Re: A86: Compression Program

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Subject: Re: A86: Compression Program
From: Dux Gregis <assets@eden.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 15:31:04 -0400
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Try starting with [sqrt]EXEC  :-)

David Phillips wrote:

> I was thinking it would be very cool to have a compression system like
> double space and pklite and pkzip for the 86.  Here's how it would work:
>
> -A new variable type would be created for compressed programs (or strings
> or programs could be used, but a new type would be much better).
> -A user defined function [like CAsm(] would be used to decompress and
> automatically run the program
> -Another user function would compress strings and programs to the new format
> -Possible one more to convert compressed vars back to original format
>
> It would be nice to patch into to one of the [sqrt] programs (not sure
> which) so a call to Asm( or such by the shell would automatically run the
> new loader.  Is anyone working on this?  If not, I'm going to give it a shot.
>
> // David Phillips
> // mailto:electrum@tfs.net
> // AIM: electrum32

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A86: Compression Program

From: David Phillips <electrum@tfs.net>