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	I know there's been a discussion going on about compression
utilities, and I've found it very informative.  I am interested
in purchasing one of two utilites, either AutoDoubler (AD) or More Disk
Space (MDS), and I have some specific questions about the two.

	In a recent MacWorld Article, David Pogue compared many
different compression programs, including DiskDoubler and Superdisk.
He raised some pros and cons about both, and I want to ask if those
also apply to AD & MDS.

1) Does AD or MDS change a file's type?
	If the file's type is changed, "utilities like On Location and
	Disinfectant can't read their contents."  This also means that
	you can't compress things like After Dark modules and 
	Word dictionaries (according to Pogue).
	Also, I would want to be able to use Symantec Antivirus for Mac
	to scan a disk with compressed applications, is this possible
	with AD or MDS?

2) Does AD or MDS check for file integrity after compression (checksum)?
	Pogue complained that Superdisk didn't check data integrity,
	so this question is directed more toward MDS.

3) Does AD or MDS delete a file before saving the compressed verstion?
	Again, directed at MDS, since Superdisk did this (bye bye file
	if power went down before Superdisk was done).

4) Does AD or MDS change a file's icon after compression?
	Purely a question of aesthetics.

5) MDS states that it uses some type of standard compression, and
   this means that a file can be decompressed without MDS being 
   present.  Is this true?  If so, how "standard" is this algorithm
   (ie are they using an algorithm Apple will support in future system
   releases)?


I am leaning toward AD, and I am very interested to see if it 
addresses any of the issues listed above.

Thanks in advance
	Mark Bubien


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