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- The MRBackup Compressor
- Version 2.00, 03/28/93
-
- The compressor is a free-running application typically started by MRBackup
- to perform data compression/decompression services. When MRBackup requires
- these services, it enters into a "dialogue" with the Compressor. By
- separating the compression services from the MRBackup program, the MRBackup
- program is smaller. Compression performance is also enhanced by the
- streaming of data to/from the compressor (actual data movement is
- minimized).
-
- The compressor is implemented as a small overlayed program. Upon startup,
- it first checks to see if a copy of Compressor is already running. If so,
- it exits immediately (only one instance of Compressor may be run at one
- time). Otherwise, it creates a public port named "MRCompress". When it is
- idle, very little memory resources are required. When it becomes active,
- the primary code segment is "rolled in" and memory is allocated for the
- compression/decompression tables.
-
- The compressor should normally be kept in the same directory where the
- MRBackup program is stored. The logical name "MRBackup:" should point to
- this directory. If you wish to preload the compressor so that MRBackup
- will always find it available, simply issue the following command, either
- from the CLI or from your s:user-startup script:
-
- RUN <nil: >nil: MRBackup:Compressor
-
- If you wish to stop the compressor, just issue the following command from
- the CLI:
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- MRBackup:Compressor quit
-
- The following compressor executables are provided:
-
- · Compressor
- Compressor with overlays, will run on any Amiga
-
- · Compressor.No_Overlays
- Compressor without overlays, will run on any Amiga
-
- · Compressor_020
- Compressor with overlays, optimized for accelerated Amigas
-
- · Compressor_020.No_Overlays
- Compressor without overlays, optimized for accelerated Amigas
-
- The overlayed configuration requires very little memory when it is idle
- since the compression code segment is removed from memory. This is
- normally the preferred version to use. However, this also means that the
- Compressor program file must be readily accessible so that the overlay
- segments can be accessed quickly. If you are in a situation where you must
- run MRBackup from floppy disk, you may prefer to use the non-overlayed
- version. To do this, simply rename the overlayed version to
- "Compressor.Overlays" and rename the non-overlayed version to "Compressor".
- DO NOT attempt to run the 020 versions of the Compressor on a stock 68000
- machine. These versions contain instruction codes not supported by the
- 68000 processor. Attempting to run them will crash your system.
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