LZSS (Haruhiko Okumura)

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Name LZSS (Haruhiko Okumura)
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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.

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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)

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