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From: sschneider@pro-exchange.cts.com (The RainForest BBS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: SHRINKIT Version 0.92
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Date: 25 Jan 89 01:53:29 GMT
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Just wanted to pass along a comment concerning the latest effort by a CS
student named Andy Nicholas called ShrinkIt. The latest is version .92 which
seems to have corrected most of the earlier bugs.

The program is faster than BLU2.28 and compresses files by another 50% over
the same sampling run under BLU in the compression mode. When you are
uploading large files, the chance to cut the phone costs in half simply can
not be overlooked.

The program has a super-slick user interface and uses arrow keys and bar
highlighting as well as forward/backward directory movements to find files to
work with. You can pack to and from a hard drive as well as floppy to floppy
or half and half.

The only problem (not really a "problem") is you may have to launch it from
ProSEL or similar to get it to work. I say "problem" only because I have seen
the same occur with other programs; they bomb from ProDOS but work when
"launched"... It is such a GOOD program (and for FREE!!) that to know of its
existance and to not try it at least once is foolhardy as well as a sign of
ignorance... :-] hehehehee

Hats off to Andy for another fine contribution to the World of Apples!!

/steve
system manager

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