svetozar@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Eric C. Anderson) (04/06/91)
Hi again, everyone. I've been working on my gs unzip thing some more. The un-imploding routine is now assembly source, instead of assembly placed inside a C function. This has allowed the use of a separate (bank-aligned) direct page for the un-imploding code (one fewer cycle per dp-addressing instruction helps reduce execution time). Anyway, the program now appears to be somewhere between 6.0x and 8.4x faster than Martin E. Peckham's GS Unzip thing (as before, the lower figure is for a tiny file, and the higher figure is for a large file). I've also been hunting bugs. The ask_before_overwrite code now works, and the unShrinking partial-clear code may work (I don't have any Shrunk files which tell the uncompressor to perform a partial-clear, so this is hard to test...). Anyway, I'm going to upload this version to that binaries group. Feedback would be appreciated. Other thing #1: where should I upload source code? Is there a "sources" group for the Apple II? Other thing #2 (to Andy Nicholas): I think we've been having e-mail difficulties again. Last week (approximately) I received a message from you asking me to let you know if it reached me. Apparently my "let you know" message never reached its destination. Oh well. Other thing #3: does anyone out there want a shell (.exe) program for encrypting/decrypting files using that "cellular automaton" encryption method? Good fun for the crypto nuts out there. UUCP: {amdahl!bungia, crash}!orbit!pnet51!svetozar ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!svetozar@nosc.mil INET: svetozar@pnet51.orb.mn.org
shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas) (04/07/91)
In article <4512@orbit.cts.com> svetozar@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Eric C. Anderson) writes: >Other thing #1: where should I upload source code? Is there a "sources" group >for the Apple II? You could try comp.sources.apple2, but I'd put it in comp.binaries.apple2 as that will reach more sites. Also, if you upload source code, be sure to mark how you want it treated (ie, as freeware, shareware, gnu-ware, etc). andy -- Andy Nicholas GEnie & America-Online: shrinkit Apple IIGS System Software CompuServe: 70771,2615 Apple Computer, Inc. InterNET: shrinkit@apple.com
lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green) (04/08/91)
In article <4512@orbit.cts.com> svetozar@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Eric C. Anderson) writes: [...] >Other thing #1: where should I upload source code? Is there a "sources" group >for the Apple II? Please bundle the source with the EXE file and documentation. -- Kevin S. Green / lucifer@world.std.com / {xylogics;uunet}!world!lucifer