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- From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
- Subject: Re: About my cruncher again...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.191244.29850@netcom.com>
- Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
- References: <1993Jan7.151950.29073@news.tu-graz.ac.at>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:12:44 GMT
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- schuetz@fm11ap01.tu-graz.ac.at (Alexander Schuetz) writes:
-
- >>The number of people who own REU's is very small compared to the number
- >>of people who own C64's. You *have* limited your audience.
-
- >Well, I guess I have limited it to everyone who is interested in a sophistica-
- >ted Lempel/Ziv style cruncher with enourmous speed compared to all known
- >existing ones. Must be VERY few indeed. :-)
-
- Actually, you have limited it to people who want a fast LZ cruncher and
- also have or had an extra $200 to spend on an REU. C64 owners don't
- usually have a lot of money. That's why they bought C64's. :)
-
- >>Won't that be a little slow? No, make that *very* slow.
-
- >That's right, and actually I dont like the idea either.... just get a ram
- >expansion, everyone! Look how much time its gonna save you all.
-
- Which is faster, using your algorithm with a swap disk drive, or using
- the original DarkSqueezer? Hard to say. :) Fast load/save technology
- would probably help, though. Sounds like an interesting project, but a
- lot of work for a rather small audience. I still contend that the
- number of people who have any use at all for a cruncher program is very
- small. How many people have replied to you about this cruncher?
-
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