Re: Compression

[danb@pro-newton.cts.com (Dan Brown)]

In <9310141532.AA13407@apple.com> abrnic@SCTUSY1.SCTCORP.COM writes:

>Hello,
>
>Just wondering Auto-Ark is a file compression program.  Is hard pressed a
>block level compressor?  

        No.

>I saw a ad advertising hardpressed in II Alive.  It sounded like a block
>level compress program.  There was a comparison of Auto Ark and HardPressed
>in II Alive and in the article they both compressed files.  

        The review is right (I hope, I wrote it).  What in the ad made HP
sound like a block-level compressor?

>Could ProDOS 8 programs get compressed with either compression program?  What
>about if they are compressed on a HFS volume would they work?  Could a 
>block level compress program be written for the IIGS or would there be a 
>problem with ProDOS 8 files?

        P8 stuff can be compressed with either one, but it would need to be
uncompressed before use.  Likewise, it could be placed on a HFS partition,
but it would need to be on a P8 partition to run.

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