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diff --git a/doc/fileformat.txt b/doc/fileformat.txt index 8356df5..836e04d 100644 --- a/doc/fileformat.txt +++ b/doc/fileformat.txt @@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ The differences are: the file. - ARC and ALF both store the compressed and uncompressed file lengths - as 32-bit unsigned integers... but the Atari can't deal with really - large files. From examining the disassembled code of UNALF14.COM, - it looks like the highest byte isn't even looked at, meaning the - maximum size for a single file is 16MB. I have actually tested the - Atari ALF and UNALF programs with an emulator (and emulated hard - drive) with a file of 200KB in size, and it worked fine. + as 32-bit unsigned integers, but in ALF only 24 bits are actually + used. From examining the disassembled code of DZ.COM, it looks like + the highest byte isn't even looked at, meaning the maximum size for + a single file is 16MB. I have verified this by compressing large + files with LZ.COM, running in an emulator with 'turbo' enabled. A + 16MB file (16777216 bytes) causes LZ.COM to go into an infinite + loop, but a 16777215 byte files will compress successfully, and + decompress correctly with DZ.COM. Author: B. Watson (urchlay@slackware.uk) |