The future ...

  The next release of LhA will be version 2.00. It will feature a host of
new commands, options and will be a considerably more capable program.
Released at the end of October 1992.

  Some of the features new to LhA 2.00 are :

  - New compression modes (-lh6-, -lh7- and -lh8-) offering substantially
    better and faster compression than -lh5-.

  - Faster decompression. The -lh5- and -lh1- decompression routines have
    been speeded up. Especially on 68020/030/040 machines. The entire
    decompression loop now fits in the cache by using special optimization
    techniques. The new compression modes also decompress faster than the
    old -lh1- => -lh5- modes.

  - UNIX and MS-DOS versions handling the new compression modes will be
    available.

  - Repacking of old archives to the new methods can be done automatically.

  - The ability to archive directly onto removable media (floppies for
    example) without using any filesystem. By using this feature you can
    use LhA as a powerful and fast backup program - saving many disks
    through its unrivalled compression performance.

  - Disk-Image archiving. Now you can compress entire disks into an
    archive a la DMS, but faster and more efficient.

  - Handles all new filesystems (DOS\2, DOS\3, DOS\4, MSD and DOS\5) in
    OS3.0

  - Pipe support.

  - Vastly improved multivolume archive facility.

  - Archive locking. A locked archive cannot be added to unless the creator
    unlocks it. Prevents BBS-Ads.

  - Authenticity Verification. Warns user if archive has been altered by any
    other than the original creator. Ensures the user the program contains
    no virus and hasn't been hacked.

  - User-configurable commands.

  - Intuition-driven GUI setup program.

  - KS2.x link support.

  - Archive comments.

  - Extensive logging and catalog features mainly to help maintaining multi-
    volume archives/backups.

  - Much faster and memory-efficient file collection. Extremely fast when
    used in conjunction with the new DirCache filesystems.

  - Localization. Run LhA in any language you want.

  - Workbench Icon/Tooltypes support. (No more LhAX-like extras necessary)

  - Improved SFX capability.

  - GUI LhBackup harddisk-backup program.

  - GUI LhA. Powerful intuition-driven archiver.

  ... And much more ...

  Special cut-down versions without the fancy features will be available for
those with small memory systems.

  If you have any (wild) ideas, let me know... I'll implement them if I have
time and consider it useful.



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