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Re: DOS 3.3 Launcher Enhancements

In article <rdippold.769397291@happy>, Ron "Asbestos" Dippold
<rdippold@qualcomm.com> wrote:

>Since I'm extremely interested in storing and preserving all my
>ancient software...

Definitely.

[...]
>Also, I've noticed that the disk images are often very compressible -
>I'm considering allowing a simple LZ (for very fast unpacking) option,
>so you can pack the images, then have FastLaunch automatically unpack
>them to /RAM5 or hard disk (or whatever fast storage you have), then
>call DOS Launcher.

This sounds like a great idea.  I'd suggest using an LZSS varient; compression
tends to be slow but decompression is very quick, and compression is good.
There is also plenty of PD source available.

>Any interest?

Yes!
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