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bmyers@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Billy Myers) writes:

>I noticed that More Disk Space is finally shipping, but I haven't
>seen one message that it is having compatability problmes.

>Anyone using it?  Any trouble so far?

>>Billy Lee Myers, Jr.     bmyers@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

I have been using it for about a week now. My system: Mac II,
PMMU, 8MB RAM, 90MB drive, System 7.0, no virtual memory or
32-bit addressing. NOTE: MDS = More Disk Space. Some notes:

1.) took several tries to install. Got to remember to disable
	your virus protection. Once installed on my hard drive it
	wouldn't compress the disk so I had to run off the floppy.

2.) Copy protected. You cannot install from the floppy without
	first entering your name, company and serial number. I tried
	to make a backup floppy but it wouldn't run off that at all.

3.) It seemed to trash Suitcase (1.2.10). Good thing I made a 
	complete backup before I installed MDS.

4.) Performance? Too early to tell. My initial impression is that
	some programs/documents open slower, some faster. Once 
	open (ie. once loaded in RAM), there are no delays. 

5.) Documentation: so-so. Looks like they used MS-Word for the 
	manual -> there's lots of little "." commands strewn
	throughout and the explanations are not very in-depth. 
	Of course I was looking for a detailed technical description
	of how MDS works... 8-)

6.) One option allows you to put a "MDS" menu in the Finder's 
	menu bar. Unfortunately this menu doesn't allow access to 
	the "options" (ie. preferences). You have to start the
	application for that. The MDS menu allows you to (working
	from memory here...) "Make Smaller", "Make Larger", "Make
	Auto" (for SEA's), "More Disk Space" (run program on volumes
	previously selected in "options"), "Make Segmenting" (for 
	compressed files which need to fit on a floppy (size of 
	which was again selected in "options"), etc. To use the
	"Make xxx" commands you simply select a file or files or
	folders and then select the command from the menu.

7.) Lots of options. Documents and applications can be auto-
	decompressed when copied to other volumes. Application can
	be left compressed and still run on other machines even if
	they don't have MDS! Works across a network. Exceptions list
	for applications/documents not to compress. Background
	operation (ie. leave it running under multifinder) with inactive
	time to wait before compressing. etc...

8.) Verdict? Too early to tell yet, and since I have no experience
	with the alternatives (AutoDoubler, DiskDoubler, SuperDisk, 
	DiskSpace, etc.)... Oh, the results: before compress - 89MB of
	"stuff", after compress - 52MB of "stuff".

Craig
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*                            *  Definition of a DOS Bigot:            *
*  Craig A. Heilman          *  One who has never used a Macintosh or *
*  craigh@cserver.plexus.com *  programmed a Macintosh, yet insists   *
*                            *  that DOS boxes are "better."          *