Date   : Sat, 27 Apr 1985 14:47:39 GMT
From   : bill%persci.uucp@BRL.ARPA
Subject: Re: Basic unsqueezer

> Does anybody on this net have the specs for the algorithm used to squeeze
> (or more importantly, unsqueeze) things on SIMTEL20?
> Better yet, if there is a C program to do the unsqueezing, could somebody
> post it, or mail it to me.  PLEASE!
> [...]
> Rick Thomas  {ihnp4,akgua,bellcore,ucbvax,just about anywhere}!attunix!rbt

I have a copy of both sq.c and usq.c which I find to be compatible with the
CP/M utilities I use. I got them off a BBS somewhere, and fixed them. I use
them a good deal for squeezing files to be transferred between our VAX at 
work and my CP/M machine at home. At 300 baud, I need all the help I can get!

These utilities appear to have come from the net originally. I haven't been on
long, so I wouldn't really know. If there is interest, I will post them to
net.sources.

A Word of Warning: I sent these utilities to several other CP/M users in the
area (on the net). One (and only one) reported that he was unable to unsqueeze
files that he squeezed on his system at home! Something caused usq to crash
with a core dump. We have not found the problem, but it only occurs with files
squeezed by his particular squeeze program! The rest of us have never had a 
problem with the utilities.

-- 
Bill Swan      {ihnp4|decvax|...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill
...and some days the dragon wins!