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From: doctorj@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey W Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Imploder vs. PowerPacker
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.010026.16358@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 91 01:00:26 GMT
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In article <1991Feb7.152324@monet.ucdavis.edu> ez002266@monet.ucdavis.edu () writes:
>Definitely use Imploder instead of PowerPacker.
>Imploder compresses faster
>Imploder decompresses TWICE AS FAST
>Imploder consistently makes smaller compressed files
>Imploder is way cool!
>
>There is supposed to be an even more cool Version 4.0 of Imploder coming out
>soon.
>
>-bruce
Which version of PowerPacker are you referring to?  PowerPacker
Professional compresses files 40-50 times faster than PowerPacker 2.3b.
It also compresses the files more.  I recrunched my commands directory
with PowerPacker Professional and recovered an additional 1.2Meg
of space on the HD.  Powerpacker also has several neat utilities for
viewing compressed animations, reading crunched text, and code that you
may incorporate into your own programs to utilize the crunched files.

I don't notice any real difference in speed between the PowerPacker and
Turbo Imploder v3.0.  I trust the files produced by PowerPacker.  Does
anyone have any technical information about Imploder?  Does it achieve its
speed illegally?

If someone can give a more technical report on Imploder, I may start using
it occasionally also.

These are my opinions and experiences.  No Flames!
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