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From: fri0@quads.uchicago.edu (Christian E. Fritze)
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Subject: Re:  Need INFO on "DiskDoubler"
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Date: 4 Dec 90 20:21:28 GMT
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While the poster asked for e-mail replies, I'm having difficulty mailing to him, so here goes...

Jim:

I have been a satified user of DD since the shareware version (1.0 or there
abouts). Disk Doubler does indeed save an average of 50% space per file by
compaction. I have yet to have a compaction/expansion fail on me, but I
believe it to be extremely safe. DD keeps an untouched copy of the file you
are compacting/expanding on disk until the process is completed. Only then is
the original replaced with the processed version. This means you must have an
amount of free space equal to the file size on your disk before attempting
the operation (only really an issue on floppies.)  I was once a sworn user of
Stuff-It, and while I haven't seen the commercial release, DD is much faster
than Stuff-It 1.5 on my MacSE. Stuff-It's one advantage is the ability to
manipulate archives which contain several compacted files. DD can make and
unpack archives but is not as flashy as Stuff-It in this regard.

DD also includes functionality which lets you automatically recompress files
after each use, unpack Stuff-It and Pack-It formats, and is always available
from the Finder.

Lastly, I give Salient highest marks for customer service. I have dealt
directly with them on a number of occasions and always gotten service above
and beyond the call. (By the way, mail order houses now carry DD at almost
50% off the suggested retail: a great deal).

Despite my ravings, I am in no way tied to Salient. Just a happy customer who
uses the product daily and has no complaints. Cheers.
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Christian E. Fritze                   |                            AOL:geneman
University of Chicago                 |               fri0@midway.uchicago.edu
Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology   |   "No one ever died of laughing" -M.B.
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