[comp.sys.amiga] source to lzh

a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) (10/24/89)

In Msg-ID: <5687@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu writes:
}
} I would REALLY like to get a copy of that optimized version (source)
} [ ... ] If you could mail me a copy of that source,
}
   I have had several requests for this source now. It runs about 42K
 lharced, which will open up to about 60K uuencoded. MindLink charges
 by the K for Email, so I could soon run up a good bill here.
   So, instead what I'll do is tell you where you can get it:
 Frog Hollow (604)-469-0264 The file is called LHSRC.LZH and it is in
 section D0: (Think CP/M ;-). Frog Hollow uses ZMD to manage file
 transfers. Type ZMD alone to get info.
   It may well save you some LD charges to check your local IBMish
 boards first.
<-Harvey

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  They call it a medium, because it is neither rare nor well done."

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rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu (Brewski Rogers) (10/24/89)

mail bounced, (am I doing something wrong with these uucp addresses?)
so:
>
>    When I first got LHarc, it seemed to me this was a program
>  crying for optimization. It compresses like a hot damn,
>  but it is so slow. I looked around local boards & found some
>  IBM source in C & asssembly (Version 1.13c). This is direct
>  from Japan I believe. I decided I was _not_ going to learn
>  80x86 assembly to port the program.

>                                                 -L.Cohen
>      Harvey Taylor      Meta Media Productions
>       uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Harvey_Taylor
>               a186@mindlink.UUCP


I got a version of that source that was all in C (non-optimized version,
I guess.) In trying to speed it up, I ended up recoding a bit of it
into assembly, and finally did get it to go about 2 times faster decompressing.
Unfortunately, for what I wanted it for, that wasn't nearly fast enough.
I would REALLY like to get a copy of that optimized version (source) you have.
My 8086 is a little rusty, but it would come in pretty handy to know what
tricks they used that I didn't think of. (Especially since I don't know
exactly how the thing works!)
If you could mail me a copy of that source, I'd really appreciate it.
thanks (as usual) in advance.
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raz%kilowatt@Sun.COM (Steve -Raz- Berry) (10/27/89)

In article <617@mindlink.UUCP> a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) writes:
>In Msg-ID: <5687@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu writes:
)}
)} I would REALLY like to get a copy of that optimized version (source)
)} [ ... ] If you could mail me a copy of that source,
)}
)   I have had several requests for this source now. It runs about 42K
) lharced, which will open up to about 60K uuencoded. MindLink charges
) by the K for Email, so I could soon run up a good bill here.
)   So, instead what I'll do is tell you where you can get it:

	[description of Frog Hollow BBS deleted...]

If you can get this file to me, or even better yet to the moderator
it can be posted and archived for all to use.

If you (Harvey that is) don't want to incurr this one time cost, then
if some other kind soul could send a copy our way (page%swap@sun.com
or raz%kilowatt@sun.com) I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate it.

)      Harvey Taylor      Meta Media Productions
)       uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Harvey_Taylor

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