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From: demarco@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Vince Demarco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SHRINKIT Version 0.92
Summary: Shrink it
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Date: 26 Jan 89 21:29:25 GMT
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In article <8901251356.AA27923@crash.cts.com>, sschneider@pro-exchange.cts.com (The RainForest BBS) writes:
> 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.

> /steve
> system manager

Great steve, if you have it could you upload it to comp.binaries.apple2
Blu works great, except it is so slooow.  If you could upload Shrink It 
it would really be appreciated.


Vince