lzx files

[mrmoonlight]

Hi I have a dvd with lzx files on for the Amiga ,is there any thing on Amiga 1200 that will open this sort of file ,and why would one use a lzx file any help please ,Brian.

[Thomas]

http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/lzx121r1
http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/LZX121r_pch

LZX compresses more effective than LHA.

[AndyFC]

LZX is a compression format (like .zip common in Windows). I think it's a successor to LHA but I might be wrong.

LZX can be decompressed to anything - one LZX file might just have a single picture in, another might be a whole suite of programs, or an installer for something.

Your setup in your signature doesn't list an optical drive so you'll need a DVD drive connected up (as you've said the files are on DVD, not CD), or a way of transferring the files off the DVD to your Amiga. Sorry if this obvious.

[mrmoonlight]

http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/lzx121r1
http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/LZX121r_pch
 
LZX compresses more effective than LHA.

 
Thanks Thomas.

[mrmoonlight]

LZX is a compression format (like .zip common in Windows). I think it's a successor to LHA but I might be wrong.
 
LZX can be decompressed to anything - one LZX file might just have a single picture in, another might be a whole suite of programs, or an installer for something.
 
Your setup in your signature doesn't list an optical drive so you'll need a DVD drive connected up (as you've said the files are on DVD, not CD), or a way of transferring the files off the DVD to your Amiga. Sorry if this obvious.

 
Hi thanks very much for your help ,and I have just installed my DVD drive and it was worth mentioning about the need for a DVD Drive ,best wishes Brian.

[Duce]

Make sure to grab the free keyfile.  

Always preferred Lzx to Lha.  I still remember when I got my '060 card for my A4000, converting nearly 10,000 BBS files from lha to lhx.  Man those old hard disks grunted and groaned a lot.  I thought I was King S*it of Turd Island with that 4091 card and 1.2 GB HD that cost me $1400, lol.

Fun fact.  Guy that wrote lzx was arguably more well known for Xenolink BBS software on the Amiga back in the day.  He was also a really nice fellow and insanely talented.  Anyone that ever ran Xenolink would tell you now, nearly 20 years later - what a screamer of a program that was.  ASM code at its' finest.

Was a real helpful fellow in the early days of the BBS scene here in Canada.

He later went to work for Microsoft in 1996, in which the lzx algorithms were rolled into .cab files, as well as .chm, .lit, and XBox avatar files.  The tech is still deep in MS products these days, so depending on your outlook that's either a good or bad thing

Believe he still works for Microsoft to this day - Jonathan Forbes.

[mrmoonlight]

Make sure to grab the free keyfile.
 
Always preferred Lzx to Lha. I still remember when I got my '060 card for my A4000, converting nearly 10,000 BBS files from lha to lhx. Man those old hard disks grunted and groaned a lot. I thought I was King S*it of Turd Island with that 4091 card and 1.2 GB HD that cost me $1400, lol.
 
Fun fact. Guy that wrote lzx was arguably more well known for Xenolink BBS software on the Amiga back in the day. He was also a really nice fellow and insanely talented. Anyone that ever ran Xenolink would tell you now, nearly 20 years later - what a screamer of a program that was. ASM code at its' finest.
 
Was a real helpful fellow in the early days of the BBS scene here in Canada.
 
He later went to work for Microsoft in 1996, in which the lzx algorithms were rolled into .cab files, as well as .chm, .lit, and XBox avatar files. The tech is still deep in MS products these days, so depending on your outlook that's either a good or bad thing
 
Believe he still works for Microsoft to this day - Jonathan Forbes.

 
 Hey wonderful stuff my friend I never realised a lzx file would have such history and a pleasure to read best wishes Brian.