A86: Pic2RLE v1.1 released
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A86: Pic2RLE v1.1 released
I finally got around to updating Pic2RLE, my title screen compressor. If
anyone is using it in programs, you should get the new version immediately.
I made these changes:
* CLEM pointed out a 3 byte optimization to the decompressor
* it uses $91 instead of $80 for the run indicator byte
* runs must be 3 or longer to be recorded as runs
I've known about these for a while, but I never got around to adding them
until now. The last two allow for a much, much better compression ratio on
most pictures, almost a 100% increase on some. Note that since the run byte
indicator was changed, you need to recompress all pictures if you use the
new decompressor routine! If anyone catches any bugs in it, please let me
know and I'll fix them ASAP. You can download it from
http://www.tfs.net/~electrum/pic2rle.zip for now, until the new version
(1.1) is posted at http://www.ticalc.org/pub/dos/graphics/
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David Phillips <electrum@tfs.net>
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"There ain't no such thing as the fastest code!" -- Michael Abrash
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