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From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Compactor
Message-ID: <1990Sep10.205758.7075@silvlis.com>
Date: 10 Sep 90 20:57:58 GMT
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In article <1521@camex.COM> kent@camex.com (Kent Borg) writes:
>
>I have looked at Compactor but can't find two crucial features: there
>seems to be no way to spit a large file into smaller chunks (like the
>"Segment" item in StuffIt's "Other" menu), and there seems to be no

There's a way, I read it in the docs. If you output archive media runs
out of space, you'll be prompted to insert another media (floppy).

>option to binhex/unbinhex files.  (Heh, uuencode and uudecode might be
>nice too.)

Correct, but I know Bill Goodman mentioned he received source code
for binhex/unbinhex on GEnie. I assume this implies he is looking
into this.

>
>I did notice that, unlike StuffIt, Compactor is a good MultiFinder
>citizen.
>

Yes! Definately yes!

>Kent Borg                            internet: kent@camex.com   AOL: kent borg
Jim Budler          jimb@silvlis.com       +1.408.991.6061
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