dCN_Z20

Short:        Best and quickest Zippy 2.0 for FAME
Author:       schuerge@cscip.uni-sb.de
Uploader:     schuerge cscip uni-sb de
Type:         comm/bbs
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

dCN!ZiPPY v2.0 (09.03.97)
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  dCN!ZiPPY is a very fast and reliable Zippy for FAME using very tricky
but great algorithms to achieve this lightning speed.



Unbelievable features
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 o   100% Shareware multinode FAME door.

 o   Installation via Installer.

 o   Configurable via a MUI prefs program.

 o   68020/030/040/060 optimized version available.

 o   Extremely fast even on slower processors.

 o   Very reliable (Enforcer checked).

 o   Breakable at any time.

 o   Very compact.

 o   Multiple pattern scan (100 patterns maximum).

 o   Reverse scan (not yet).

 o   Global conference scan.

 o   Dir1/Dir2/All/Upload/Hold scan.

 o   Nice design.

 o   Found patterns are colored in viewed files.

 o   Marks already flagged files.

 o   Nice cursor-flagging.

 o   Adaptive to several user settings (e.g. screenlines, screenclear etc.).

 o   Dual asynchronous read-ahead scan buffers.

 o   Adaptive buffer sizes for scan buffers (memory dependent).

 o   Uses hyper-speed Boyer-Moore search algorithm.

 o   Searches, loads and displays asynchronously using 3 different
     processes (real multitasking).

 o   Loads next buffer while searching the current one. Extremely
     efficient with DMA harddisk transfer, because the cpu would
     otherwise be idling while loading.

 o   Totally independent display/flagging, meaning you can look at
     found entries, jump to different locations and flag files
     while the searchtask is searching at almost full speed.

 o   Holds up to 1000 found entries (configurable).