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- From: icebbs@ramlink.net (Iceman of the Inner Circle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: DOOM PREVIEW !!
- Date: 2 Jan 1996 16:28:45 GMT
- Organization: Inner Circle BBS - 304.697.0101
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- >Disolve?! Zip?!?! Er, did I miss something? I downloaded a .LNX file
- from
- >somewhere (memory like a sieve!) and moved it over to my (t)rusty 128D.
- When
- >I tried to run it a message said to use Lynx on it. But on further
- >examination I found that the file wasn't actually compressed, it just had a
- >254 byte header containing the message (in BASIC) and the original filename
- >of the prog. So I used my Action Replay to force-load the file to $0703
- and
- >then saved from $0801 to the end, using the filename provided, reloaded it
- >and it ran! The only compression was what was on the program in the first
- >place! Oh, yes the file was totally intact because it was something I had
- >done and one of the few things I DO remember is my old code!! (-=
- >
- >Now, if there is another Lynx that actually packs the file I'll say sorry
- >in advance, but as far as I see you only really need a monitor and some
- >knowledge to restore these files...
- >
- >Jason (TMR) whos still waiting for Sean (Odie) to actually get around to
- >writing a PKZip style tool on the C64... When he finishes the Amiga packer
- >and the new version of the C0SiNE music player...! (-=
- >
-
- Why make it more difficult than it already is? Did you get rid of the
- extra bytes of garbage? Lynx doesn't really compact any, it just links the
- files for easier transportation anyway. But why hassle with loading it in a
- monitor and hacking it when it just takes a few seconds to use Omega Q II on
- it and get rid of the garbage that shouldn't have been there in the first
- place????
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