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Copyright (c) 1999, JcS Productions.
e-mail : jcs@jcs-productions.freeserve.co.uk

VERSION 0.1 (15/01/1999) 2:20am-
The very first version completed that could be run from the command line.
The program source code was only 25 lines long virtually everything is in
the unit file.

VERSION 0.2 (22/01/1999) 10:57pm-
The first major bug found has been fixed. Program would make any decompressed
file a multiple of 254. This has been corrected. Also added some kind of help
menu. For next version I will include some error catching routines, a proper
menu system and of course fix any more bugs found. Perhaps an SFX option?

VERSION 0.3 (02/02/1999) 7:10pm-
Found another bug in the engine, which has been fixed. It made decompressed
files a little smaller in some specific cases. Here are some results for the
engine:

PKZIP  : COMMAND.COM 90K COMMAND.ZIP 40K
JCSRLE : COMMAND.COM 90K COMMAND.RLE 60K

I don't think that is bad for a completely un-optimised compression engine,
considering the competition is a commercial program. The RLE engine is still
only 264 lines long. I will now work on ways to optimise the engine. Not bad
for a first attempt at compression.

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