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From: Javier Ventoso <javier0003@mundivia.es>
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Subject: Compressing TIMs...
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 01:39:35 +0200
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Hi All,

A few days ago, I started to code a ms-dos program to compress 
TIMs in PSX main memory and restore it in frame buffer.
You can download the program 'TimZip' ( with sources ) and an 
example in my page: http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~javier/
This is a Beta version, only works with 4/8 bits TIM formats, 
I've only implemented RLE encoding method, I've tested Huffman tress 
encoding but it doesn't compress enought.
Anyway, if your TIMs hasn't got some blocks of lines with the 
same color, your compress TIM could be greater than original TIM!!!.

Next updates: Full TIMs/VABs/VAGs support, LZW+RLE encoding or 
maybe Fractal/JPG.

Cheers.

Javi.