Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!xmission!news.bbs-scene.org!macgui.com!dog_cow From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: RE: LZW decompressor Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 18:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: gunshin.wiredns.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: technocratmedia-w1.news.bbs-scene.org 1384022046 7622 74.119.145.48 (9 Nov 2013 18:34:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@bbs-scene.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 18:34:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:961 Mark P M Lim wrote: > > Just wondering if the decoder (UnpackLZW) is compatible with the encoder > of > ShrinkItGS. The decoder was originally meant to inflate sdk (not shk) > files The Dynamic LZW/1 and LZW/2 used in ShrinkIt are not exactly the same as the LZW algorithm used in Unix compress. There is an RLE step involved. You should read the File Type Notes for NuLib; it explains some of these changes. Dynamic LZW/2 is only used in GS ShrinkIt. -- ]DF$ Apple II Book: http://macgui.com/newa2guide/ Usenet: http://macgui.com/usenet/ <-- get posts by email! Apple II Web & Blog hosting: http://a2hq.com/