Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!bmug From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: System 7 and Compactor Pro self-extracting files Summary: Watch out! Message-ID: <1991May22.065901.701@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 22 May 91 06:59:01 GMT Article-I.D.: agate.1991May22.065901.701 References: Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 25 In article jblue@mwunix.mitre.org (Jason D. Blue) writes: > >Has any one encounter problems with Compactor Pro self extracting files under >System 7? > >I used to have problems under 6.0.7, but I ignored them. Now, under System 7.0, >I find that I get an alert "application wants 0K of memory. 0K available. Do >you wish to open application with available memory"? > At BMUG, we've found that about half of Compactor self-extracting archive files will barf under System 7. There are rumors that Compactor is being worked on to alleviate these problems, but I can't give you an ETA on a new version. Incidentally, the same phenomenon occurs with Diamond self-extracting archives (though we haven't tried enough of them to come up with a statistically-significant incidence measure). John Heckendorn -- /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarne |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 Phone: (415) 549-2684 | |