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Re: SpaceSaver or AutoDoubler?

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From: Elliotte Rusty Harold
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 12:48
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> I have both of them, and have generally found that SS is faster compressing
> than is AD/DD, but AD/DD is faster uncompressing and launching. This has to
> do with the fact that SS uncompresses by writing the uncompressed file back
> to disk, while AD uncompresses into Memory. This works fine for
> well-behaved applications which do not modify themselves.
> 

	If anyone knows of specific applications which are incompatible with 
Autodoubler either because they modify their resources or for any other reason 
could you please let me know for possible inclusion in the FAQ?  I'd like 
similar information if anyone has it for More Disk Space and Stuffit 
SpaceSaver.  In general I'm only interested in conflicts between the latest 
version of the two conflicting softwares.  Eventually I will probably make a 
definite recommendation in the FAQ for one of these products and compatibility 
is a big concern.  For now it looks like the nod is going to go to Autodoubler.



> I greatly prefer the AD approach of compressing things unless you apply a
> "don't compress" label. The SS approach of compressing if you put "small"
> before or after the name is, IMHO, less effective. Yes, you can change the
> phrase, but it seems that no matter what I choose, someone names a program
> using that phrase. I left the setting to "small" until I got the
> application called "Small Screen" which then automatically got compressed
> and for some reason, trashed, by SS.

	Is there anyway to mark things as not to be compressed by AD in 
System 6?  

Elliotte Rusty Harold		Department of Mathematics
elharo@m.njit.edu		New Jersey Institute of Technology
erh0362@tesla.njit.edu		Newark, NJ 07102
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