Hi guys,
in the MSX scene there is currently a rush regarding UnZIP tools, which are based on the "deflate" algorythm, which is used for ZIP archives, GZIP (GZ) files, PNG graphics etc.
- GuyveR800 released the
first UnZIP tool for ZIP archives ever for the MSX in July this year
- Grauw released the first version of
Gunzip in October, which is for GZ(ip) files
- as it's open source Louthrax was able to release his tool
SofaUnZip for ZIP archives only 9 days later, which can even handle long filenames and subdirectories
- Grauw and Wouter managed to improve the speed of the uncompressor a lot, and so yesterday Wouter
released his modified version of the Deflate uncompressor as well
- I am currently working on a version for SymbOS
So we will have 5 different Un(G)Zip tools for the MSX within one year, which is quite funny. The SymbOS version, which will support both ZIP and GZ files, of course will run on all supported platforms, so on the EP as well
I just wonder if someone is interested in building a version for EXOS directly? Using the source codes of Grauw or Wouter should be quite easy (I will release my as well as soon as it is finished).
CU,
Prodatron