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- Rumble... Rumle... TADA!!!!
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- Surprise surprise... guess what?
- I HAVE THE COMPLETE TURBO EXTENSION ARCHIVE!!!!!
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- Yes, i have found it on a old disk at the bottom of a 100 disk stack!
- The archive was decrunched, but I have recrunched it with LHA.
- I hope I didn't delete anything when I decrunched it month ago.
- If so, well, apologies, but you'll never obtain it!
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- If something has been deleted are the little README files which always
- come with LHA archive and the Germany docs (if they existed) as this
- is a standard routine for me when I decrunch things on my little HD.
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- So people, here the archive to all those who have asked for it.
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- I will send it to someone to be uploaded to gate.net.
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- However here some hints for AMOS:
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- - Always use XPK compressor to crunch your code. It is reduced even to
- 1/5 with the fast NUKE and a little more with the slow(est) Shrink.
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- - Don't bother about making backups before compressing the code. XPK
- is very reliable. Use XDrop if you are searching a easy to use compressor.
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- - Use xData to automatically decompress the code when loaded.
- Xdata can be used also for other programs and is very powerfull.
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- - Install Easylife extension! It is VERY VERY POWERFULL and helps you
- spending less time building complex routines as it has many new
- commands (and direct support for XPK and PowerPacker).
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- - As you can see I am a Crunch maniac (nothing to do with Crunchmania though!).
- I love spare space on my little HD. I have compressed all my executables
- (commands and library included) and this allows me to store near twice
- the amounts of data my HD would allow me. I never had problems with
- packed programs. On a floppy based system a good packer as XPK can be
- VERY VERY useful! My old WB floppy contains near 1.6 MB of uncrunched data!
- And that was possible with NUKE, RAKE, SHRI and all the good
- compressors XPK offers you.
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- There is not mean you should not use XPK. It is completely safe!
- But not use XFH. It is very complex to install and if you make a
- mistake ... zzzack! You'll your drawer! (Just try to compress a XPK
- file twice!). I think its better to use XData together with XDrop.
- So you can decide what to compress and what to leave unchanged every time.
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- End of suggestion.
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- This is more intended to new Amiga users and AMOS programmers which
- could be in trouble with lots of disks full of their programs...
- This way they can spare space but be able to read the compressed
- programs when needed.
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- M&F
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