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16 bit compress for 286? Yes.

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From: Max Southall
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 05:45
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286 only can compress to 12 bits? Ah, it may seem so, but it 't'ain't
so! Compress was modified so that it will do full 16 bit compress and
uncompress. I think it was fixed in the version of the sources
shipped with BNEWS ... in any case, I have it here.
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From: max@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Max Southall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286
Subject: 16 bit compress for 286? Yes.
Message-ID: <1990Oct26.054526.28526@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 26 Oct 90 05:45:26 GMT
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