LZSS (Haruhiko Okumura)

File Format
Name	LZSS (Haruhiko Okumura)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression LZSS (Haruhiko Okumura)
Released	~1988

LZSS, or LZSS.C, is a file compression utility developed by Haruhiko Okumura. It was distributed as source code. It uses (obviously) LZSS compression.

There were at least a few different versions of it, but only one (presumably the last) can readily be found.

Format details

The file format is just a raw blob of compressed data, with no header.

Related formats

• LArc - Based in part on LZSS, ported to Turbo Pascal and assembly language.
• LZARI (successor)

Software

• http://cd.textfiles.com/rbbsv3n1/pac4/okumura.zip → LZSS.C (version "4/6/1989")
• http://cd.textfiles.com/pcmedic9310/UTILS/COMPRESS/OKUMURA2.ZIP → LZSS.C (version "4/6/1989")
• LHarc at old-dos.ru → LARC and LHarc sources → LZSS.C (version "4/6/1989")

Links

• History of Data Compression in Japan
• okumura.zip → COMPRESS.TXT