bin2cas.pl 3.14

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sixxie
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bin2cas.pl 3.14

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I don't know if anyone else actually uses this, but I bolted ZX0 decompression support into bin2cas.pl (uses the "salvador" external tool for compression). Achieves better compression than dzip, but needs a larger decompressor. With thanks to Doug Masten for writing a 6809 unpacker (slightly optimised for space to get it into a filename block along with other features).

http://www.6809.org.uk/dragon/#castools

Salvador: https://github.com/emmanuel-marty/salvador

And here's Doug's repo: https://github.com/dougmasten/zx0-6x09
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I still use this :)
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tjewell wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:24 pm I still use this :)
Oh cool, good to know! The ZX0 compression really is a lot better; noticeably slower decompression, but not too bad (and more than made up for in reduced loading time). It's worth giving it a go (much as it might be "NIH" ;) )
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