Berto,

>> - Epm r7 (now takes second place in best overall compression program;  could 
>>   have been first, but unfortunately the program crashes on the txt file test).
>NO PROBLEM
>I'VE TESTED BOTH EPM7 and EPM8
>Epm r7             416.381    (m512  c02577714692445478672324)
>Epm r8-pre2        415.830    (m512  c02577714692445478672324)

Can you decompress them?
I guess not...