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Re: Squash CORRECTION and question (was: Re: ModPlayer.app.squfold)

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From: David Meyer
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:45
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In article <Brwr02.Lr3@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu writes:
>Since UnSquash is available as such, why isn't it used more often?  It
>does a lot better compression than even zip and certainly better
>compression than UNIX compress?

$$$.  UnSquash-only is available for free, but Squash itself costs
money.  


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David M. Meyer                             Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
dmm0t@virginia.edu                         University of Virginia
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