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- From: Gerhard_Oppenhorst@bn.maus.de (Gerhard Oppenhorst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: DATAlight
- Message-ID: <A13380@BN.maus.de>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 19:52:00 GMT
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- Bob_BobR_Retelle wrote on 10.12.92 09:08:
-
- > Volker Brandt told us about a "Data Diet" type compression
- > program...
- >
- > That's great.. but.. how come no one else has ever heard of
- > "DataLight"..?
- >
- > How about a little "marketing..?"
-
-
- Hi Bob, Hi Volker, Hi Marinos, Hi John, ...
-
-
- This is an answer from LogiLex, Germany:
-
- We would have done marketing in the US or the UK if we had an english version
- ready. We have just finished the version 2.10 for Germany and the Netherlands
- and are now working on the english version. I think in January DATAlight will
- be available in the US. Our distributor for the US version of "1st Card",
-
- Zephyr, 1514 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703
- Bill Yerger
- PH (510) 845-2000, FAX (510) 548-2119
-
- will probably distribute the US version of the LogiLex product "DATAlight".
- I think the price will be about $99 or less, depending on the order for the
- US market.
-
- As my English is not the best, and you asked for a little "marketing" I will
- now give you a product information we handed out on the Hannover CeBIT in
- March 1992:
-
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- DATAlight 2 - Online-Compression
-
- Concept
-
- DATAlight 2.0 is a TSR-program which automatically compresses all data
- while storing and decompresses when loaded again. For the user these mani-
- pulations are totally hidden. He will only notice that suddenly 720 KB
- disks are suited to 1500 KB and that a 44 MB removable hard disk will
- carry more than 90 MB data and programs.
- Since DATAlight 2.0 is a compatible BIOS device driver program-conflicts
- are nearly impossible, (Incompatibilities with applications are totally
- unknown!)
-
- Efficiency
-
- It may sound unimaginable, but DATAlight 2.0 is able to double the
- usable amount of data.
- With the help of newly introduced options this amount can even be improved
- by choosing the most favourable compressing process out of several.
- Redundant data which exist in picture archives or data base files can be
- compressed more effectively, anyway. This way the resulting capacity may
- be ten times higher than the original size.
-
- Speed
-
- The other decisive factor is speed. It may surprise but when loading da-
- ta (even when starting a program) DATAlight 2.0 is often quicker than the
- operating system without DATAlight 2.0. Finally, less data have to be read
- and the complete DATAlight 2.0 code is written in assembler.
- However, conditioned by its pricinple, the compressing process is intensi-
- ve in CPU-time. But further optimized compressing codes and, above all, a
- new data structure have solved this problem.
- The writing speed when using the automatic compressing has been increased
- drastically.
- By means of additional options, the user has the possibility to decide him-
- self how much CPU-time should be spent on the compressing process.
- And an optimum space saving compressing process can subsequently be star-
- ted for several partitions at the same time.
-
- Handling
-
- DATAlight 2.0 is an AUTO-folder program which is set-up by the com-
- fortable GEM user interface. As soon as DATAlight 2.0 is installed in the
- computer, it is able to work with compressed as well as with standard me-
- dia.
- The co-operation of DATAlight 2.0 with other programs can be arranged by a
- number of options. Limits which have been fixed before can now be adjusted
- in a more flexible way and are pre-situated in an approved standard set-
- ting.
-
- References
-
- Test reports about DATAlight 1.0/1.1 can be found in the journals TOS
- 2/92, XEST 2/92, as well as START 2/92.
-
- Compatability
-
- DATAlight 2.0 supports all ST/STE/TT computers, all TOS-versions, any me-
- mory configuration, all resolutions, all disks (incl. HD) as well as all re-
- movable hard disks, and all hard disks which are operated with ATARI-compa-
- tible device drivers (AHDI 3.0 or higher).
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