Re: FAST EDDIE (="Bernie ][ The Rescue")

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <5f3fu1$lem@news.stolaf.edu>, Peter F Handel
<handel@stolaf.edu> wrote:

> In <9702260438.06IG600@techall.wa.com> norman.dodge@techall.wa.com writes:
> > I wiped out my first virtual dist that I wa using for fasteddy and they
> 
> Speaking of which, what do those virtual disks contain in the free
> space?  I assumed they'd hold 00's, but when I compressed (with
> StuffIt) my 10MB virtual disk, it only came down to 8 or so MB (and it
> was only 2MB full).  Any ideas?

I can't answer your question with any authority, but I can guess that
the program merely allocates the required amount of space on your physical
drive without blanking it. Therefore, the free space contains whatever
leftover junk happened to be there.

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