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+The following review was published in the Atari H.A.C.K. magazine,
+in the August 1988 issue (Volume II, Issue IIX) [1]:
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+Those of us who are experienced telecommunicators are quite familiar
+with the ARC family of disk file compression programs. The most
+widely used of the 8-bit versions of the ARC program has been,
+and remains to be, ARC version 1.2 (the archiver) and ARCX version
+1.2 (the dearchiver). Two very excellent programs written in C by
+Ralph Walden of the Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Eugene, aka ACE.
+Almost every BBS worth its salt uses this program to compress its
+files not only to make them take up less space, but also to save time
+on file transfers. A smaller program simply takes less time to send
+or receive. Of course, since the file is compressed, or archived, it
+isn't runnable until it's dearced with the ARCX program.
+
+ARC and ARCX are great programs but they have their small problems.
+They are slow and sometimes show unexplainable CRC errors when
+dearcing. This frustrates and detracts from what is otherwise a great
+program. There was none better, that is, until now.
+
+ALFCRUNCH is here. Despite its cute name it has nothing to do with
+the furry wise guy from the planet Melmac. ALFCRUNCH consists of two
+programs, LZ.COM, the archiver, and DZ.COM, the dearchiver. Files are
+manipulated the same way as the ARC programs do it but they are not
+compatible. The LZ program compresses programs slightly more than does
+ARC.COM, or anywhere from a few percent to almost 70%, all depending
+on file type and save method used. The DZ program works as claimed-
+there isn't much to say except that it works. All of this sounds good
+but so what? Why change for a few percent?
+
+The reason to change is speed. ALF programs are at least 10 times
+faster than the ARC programs. Sometimes they are even quicker!
+Programs which may have taken several minutes to process are done
+in seconds with ALF. In fact the first time I tried ALF I thought it
+didn't work... but it does! Reason enough to change? Not yet? Well,
+ALF is free. Get it from your club PD library or download it from
+SLOWPOKE! [2]
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+[1] The full issue of HACK can be found here:
+    https://archive.org/details/AtariHACKNewsAugust1988
+
+[2] SLOWPOKE was an Atari BBS in the Salem/Portland, Oregon area.