XPK sub libraries

Contents

• My personal home page
• standard quality tests
• sub library version information
• Index: ACCA, BLFH, BLZW, BZIP, CAST, CBR0, CRM2, CRMS, DLTA, DMCB, DUKE, ELZX, ENCO, FAST, FEAL, FBR2, FRLE, GZIP, HFMN, HUFF, IDEA, IMPL, ILZR, LHLB, LZBS, LZW2, LZW3, LZW4, LZW5, MASH, NONE, NUID, NUKE, PWPK, RAKE, RDCN, RLEN, SDHC, SHID, SHRI, SMPL, SLZX, SLZ3, SQSH, TDCS

standard quality tests

Version information

Library Name	Size	Version	Date	Author	Comment
68000
ELZX	4156	1.1	04.09.1997	Piotr Kasprzyk	crashs, when LzX is not reachable
SLZX	4240	1.1	04.09.1997	Piotr Kasprzyk	crashs, when LzX is not reachable
ELZX	4156	1.1	04.09.1997	Piotr Kasprzyk	crashs, when LzX is not reachable, for registered LzX
SLZX	4240	1.1	04.09.1997	Piotr Kasprzyk	crashs, when LzX is not reachable, for registered LzX
ACCA	1520	1.0	18.01.1994	André Osterhues
BLFH	11392	2.1	27.08.1998	Dirk Pauli
BLZW	2084	3.2	07.06.1997	Bryan Ford
CAST	26000	1.0	25.07.1997	Dirk Pauli
CBR0	1300	1.0	23.08.1992	Bilbo 1st of Hypenosis
CBR1	1300	1.2	12.11.1992	Bilbo 1st of Hypenosis	equals CBR0 byte for byte
CRM2	1508	1.2	24.09.1996	Thomas Schwarz	crashs on my 68060
CRMS	1124	1.1	02.12.1993	Thomas Schwarz	destroys the source buffer
CYB1	752	1.0	24.04.1996	Alexis Nasr	Should be deleted, use XpkCybPrefs instead
CYB2	4764	1.0	30.07.1996	Alexis Nasr	Should be deleted, use XpkCybPrefs instead
DHUF	6556	0.58	06.08.1992	Marc Zimmermann	has been replaced by HUFF
DLTA	960	0.1	1992	Stephan Fuhrmann
DUKE	3280	1.6	08.06.1997	Christian von Roques
ENCO	900	1.3	01.04.1997	Urban Dominik Müller
FAST	2136	1.10	20.09.1998	Christian von Roques
FEAL	2416	1.5	01.04.1997	Christian von Roques
FRLE	1124	1.0	31.01.1993	Jorma Oksanen
GZIP	29248	1.1	24.10.1998	Gunther Nikl
HFMN	2124	1.36	13.06.1995	Martin Hauner
HUFF	2284	0.64	01.04.1997	Marc Zimmermann
IDEA	3820	1.3	17.06.1997	André Beck
IMPL	4048	1.0	02.11.1992	Peter Struijk	Version 1.0.79?
LHLB	1024	1.1	05.04.1998	Gunther Nikl
MASH	2816	1.98	30.05.1995	Zdenek Kabelac
NONE	812	1.4	19.07.1998	Dirk Stöcker
NUKE	2900	1.7	06.06.1997	Christian von Roques
PWPK	1844	1.0	14.08.1995	Michael Barsoom
RAKE	6604	1.7	01.09.1995	Karsten Dageförde
RDCN	1364	3.3	03.09.1993	Daniel Frey
RLEN	1008	1.3	01.04.1997	Urban Dominik Müller
SDHC	2120	1.1	30.03.1998	Gerd Wieczorek
SHRI	9272	2.2	30.01.1996	Matthias Meixner
SMPL	1740	1.0	01.11.1993	Jorma Oksanen
SQSH	2936	1.10	06.03.1994	John Hendrikx
TLTA	916	0.1	1992	Stephan Fuhrmann
68020+
BLFH	11112	2.1	27.08.1998	Dirk Pauli
CAST	25252	1.0	25.07.1997	Dirk Pauli
DMCI	2688	1.0	01.06.1996	André Osterhues	crashs on 68000
FBR2	1632	3.0	21.04.1997	Niels Fröhling	crashs on 68000, destroys data
FRHT	7444	1.3	02.09.1994	Sebastiam Mulenke	crashs on 68000
GZIP	28364	1.1	24.10.1998	Gunther Nikl
HFMN	2056	1.36	13.06.1995	Martin Hauner
ILZR	3932	1.2	19.02.1994	Jose Renau Ardevol	crashs on 68000
LZBS	2104	1.0	25.08.1997	Niels Fröhling	crashs on 68000, crashs, destroys data
LZCB	13740	0.2	23.09.1995	Charles Bloom	Version 1.0?, crashs on 68000, destroys crunched data
LZW2	1876	2.0	24.05.1997	Niels Fröhling	crashs on 68000
LZW3	2224	3.1	08.06.1997	Niels Fröhling	crashs on 68000, crashs, destroys data
LZW4	2620	4.0	24.08.1997	Niels Fröhling	crashs on 68000, crashs, destroys data
LZW5	2764	5.0	10.09.1997	Niels Fröhling	crashs on 68000, crashs, destroys data
NUID	3088	1.0	15.06.1996	Zdenek Moravcik	crashs on 68000, illegal FreeMem calls
MASH	2796	1.98	30.05.1995	Zdenek Kabelac	crashs on 68000
PPMQ	13604	0.2	23.09.1995	Charles Bloom	Version 1.0?, crashs on 68000
RAKE	7108	1.7	06.09.1995	Karsten Dageförde
SHID	3304	1.0	10.06.1996	Zdenek Moravcik	crashs on 68000, illegal FreeMem calls
SQSH	2232	1.10	06.03.1994	John Hendrikx	crashs on 68000
SLZ3	2068	1.0	25.04.1997	Niels Fröhling	crashs on 68000
TDCS	2440	1.0	05.09.1998	Niels Fröhling
ZENO	2880	1.0			crashs on 68000, Enforcer hits
68020+, FPU
DMCB	2184	1.0	12.02.1996	André Osterhues	crashs on 68000
DMCD	2144	1.0	11.03.1996	André Osterhues	version 1.03?, crashs on 68000
68030
PWPK	1644	1.0	14.08.1995	Michael Barsoom	crashs on 68000
68040
GZIP	28392	1.1	24.10.1998	Gunther Nikl
68060
GZIP	28324	1.1	24.10.1998	Gunther Nikl
PowerPC
BZIP	22600	41.3	02.04.1998	André Osterhues	crashs on 68000
BZIP.elf	67702	1.3	02.04.1998	André Osterhues
DMCU	3152	41.0	31.03.1998	André Osterhues
DMCU.elf	6623	1.0	14.04.1998	André Osterhues

Sub libraries

• ACCA [FILE] - [README]
  ACCA is an implementation of André's Code Compression Algorithm (ACCA). The ACCA Algorithm is rather an improvement of the well-known Ross Data Compression Algorithm developed by Ed Ross than a completely new way of crunching data.
  Author: André Osterhues (osterh00@marvin.informatik.uni-dortmund.de)
• BLFH [FILE] - [README]
  An encryption library that uses the Blowfish algorithm by Bruce Schneider. Four working modes available (ECB, OFB, CFB, CBC).
  Author: Dirk Pauli (dpauli@aix520.informatik.uni-leipzig.de)
• BLZW [FILE] - [README]
  A sublibrary which implements a highly optimized form of the popular LZW compression algorithm. This is essentially the same algorithm used in Arc, Zoo, and Unix compress.
  Author: Bryan Ford
• BZIP [FILE]
  This sublibrary is using the PowerPC processor for data compression. It is based on version 0.21 of bzip, dated from 25 August 1996. The original program was written by Julian Seward. Author: André Osterhues (osterh00@marvin.informatik.uni-dortmund.de)
• CAST [FILE] - [README]
  A block coding algorithm using 4 different working modes. The CAST-128 algorithm used for this library was designed by C. Adams. CAST-128 is a 64-bit block cipher with a 128 bit key. The security provided is considered as about the same as BLFH or IDEA with the same keylength of 16 bytes (128 bit).
  Author: Dirk Pauli (dpauli@aix520.informatik.uni-leipzig.de)
• CBR0 Available via xpk_User archive.
  Very simple cmp byte run 0 compression algorithm. This algorithm is only efficient on data containing repeating equal bytes.
  Author: Bilbo the first of Hypenosis
• CRM2, CRMS [FILE] - [README]
  Interface to CrunchMania.library.
  Author: Thomas Schwarz
• DLTA Available via xpk_User archive.
  This library uses BYTE-Delta encoding. This is a efficient encoding algorithm in combination with samples.
  Author: Stephan Fuhrmann (Stephan.Fuhrmann@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de)
• DMCB [FILE] - [README]
  Library based on method called Arithmetic Coding. Arithmetic coding has been shown to be superior to Huffman coding in most cases.
  Author: André Osterhues (osterh00@marvin.informatik.uni-dortmund.de)
• DUKE Available via xpk_User archive.
  This library combines NUKE and delta encoding.
  Author: Christian von Roques (roques@pond.sub.org)
• ELZX [FILE] - [README]
  Interface to LzX archiver program. See SLZX also.
  Author: Adam Przybyla (adam@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl)
• ENCO Available via xpk_Crypt archive.
  Implementation of a very easy and unsafe encrypting algorithm.
  Author: Christian von Roques (roques@pond.sub.org)
• FAST Available via xpk_User archive.
  Very fast member of the LZ77 family of datacompressors.
  Author: Christian von Roques (roques@pond.sub.org)
• FEAL Available via xpk_Crypt archive.
  Implementation of FEAL-N data encryption algorithm in CBC1 mode. FEAL-N has been developed at the NTT Communications and Informnation Processing Labs. in 1988.
  Author: Christian von Roques (roques@pond.sub.org)
• FRLE Available via xpk_User archive.
  Fast Run Length Encoder.
  Author: Jorma Oksanen (tenu@sci.fi)
• GZIP [FILE] - [README]
  Based on the powerful deflate/inflate algorithm, already seen in the GZIP stand-alone packer.
  Author: Antonio Schifano (schifano@cli.di.unipi.it), Gunter Nikl (gnikl@informatik.uni-rostock.de)
• HFMN [FILE] - [README]
  Implementation of dynamic huffman (or classic huffman).
  Author: Martin Hauner (drizzt@trashcan.escape.de)
• HUFF Available via xpk_User archive.
  Implementation of dynamic huffman (or classic huffman).
  Author: Marc Zimmermann (zimmerma@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de)
• IDEA Available via xpk_Crypt archive.
  IDEA (International Data Encryption Algorithm) is a block cipher developed by Xuejia Lai and Prof. Dr. J. L. Massey at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
  Author: André Beck
• IMPL Available via xpk_User archive.
  IMPL does LZ77 like compression with a, per mode, static Huffman like coding step on the various parts of the skip, offset and length tuples.
  Author: Peter Struijk (winfjmf@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl)
• ILZR [FILE] - [README]
  ILZR (Incremental Lempel-Ziv-Renau) is a fast hash version of LZSS and works with two search tables in oposite directions.
  Author: José Renau Ardevol (renau@els.url.es)
• LHLB [FILE] - [README]
  Lempel-Huffman Cruncher using lh.library.
  Author: Gunter Nikl (gnikl@informatik.uni-rostock.de)
• FBR2, LZBS, LZW2, LZW3, LZW4, LZW5, SLZ3 [FILE] - [README]
  Picture compression sub libraries supplied with CyberYAFA tool.
  Author: Niels Fröhling (Niels.Froehling@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.de)
• MASH [FILE] - [README]
  A library using LZ77 compression and a special method to write matches.
  Author: Zdenek Kabelac (kabi@informatics.muni.cz)
• NONE Available via xpk_User archive.
  A dummy libraries only copying the data to xpk format file.
  Author: Dirk Stöcker (stoecker@amigaworld.com)
• NUID [FILE] - [README]
  A library combining NUKE and IDEA crunch passes.
  Author: D.N.A.
• NUKE Available via xpk_User archive.
  Highly optimized form of the popular LZ77 compression algorithm. This is essentially the same algorithm used in PowerPacker, Imploder and (among other algorithms) in the LZH/LHA packers.
  Author: Christian von Roques (roques@pond.sub.org)
• PWPK [FILE] - [README]
  Interface to powerpacker.library.
  Author: Michael Barsoom (barsoom@netcom.com)
• RAKE [FILE] - [README]
  Highly optimized form of the popular LZ77 compression algorithm. It uses static huffman coding for the 'len' and a three-step coding for the 'offset' information. The major feature of this packer is the highly optimized algorithm for tracking down redundant data.
  Author: Karsten Dageförde (dagefoer@rzcipa03.rz.tu-bs.de)
• RDCN [FILE] - [README]
  An implementation of Ross Data Compression for fast compression and decompression.
  Author: John Harris, Niklas Sjoberg
• RLEN Available via xpk_User archive.
  Simple Run-Length encoding algorithm.
  Author: Urban Dominik Müller
• SDHC [FILE] - [README]
  Programmed to compress especially samples of nearly all kinds better than other sublibraries. Besides the compression of 8-bit-samples like IFF-8SVX you can also compress 16-bit-Samples (AIFF-Format). SDHC is an abbreviation of Sample Delta Huffman Compression".
  Author: Gerd Wieczorek (gwieifjc@sp.zrz.tu-berlin.de)
• SHID [FILE] - [README]
  A library combining SHRI and IDEA crunch passes.
  Author: D.N.A.
• SHRI [FILE] - [README]
  A compressor, highly optimized for compression rate. It uses offset/len encoding with adaptive arithmetic aftercoding for best compression results.
  Author: Matthias Meixner (meixner@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de)
• SMPL [FILE] - [README]
  Library implementing dynamic huffman coding over variations of datastream. Specially useable for sample data.
  Author: Jorma Oksanen (tenu@sci.fi)
• SLZX [FILE] - [README]
  Interface to LzX archiver program. SLZX uses additionally delta encoding. See ELZX also.
  Author: Adam Przybyla (adam@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl)
• SQSH [FILE] - [README]
  SQSH is an library which implements an optimized LZ based algorithm combined with a 8 bit delta compression algorithm, especially made for samples and ProTracker like modules.
  Author: John Hendrikx
• TDCS [FILE]
  "The Doom that Came to Sarnath"-Packer. A Lempel-Ziv-77 implementation with big window, eternal crunching (unbounded match-hash) and extrem fast decrunching.
  Author: Niels Fröhling (Niels.Froehling@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.de)

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