Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!olivea!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Where's the new Stuffit Deluxe? Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 01:07:23 GMT References: <1991Jan20.022804.14682@ims.alaska.edu> <1991Jan21.162229.12425@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <5416@husc6.harvard.edu> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: 1000000011000101, Inc. Lines: 35 In-reply-to: kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu's message of 21 Jan 91 20:02:09 GMT Ken> == Ken Hancock Ken> The new copy we bought at work included a 23-page "StuffIt Deluxe Ken> 2.0 Addendum." Funny, but that wasn't in my upgrade package. Look on disk 2. It's there. They even offer to send you the hardcopy free if you really want it. Ken> Worse yet, is that it was version 2.0 which has already been Ken> superceeded by version 2.0.1 (evidently there's a bug which Ken> doesn't convert 1.5.1 archives correctly). Aladdin has promised Ken> an updater, but I haven't seen it as of yet. I got 2.01 (today, even). Looks good so far. Ken> As for speed, I'll leave that until I'm done testing and timing, but it Ken> looks like you'll all be "treated" to some more rantings and ravings. Ken> (HINT: I've recently switched to Compactor...) It's noticeably faster than 1.0.1 was. I haven't head-to-head compared it to Compactor, yet, but it's definitely faster than the older version was. I still say the Stuffit Engine is worth it for my needs; batch zmodem downloads with White Knight are so much nicer when it *also* unstuffs things. I tend to let them run overnight... When Bill Goodman comes out with a Compactor Engine that works with WK11, then I'll look at switching...but until then... -- [ Christopher Davis - - <..!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd> ] A message destined for delivery in *your* domain is fair game for anything you may want to do, up to and including translating the entire message, header and all, into Swahili. -- chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)