Re: binaries postings

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From: mcnabb
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1987 16:24

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  >>> Why is everything posted to comp.binaries.mac uncompressed?
  >>> ... using StuffIt to compress everything would enable more
  >>> stuff to be posted without increasing the share of the bandwidth.

  >> ... use StuffIt before you binhex it, making the resulting hqx file
  >> significantly smaller.  ... stuffing before posting saves not only
  >> during USENET transfers but during downloads, ...

  >			orig file	.hqx		.hqx.Z
  > Orig packit posting	154194		203165		92921
  > Stuffit of posting	66066		90012		81801
  >
  > the .hqx of the stuffit version is shorter than the compressed .hqx
  > of the original!  [technote #176, 4 files put together with packit]

I'm convinced that StuffIt is the way to go, but my copy crashes when
I try to run it on or with RamDisk+ v1.2 (Mac+, F/5.3, S/3.2, cache off).
Anyone else have this problem?

        David McNabb
        USENET:	...!{cmcl2,seismo,ihnp4}!uiucdcs!mcnabb
        ARPA:	mcnabb@a.cs.uiuc.edu

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From: mcnabb@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: binaries postings
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Date: 8 Dec 87 16:24:00 GMT
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