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From: gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe (Compactor)
Message-ID: <1990Aug31.052649.1202@clark.edu>
Date: 31 Aug 90 05:26:46 GMT
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Organization: Apple*Van - Apple Users Group of Vancouver, WA [206/253-9389]
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In-Reply-To: message from favorini-francis@cs.yale.edu

> Someone mentioned PKZIP a while back.  Is it my imagination or does this
> program (available for IBM PC's and clones) blow away any Mac program in
> speed, if not compression?  It takes about 10 seconds for 100 K and 
> regularly compresses files by at least 50%.  It would be great if the
> authors would write a Mac version.  Any comments?

I am sorry, but it is your imagination.  At work we regularly deal with
Stuffit and PKZip archives, and compressing the same file (the SAME file) with
either program results in the stuffit archive being smaller.....and of course
any timings on speed can not be stated, as there is a far difference in
architecture between an 030 Mac and a 386 IBM.

Gary
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