Re: (ASCEND) Software compression ??

To: Ascend Users <ascend-users@bungi.com>
Subject: Re: (ASCEND) Software compression ??
From: Andre Beck <beck@ibh.de>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:15:23 +0200
In-Reply-To: <199804150209.MAA08234@guniff.cairns.net.au>; from Gary Stern on Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 12:58:24PM +1000
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On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 12:58:24PM +1000, Gary Stern wrote:
> 
> The question of course what is "software compression"
> 
> I always though the compression was taken care of in hardware ??

You found a Hi/Fn LZS chip in your Win95 package ? And a soldering iron ?

;->

Seriously, the Ascends are doing LZS in hardware using the appropriate
Hi/Fn (Stac) chips. The Win95 DUN implementation is pure software, so
they call it "software compression".

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