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From: rterry@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Ray Terry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: .cpt format?
Message-ID: <107990005@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com>
Date: 27 Oct 90 00:22:32 GMT
References: <25069@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
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>> ".cpt" means that it is a Compactor archive.  Compactor is the new(er) 
>> shareware compression utility that seems to be taking over from StuffIt.
>> It does a better job of compression than StuffIt and/or StuffIt Deluxe.
>
>Be careful what you say here.  I think that the most you can say is
>that, at maximum compression settings, Compactor usually does a
>comparable job to Stuffit Deluxe, and that its Compression/Time is
>(always?) higher than Stuffit Deluxe (on Best level).

Compactor doesn't have a maximum compression setting...  You only get the
default LZ compression.  Compression/decompression time is faster, usually
tighter, and the app is much more MultiFinder friendly than is either StuffIt
or StuffIt Deluxe.  

My statement stands, but I should have added IMHO.  I am sorry about leaving
that off...

Ray

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