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Re: AutoArk

In article <1993Jan8.055606.10289@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@rambutan.iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
>                          The compression and decompression takes up a
>lot of time, and I don't think this is the fault of AA.

Wrong.

>Worse, compressing is not done only once. When you open a file, AA will
>EXPAND it. Upon quitting, it will COMPRESS it again.

HP doesn't put you through this.  In fact, HP works just fine with
write-protected disks.

>                        Perhaps now somebody can do a review on
>HardPressed?

HP's in beta now.  I have to add some changes to the UI, but that's about it.
As far as I know there are only a couple of people who have seen them
side-by-side, but their opinions are biased already.

Random numbers:
    - MODs were compressing by 20% (went from 11.9MB to 9.4MB)
    - TrueType fonts were compressing by 25%

-- 
fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
[ Above opinions are mine, Amdahl has nothing to do with them, etc, etc. ]