Re: LZ: Compression program

Subject: Re: LZ: Compression program
From: barrym <barrym@neosoft.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 13:01:14 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <3232ea12.4378373@srvr5.engin.umich.edu>

On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Eric Linenberg wrote:

> I do not understand-- why could you not just compress the high score
> too
> 
> 1. have all programs on calc compresses
> 2. when you run a program it decomresses and deletes origional
> compressed file
> 3. when you exit a program it recomresses and deletes uncompressed
> file

That would work but it would require that the compressor be
on the calc, using up a 1 or 2 k of extra ram.  By leaving
the beginning of the string uncompressed, the uncompressed
program can write the high score into the an uncompressed
area of the compressed program.  No re-compression is
needed.

Barry

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