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From: c60c-3aw@web-4a.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: varia
Summary: some responses...
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Date: 5 Oct 88 20:26:23 GMT
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In article <8810031051.aa17439@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> KAPFFER@DMZRZU71.BITNET (Matthias Kapffer) writes:
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>2)  Does  somebody  have the GS version mentioned in the deARC //e docs posted
>   recently on the binary lists ?

Yes, but it isn't much to look at.  It's like the //e version with glitches.

>4)  While I'm on the subject of saving net bandwidth: When distributing ProDOS
>   16  (oops,  GS/OS)  software (to be more specific: OMF files), it should be
>   ensured  that  they  are  in the shortest V2 format by applying the COMPACT
>   utility  from  APW.   Free Term GS, for example, will go down from 63488 to
>   44838  bytes,  a  reduction  by  29% !  Of course, this is directed more to
>   programmers.   (I've  even  seen  commercial programs which I could back up
>   from two onto one disk with the help of COMPACT !)

COMPACT is nice, but not everyone has it.  Stick to BLU until something like
"BLU GS" comes out...

>______________________________________________________________________________
>M a t t h i a s   K a p f f e r
>
>email:  BITNET   : KAPFFER@DMZRZU71

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