Re: A86: Pic2RLE v1.1 released
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Re: A86: Pic2RLE v1.1 released
Its at ticalc.org, now (finally).
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Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, David Phillips wrote:
>
> I finally got around to updating Pic2RLE, my title screen compressor. If
> anyone is using it in programs, you should get the new version immediately.
> I made these changes:
>
> * CLEM pointed out a 3 byte optimization to the decompressor
> * it uses $91 instead of $80 for the run indicator byte
> * runs must be 3 or longer to be recorded as runs
>
> I've known about these for a while, but I never got around to adding them
> until now. The last two allow for a much, much better compression ratio on
> most pictures, almost a 100% increase on some. Note that since the run byte
> indicator was changed, you need to recompress all pictures if you use the
> new decompressor routine! If anyone catches any bugs in it, please let me
> know and I'll fix them ASAP. You can download it from
> http://www.tfs.net/~electrum/pic2rle.zip for now, until the new version
> (1.1) is posted at http://www.ticalc.org/pub/dos/graphics/
>
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