RDMC v0.06b
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 RDMC is just a packer, so it packs a single file into another. I might
make a complete solid archiver in a future, if I have enough free time.

 It's based on DMC (Dynamic Markov Compression) algorithm, as created by
Gordon V. Carmack and Nigel S. Horspool, and implemented by Pierre Almeras
(st0ne) on his winning entry for Hugi Size Compo #7.

 The R comes from "Reiterative", because I've implemented a compression
idea, that involve that some parts of the file may be processed several
times (that doesn't occur in the simple DMC implementations I've seen so
far). I thought about it by myself, but later I realized that it was
suggested in the original DMC paper published in Computer Journal.

 RDMC needs a 386 or higher processor with FPU, and needs to alloc 4.4Mb
of RAM, so probably your equipment should have at least 8 Mb. These
figures aren't too high for today's standars, where 128Mb computers are
quite common. It may run under DOS or Windows, thanks to WDOSX extender.

 RDMC is freeware. Source code is included.

 Being an beta release RDMC might contain bugs. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.

 Files created by the packer are "raw", so they have no header to identify
them. If you try to unpack an incorrect file, you may get either: a message
saying: "Bad infile!" (because infile ended too soon or took up too much
memory), a message saying "Disk Full, can't write" because the decoded
file ate all your disk free space before being caught (rare) or a garbare
decoded file (extremely rare, but might happen). In the first 2 cases, the
fake decoded file will be deleted (the disk full case may also appear with
a valid file, of course).

 For more information about DMC take a look at Gordon's V. Carmack
original encoder DMC.C at:

http://plg2.math.uwaterloo.ca/~ftp/dmc/

 and look for Computer Journal 30:6 (dec. 1987), where the algorithm
was first described.

 You can take a look at st0ne's original code taking sourcepack from Hugi
Size Compo #7 from:

http://hugi.foxfiber.net/compo/hc7final.zip

 If it's not there, then visit Hugi Size Compo homepage:

http://www.hugi.de/compo

 and look for "older compos"

 Once unzipped, look for the directory called STONE

 If you are interested in the WDOSX dos extender, take a look at:

http://www.wuschel.demon.co.uk  (Europe)
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4493  (elsewhere)

 You'll need it if you want to compile the source code included from
version 0.03b . To compile you'll also need the NASM assembler, that
you can take from:

http://www.web-sites.co.uk/nasm

 Finally, the executable file was a bit compressed (13771 -> 13489) by
32LiTE from Oleg Prokhorov, version 0.3a, that hasn't been released yet.
You can find the latest official version at Jibz's homepage, download
section, at:

http://members.nbci.com/jibz

 Last RDMC version always in SAC:

ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/rdm???be.arj

 To contact me, email at:

metalbrain_coder@gmx.net                                        METALBRAIN
