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Article #21009Re: StuffIt. Please use PackIt!!
From: John Reynolds
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1987 19:46
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1987 19:46
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As an example of the compression capabilities of StuffIt 1.10 as we try to reduce net bandwidth, I did a little experiment. I downloaded the Teltnuag game from the net over the last couple of days after appending the pieces together. A binhex file of approx. 205K was the result. After unBinhexing the file a PackIt file of about 175K resulted. Unpacking yielded nearly 175K of files, some application and some text based documents. I then created a StuffIt archive from the same files. The StuffIt archive came to 87K. Very Impressive if you ask me! As an aside, I found the package very convenient to use. This is one piece of shareware I will be glad to pay for. -- -John D. Reynolds reynolds@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!mcnc!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!sauron!reynolds From: reynolds@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (John Reynolds) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: StuffIt. Please use PackIt!! Message-ID: <950@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 14:46:48 EST Article-I.D.: sauron.950 Posted: Fri Oct 30 14:46:48 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 23:24:03 EST Distribution: na Organization: Entry Level Systems Development, NCR Corp., Columbia, SC Lines: 14 Keywords: StuffIt PackIt