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From: ramsey@rbdc (Ramsey Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe
Message-ID: <1990Aug31.191341.22908@rbdc>
Date: 31 Aug 90 19:13:41 GMT
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nicolas@cnam.UUCP (Nicolas Berloquin) writes:

>A lot of people have been using Stuffit to post software on the net.
>This was ok  when Stuffit was a shareware, which it is not anymore.
>Have you tried Compactor? It is much faster than stuffit, it compresses
>much tightier than stuffit, it works in background, and it costs $25 !

Right.  Right.  Right.  I have also switched from StuffIt to Compactor.  I am
immensely satisfied with Compactor's abilities.  One feature which Nicolas
neglected to mention is Compactor's ability to go down into archived folders
and add/remove files, etc.  StuffIt's inability to muck with the innards of
archived folders was one big turnoff for me.  Once again, Compactor whoops
StuffIt 1.5.

>[...] Bill Goodman wrote a little utility that transforms stuffit archives
>to Compactor archives, (SitToCpt) with a gain of at least 20-25% in size.

Really?  Where might one find this niffty little utility.  Anyone with it
feel inclined to ship off a copy to either Sumex or Rascal?

>  So, why bother?

My thoughts exactly.

>                        Nico...
>nicolas@cnam.cnam.fr
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