Short: Y2K patches for LZX 1.21r Author: Mikolaj Calusinski Uploader: Mikolaj Calusinski Type: util/arc Version: 2.0 ;) Architecture: m68k-amigaos Bugfix release: Y2K dates were set wrong on systems without locale.library. Thanks for the reports to Bablos and Stefano Fenili. Here you can find my quick patches for all versions of LZX 1.21 registered dealing with Year 2000 problems. I made these fixes to be as transparent as possible with special care not to cause any damage to (de)compressing routines. Tests show that everything runs fine, however I take no responsibility for any possible damage these patches may cause, etc. Use at your own risk. Hopefully Jonathan Forbes will be so kind (again) to release an official update soon. Patched versions of LZX should store/restore/list correct dates upto 2033. In 2034 the new revision of data header will be needed as currently the program stores year using 6 bits only; 2034-1970=64 and 64 requires 7 bits. Installation: use freely distributable GPatch program (included) on exe files from original LZX 1.21r distribution (it can be found on Aminet as 'lzx121r1.lha' in 'util/arc' directory). Now choose the executable which is suitable for your CPU and enter f.ex.: 'GPatch LZX_68040r LZX121r.gpch ram:lzx' LZX is Copyright © 1995 Data Compression Technologies GPatch is Copyright © 1997, 1998 Ralf Gruner