8bit/16bit RLE

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8 bit header version. 
 
File format: 
 
13 byte original filename, followed by 
 
[ 8 bit header + data ][ 8 bit header + data ][ 8 bit header + data ] 
etc.. 
 
header: 
 
  bit 7         : 1 if following byte is a run 
  bit 6 - 0     : legnth of run (max 127, min 3) 
 
data: 1 byte : which character run consists of 
 
*** OR *** 
 
header: 
 
  bit 7         : 0 if following bytes are sequence 
  bit 6 - 0     : legnth of sequence (max 127) 
 
data:  (header AND 0x7F) bytes of data 
                : data bytes copied to output stream unchanged 
 
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16 bit header version. 
 
File format:
 
13 bytes : original filename, followed by: 
 
[ 16 bit header + data ][ 16 bit header + data ][16 bit header + data ] 
etc.. 
 
header: 
[lo byte][hi byte] ==> turn into 16 bit int ==> 
 
  bit 15        : 1 if following byte is a run 
  bit 14 - 0    : length of run (max 32767, min 4) 
 
data: 1 byte : which character run consists of 
 
*** OR *** 
 
header: 
[lo byte][hi byte] ==> turn into 16 bit int ==> 
 
  bit 15        : 0 if following bytes are sequence 
  bit 14 - 0    : length of sequence (max 32767) 
 
data:  (header & 0x7FFF) bytes of data 
                : data bytes copied to output stream unchanged 
 
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