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The *new* DC Squish from Double Click Utilities...

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From: Z4648252
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1989 22:00
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      One joy that a user-enthusiast has when receiving new
software is the observation of the evolving improvement of
already great packages.
      I've already stated that Double Click's DC Squish is the
greatest thing since sliced bread.  Well, add butter and milk to
the sliced bread, which was formerly dry before.  DC Squish just
gets better and better!  DC Squish has now been improved upon in
a quiet but major way.
      We have talked about DC Squish and the PD/Shareware (???)
Packer before on this net.  Packer, when it did work, generally
bested DC Squish in file compression.  DC Squish, on the other
hand, was much more user friendly and a whole lot of fun to use.
      The new DC Squish is just as friendly, just as dependable,
and more important, compresses files tighter than it formerly
did.  Easily, it approaches and outdoes Packer.  Briefly the following
list sums up the improvements and added options:

1.  More compression.
2.  Faster execution speed.
3.  Automatic conversion from old DC Squish to new -- painless!
3.  User options for widcarding and keeping original file names.
4.  Automatic multiple file compression (user's choice).

      Commands engaging the new features are easy and everything
is just, well, friendly.
      Below is a brief list of file sizes for three programs.
Many cheers for DoubleClick.  They treat us well.  Please BUY
their products, folks.  I want more utilities from these guys!!!
I've a feeling that this is just a taste of good things to come.

PROGRAM            ORIGINAL SIZE      OLD SQUISH      NEW SQUISH
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Flash 1.60            137.492 K        106.222 K       97.220 K
Turbo 1.60             52.587 K         26.858 K       23.412 K
WordPerfect (Aug 89)  204.280 K        161.726 K      151.632 K
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[Nope, I don't work for these fine folks.  I'm just a very happy
 buying customer.]

Larry Rymal:  |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>
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Subject: The *new* DC Squish from Double Click Utilities...
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