allow one to integrate the LZW into those
programs. Any info would be helpful to have.
Thanks, Dan
Date: 08/25/86
From: Bill Duerr
To: Daniel Patt
Re: Crunch Programs
Dan, the "new" programs (NSWP andLU) do not come with source, so
therefor we are at the mercy of the author to modify the programs.
Dave Rand is now in the PC/MS-DOS area and hasn't updated NSWP for
some time. I don't know whats going on with NULU, there is still an
outstanding bug in that program, but I haven't seen and update for a
while. The author said he would modify the program for ZCPR3.
Qlist does have source as I recall, but I think that program is
written in 8080 code, so it probably shouldn't be made machine
dependent by adding the CRUNCH routines which only support Z80 code.
There is supposed be a 8080 version of CRUNCH on its way. Anyway, I
haven't seen any updates to Qlist.
I would like to add BISHOW to you list. I really miss not working
with CRUNCHed files using that program.
Bill