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- The future ...
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- The next release of LhA will be version 2.00. It will feature a host of
- new commands, options and will be a considerably more capable program.
- Released at the end of October 1992.
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- Some of the features new to LhA 2.00 are :
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- - New compression modes (-lh6-, -lh7- and -lh8-) offering substantially
- better and faster compression than -lh5-.
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- - Faster decompression. The -lh5- and -lh1- decompression routines have
- been speeded up. Especially on 68020/030/040 machines. The entire
- decompression loop now fits in the cache by using special optimization
- techniques. The new compression modes also decompress faster than the
- old -lh1- => -lh5- modes.
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- - UNIX and MS-DOS versions handling the new compression modes will be
- available.
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- - Repacking of old archives to the new methods can be done automatically.
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- - The ability to archive directly onto removable media (floppies for
- example) without using any filesystem. By using this feature you can
- use LhA as a powerful and fast backup program - saving many disks
- through its unrivalled compression performance.
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- - Disk-Image archiving. Now you can compress entire disks into an
- archive a la DMS, but faster and more efficient.
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- - Handles all new filesystems (DOS\2, DOS\3, DOS\4, MSD and DOS\5) in
- OS3.0
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- - Pipe support.
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- - Vastly improved multivolume archive facility.
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- - Archive locking. A locked archive cannot be added to unless the creator
- unlocks it. Prevents BBS-Ads.
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- - Authenticity Verification. Warns user if archive has been altered by any
- other than the original creator. Ensures the user the program contains
- no virus and hasn't been hacked.
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- - User-configurable commands.
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- - Intuition-driven GUI setup program.
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- - KS2.x link support.
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- - Archive comments.
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- - Extensive logging and catalog features mainly to help maintaining multi-
- volume archives/backups.
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- - Much faster and memory-efficient file collection. Extremely fast when
- used in conjunction with the new DirCache filesystems.
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- - Localization. Run LhA in any language you want.
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- - Workbench Icon/Tooltypes support. (No more LhAX-like extras necessary)
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- - Improved SFX capability.
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- - GUI LhBackup harddisk-backup program.
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- - GUI LhA. Powerful intuition-driven archiver.
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- ... And much more ...
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- Special cut-down versions without the fancy features will be available for
- those with small memory systems.
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- If you have any (wild) ideas, let me know... I'll implement them if I have
- time and consider it useful.
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- Thank you for registering.
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