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From: wendell@medsys.UUCP (bbs amiga user)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Saving Disk Space (was Re: Relying on ARP)
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Date: 7 Aug 89 23:02:38 GMT
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Crunch 2.0 is a pretty efficient program cruncher, but also check out
Power Packer. I have version 2.2A, and average over 40% crunching! It's
written by some guy in Belgium, and can be had off of most BBS's, and
online services. Beware though: unlike Crunch, Master Cruncher, and some
other crunchers, Power Packer on some files doesn't work optimally. It
crunched Jrcomm 0.94A down to about 95K, but after running JRcomm, it
only gives back about 20K. The rest is lost, and neither Sweep, or Flush
could get more than 5K of it back... Master Cruncher only crunched it
to about 110K, but gives back almost ALL of the ram after quitting the
program. 
Keep in mind, that only happened to JRcomm, Emacs, and one other program
on my bootdisk. All other files crunched very well, and gave back their
ram after exiting...