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- From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Message-ID: <H.NmB62K5bgBw@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Organization: One of these days for sure
- Subject: Re: Packing data...
- References: Re: Packing data...
- Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:39:24 -0700
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- In <1992Aug10.132744.23799@aston.ac.uk>, Auntie Tim writes:
- >I've been investigated packers recently (Ice Packer, LSD Packers, 4Pak)
- >and I've noticed that several have options to pack data as well as
- >executables.
- >...........Someone
- >care to enlighten me as to how packing data is, in fact, useful?
- >
- There's source code in some of the packer distributions, so programmers
- can use the packing format for their own data. Their also handy for getting
- data from a disk whose loader doesn't work in 60hz NA mode.
-
- If you want to pack data for your own files, there's 2 alternatives.
-
- DataDiet from Double Click which compresses and uncompresses files
- on their way to the hard drive.
-
- AFX included in the Questor LZH archive. AFX also intercepts files
- compressed using a special flag.
-
- I haven't heard any major horror stories about either of these, though
- I don't use them. Neither are free. AFX is shareware, and DataDiet is
- commmercial.
-
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- jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
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