Hi all, Pursuant to earlier feedback, three new FDI-x86 repacks are available here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b7IE-EsK5R1ROmXTaEvYNi9-kfVvH5wi?usp=sharing 1. floppies@2021-12-16/FD13RC5-FloppyEdition+ZIP.zip This build uses ZipSplit instead of Slicer. Output size is similar to slicer-0.17 with the gzip enhancement. Performance is slightly better because decompression does not use temp storage. The payload in each floppy disk is a regular ZIP file that can be opened on a desktop computer. 2. floppies@2021-12-16/FD13RC5-FloppyEdition+TGZ.zip This build is a split tarball. I tried various sort orders, and ran it through zopfli, but this build is only 5% smaller than the ZipSplit or Slicer builds. It uses temp storage equal to the payload size. 3. floppies@2021-12-16/FD13RC5-FloppyEdition+RAR.zip This build uses UnRAR and needs a non-free encoder. The multivolume RAR is half the size of any other archive format, so it is the benchmark for what can be accomplished with 16-bit code on a machine with 1 megabyte of memory. Big savings come from a large dictionary and solid packing, so perhaps 7ZDEC can be enhanced to get a similar result. * Bundled WIL Files The dists have INI files that can be double-clicked to open WinImage, or used to create a SFX media writer for Microsoft Windows.
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