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From: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Imploder vs. PowerPacker
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.120923.11838@ericsson.se>
Date: 15 Feb 91 12:09:23 GMT
References: <1991Feb7.172728.16199@ucselx.sdsu.edu> <91042.115408GUTEST8@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> <rshaw.0533@theborg.mlb.fl.us>
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In article <rshaw.0533@theborg.mlb.fl.us> rshaw@theborg.mlb.fl.us (Ron) writes:
>I too have tried the latest verions of power packer vs the latest version of
>Imploder. If I do get power packed files, I immediately un-power pack them and
>implode them. on my 2000/GVP 030 imploder seems to do a little better job
>imploding the files (not much but in some instances as much as 5K) and they
>sure load a hell of a lot faster. I use power packer for crunching text only.
>WIth imploder you can combine hunks without crunching the file. thats another
>nice feature
>
>Ron Shaw.....                 The only good 8 bit computer is a
>                              Dead 8 bit compter....
>-----------------------------Mathematics is a state of mind,
>Electronics is a state of being.

I'm not arguing, just asking:

You say that you have tried the latest versions of both the programs.
Which are the version numbers of the programs? Is it the PowerPacker
commercial version?

Does any of the programs have a feature the other one lacks?