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From: Ewald Wasscher <ewald.wasscher@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: gunzip
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 00:29:31 +0200
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On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 17:08, Stephan Walter wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 10:47:37 +0200, Ewald Wasscher
> <ewald.wasscher@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Does anyone know if a mini implementation of g(un)zip in assembly
> > exists?
> 
> I do not know of any. Gzip's algorithm is quite complicated. But it
> shouldn't be impossible to write one yourself ;-)

Well, that depends on who you are... It would take a loooooong time for
me.

> 
> There is an LZSS compression algorithm implemented (see asmutils). I can
> send you a LZP-compression program if you are interested (but it is not
> mature yet)

Yes please. If the compression ratio is good enough i will see if I can
use it in a floppy based linux distribution.

Ewald Wasscher