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| 2966.1 | Look out! Behind you! | SUBURB::BOYDA | | Fri Sep 29 1989 13:18 | 4 |
| Where do we 'floppy disk based users' obtain a copy of this most
useful utility ????
Al.
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| 2966.2 | | WJG::GUINEAU | Impossible Concentration | Fri Sep 29 1989 14:15 | 4 |
| There's a POWERPACKER22A.ZOO on WJG::AMIGA:. This looks like 2.2a whereas
the base note says 2.3a...
Jon
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| 2966.3 | | DICKNS::MACDONALD | WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25 | Fri Sep 29 1989 14:22 | 1 |
| 2.3a is the latest.
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| 2966.4 | PowerPacker questions... | SMAUG::SPODARYK | Binary Throttle | Fri Jan 05 1990 19:46 | 10 |
| Where would V2.3a be located?
Is this primarily useful for 'crunching' executables? Can I
'crunch' my IFF pictures, and then have PowerPacker 'expand'
them automagically for viewing with something like Superview?
What kind of performance hit does the 'de-crunching' phase
take when you want to run an application?
~Steve
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| 2966.5 | | POBOX::ANDREWS | I'm the NRA | Fri Jan 05 1990 22:17 | 11 |
| It can crunch executables and text files, but you have to use the
'more' program included to view those files.
It won't do iff pictures, but I have seen one that does something
like that. If I run across it soon, i'll upload it.
It does seem make some programs load faster, but the de-crunch part
sometimes offsets that speed.
I have noticed that many crunched programs eat memory but does not
give it back. Dunno the reason why.
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| 2966.6 | | DICKNS::MACDONALD | WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25 | Mon Jan 08 1990 13:45 | 26 |
| >> It can crunch executables and text files, but you have to use the
>> 'more' program included to view those files.
You need ppmore to view the "crunched" text file. Of course, you can
decrunch it and use any standard text file viewer.
>> It won't do iff pictures, but I have seen one that does something
>> like that. If I run across it soon, i'll upload it.
IFF files don't seem to compress. For some reason, they tend to expand
when these compression programs are used.
>> It does seem make some programs load faster, but the de-crunch part
>> sometimes offsets that speed.
Hmmm .. I doubt that they load faster. The file is actually decrunched
into memory and then run, so naturally it takes a few moments longer.
But, you'd need a pretty accurate stopwatch to notice the difference on
smaller programs.
>> I have noticed that many crunched programs eat memory but does not
>> give it back. Dunno the reason why.
I haven't noticed that. Have you tried "cleanram" or "flush" to free up
memory? Have you tried running the same programmed decrunched to compare
memory loss?
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| 2966.7 | | SMAUG::SPODARYK | Binary Throttle | Mon Jan 08 1990 14:41 | 13 |
| I grabbed PowerPacker 2.3b off of one of the Fish Disks (#253, maybe)
and have played with it a bit. It does seem like a real nice
utility, and I have crunched some of my larger applications
down to ~1/2 their original sizes.
However, it doesn't seem to crunch anything compiled with Lattice C.
It comes back with an 'unknown hunk' type error. I know the
program will remove symbol/debug information to save space.
How is the compression related to the types of hunks it finds
in the executable? What compression/compaction algorithms might
it use?
~Steve ( no problems with PowerPacker 2.3b and memory usage )
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| 2966.8 | Some IFF already compressed. | AYOV28::ATHOMSON | C'mon, git aff! /The Kelty Clippie | Mon Jan 08 1990 14:42 | 13 |
| 2966.9 | new version available | AUNTB::PRESSLEY | pin heads are people too... | Fri Mar 09 1990 11:53 | 4 |
| I uploaded a copy of powerpacker v2.3b.
auntb::$1$dus13:[pressley.amiga.public]
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