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CRUNCHER-DOX -MT

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00000020: 20 20 D4 48 49 53 20 43  52 55 4E 43 48 45 52 20  |  .HIS CRUNCHER |
00000030: 43 41 4E 20 42 45 20 55  53 45 44 20 57 49 54 48  |CAN BE USED WITH|
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00000200: 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 4E  41 4C 2D 0D 43 4F 4D 50  | THE FINAL-.COMP|
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00000230: 48 20 43 4F 4D 50 52 45  53 53 4F 52 53 20 59 4F  |H COMPRESSORS YO|
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00000270: 0D 52 45 54 55 52 4E 2E  20 C5 4E 54 45 52 20 54  |.RETURN. .NTER T|
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000002A0: 54 48 45 4E 20 49 54 20  57 49 4C 4C 20 41 53 4B  |THEN IT WILL ASK|
000002B0: 20 59 4F 55 20 46 4F 52  20 54 48 45 0D 53 59 53  | YOU FOR THE.SYS|
000002C0: 20 41 44 44 52 45 53 53  20 28 54 48 45 20 4F 4E  | ADDRESS (THE ON|
000002D0: 45 20 59 4F 55 20 4E 4F  54 45 44 20 44 4F 57 4E  |E YOU NOTED DOWN|
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000002F0: 4F 52 20 4C 4F 43 41 54  49 4F 4E 20 31 20 57 48  |OR LOCATION 1 WH|
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00000310: 35 2E 0D 20 D4 48 45 20  50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 20  |5.. .HE PROGRAM |
00000320: 49 53 20 54 48 45 4E 20  4C 4F 41 44 45 44 20 49  |IS THEN LOADED I|
00000330: 4E 20 41 4E 44 0D 43 4F  4D 50 52 45 53 53 45 44  |N AND.COMPRESSED|
00000340: 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 43  41 4E 20 54 41 4B 45 20  | WHICH CAN TAKE |
00000350: 55 50 20 54 4F 20 46 4F  55 52 0D 48 4F 55 52 53  |UP TO FOUR.HOURS|
00000360: 20 28 4F 52 20 53 4F 20  C9 27 4D 20 54 4F 4C 44  | (OR SO .'M TOLD|
00000370: 21 29 20 41 4C 54 48 4F  55 47 48 20 49 54 27 53  |!) ALTHOUGH IT'S|
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000003A0: 20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D  0D 49 53 20 54 48 45 4E  | PROGRAM.IS THEN|
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000003D0: 4E 43 48 45 52 53 20 43  52 55 4E 43 48 20 54 4F  |NCHERS CRUNCH TO|
000003E0: 20 41 42 4F 55 54 0D 54  48 45 20 53 41 4D 45 20  | ABOUT.THE SAME |
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00000420: 20 42 55 54 20 54 48 45  20 42 4F 54 48 20 43 52  | BUT THE BOTH CR|
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00000450: 41 4D 20 43 52 55 4E 43  48 45 52 20 54 41 4B 45  |AM CRUNCHER TAKE|
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00000480: 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F 47  52 41 4D 20 41 4C 54 48  |THE PROGRAM ALTH|
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000004A0: 4E 47 45 52 20 54 4F 20  55 4E 43 52 55 4E 43 48  |NGER TO UNCRUNCH|
000004B0: 2E 20 D7 48 45 52 45 41  53 0D 54 48 45 20 46 49  |. .HEREAS.THE FI|
000004C0: 4E 41 4C 20 43 4F 4D 50  52 45 53 53 4F 52 20 54  |NAL COMPRESSOR T|
000004D0: 41 4B 45 53 20 41 20 57  48 49 4C 45 20 54 4F 0D  |AKES A WHILE TO.|
000004E0: 43 52 55 4E 43 48 20 41  20 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D  |CRUNCH A PROGRAM|
000004F0: 20 42 55 54 20 49 53 20  51 55 49 54 45 20 46 41  | BUT IS QUITE FA|
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00000570: 48 49 53 20 42 49 54 20  41 42 4F 55 54 20 55 4E  |HIS BIT ABOUT UN|
00000580: 43 52 55 4E 43 48 49 4E  47 20 54 49 4D 45 20 4D  |CRUNCHING TIME M|
00000590: 41 59 0D 53 45 45 4D 20  54 52 49 56 49 41 4C 20  |AY.SEEM TRIVIAL |
000005A0: 42 55 54 20 49 46 20 59  4F 55 52 20 55 53 49 4E  |BUT IF YOUR USIN|
000005B0: 47 20 53 4F 4D 45 54 48  49 4E 47 0D 4C 49 4B 45  |G SOMETHING.LIKE|
000005C0: 20 44 4F 4C 50 48 49 4E  20 44 4F 53 20 54 48 45  | DOLPHIN DOS THE|
000005D0: 4E 20 49 54 20 43 41 4E  20 54 41 4B 45 0D 4C 4F  |N IT CAN TAKE.LO|
000005E0: 4E 47 45 52 20 54 4F 20  55 4E 43 52 55 4E 43 48  |NGER TO UNCRUNCH|
000005F0: 20 54 48 45 20 50 52 4F  47 52 41 4D 20 54 48 41  | THE PROGRAM THA|
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00000610: 44 20 49 54 21                                    |D IT!           |
..... .THE MEANTEAM CRUNCH. ....  THIS C
RUNCHER CAN BE USED WITH BASIC.OR MACHIN
E CODE PROGRAMS BUT ONLY WORKS.WITH DISK
..TO USE IT JUST LOAD AND RUN THE CRUNCH
ER.AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON.
SCREEN....... .THE FINAL COMPRESSOR. ...
. THIS PROGRAM CAN ONLY BE USED WITH.MAC
HINE-CODE OR BASIC PROGRAMS AND ONLY.WOR
KS WITH DISKS.. FIRST LOAD IN THE PROGRA
M YOU WANT TO.CRUNCH, LIST IT AND NOTE D
OWN THE SYS.NUMBER. (IF IT'S A BASIC PRO
GRAM THEN.SEE THE TEXT FRAME CALLED 'FC 
& BASIC'. THEN RESET AND LOAD IN THE FIN
AL-.COMPRESSOR AND RUN IT..  SELECT WHIC
H COMPRESSORS YOU WANT TO.USE (USUALLY A
LL THREE) AND THEN PRESS.RETURN. ENTER T
HE LOAD AND SAVE FILE.NAMES AND THEN IT 
WILL ASK YOU FOR THE.SYS ADDRESS (THE ON
E YOU NOTED DOWN).AND A NUMBER FOR LOCAT
ION 1 WHICH IS.USUALLY 55.. THE PROGRAM 
IS THEN LOADED IN AND.COMPRESSED WHICH C
AN TAKE UP TO FOUR.HOURS (OR SO I'M TOLD
!) ALTHOUGH IT'S.USUALLY 10 MINUTES OR L
ESS. THE PROGRAM.IS THEN SAVE OUT.......
 .BOTH THESE CRUNCHERS CRUNCH TO ABOUT.T
HE SAME DEGREE (I HAVN'T WORKED IT OUT.T
O THE EXACT BYTE BUT THE BOTH CRUNCH.EQU
ALLY WELL)... THE MEANTEAM CRUNCHER TAKE
S LESS TIME.TO ACCTUALLY CRUNCH THE PROG
RAM ALTHOUGH.IT TAKES LONGER TO UNCRUNCH
. WHEREAS.THE FINAL COMPRESSOR TAKES A W
HILE TO.CRUNCH A PROGRAM BUT IS QUITE FA
ST AT.UNCRUCHING (AND DOESN'T MESS UP TH
E.DISPLAY OR FLASH THE BORDER IF YOU DON
'T.LIKE THAT SORT OF THING!).. THIS BIT 
ABOUT UNCRUNCHING TIME MAY.SEEM TRIVIAL 
BUT IF YOUR USING SOMETHING.LIKE DOLPHIN
 DOS THEN IT CAN TAKE.LONGER TO UNCRUNCH
 THE PROGRAM THAN IT.DOES TO LOAD IT!
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