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- From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: xpkmaster.library -- where do I find it?
- Message-ID: <crystal.714629437@glia>
- Date: 24 Aug 92 04:10:37 GMT
- Article-I.D.: glia.crystal.714629437
- References: <1992Aug22.191911.3130@athena.mit.edu> <crystal.714620704@glia> <6_=nqyq.djmccoy@netcom.com>
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- In <6_=nqyq.djmccoy@netcom.com> djmccoy@netcom.com (Daniel J. McCoy) writes:
-
- >In article <crystal.714620704@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
- >>
- >>If you are looking for it for multiplayer - it doesn't work. :<
- >>
- >>I found it through an email tip in a program called Fantasy_Program3.lha
- >>(or lzh?) I forget where now, only that it is 500+ K long in a games
- >>directory. Hit archie again...?
- >>
- >>Crystal
- >> ;>
-
- >Actually, I've used MultiPlayer V1.31 with XPKMaster.library on MODs compressed
- >with XDrop but I haven't been able to get PowerPacked mods to decompress. Since
- >there's a compressor that does as good as a job as PowerPaker with the
- >XPKMaster.library archive I found on a local BBS, I just compress everything
- >with XDrop. No problems so far.
-
- >--
- >Daniel J. McCoy
- >Internet : djmccoy@netcom.COM or Daniel_J_McCoy@cup.portal.com
- >CI$ : 73617,2626
- >Is it me or do I always have to pump money into my hobbies!
-
-
- Multiplayer documentation claims it can uncompress and play any mod with
- the xpkmaster.library installed. It made no mention of XDrop. Does that
- compress things smaller than lharc or LZ?? (size of compression is
- important here...)
- Crystal
- ;>
-