[comp.sys.apple2] COMPACT/EXPRESS

TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (01/09/91)

Jawaid Bazyar says a few things about COMPACT/EXPRESS, among them that
they're not worth the $50 unless you're a programmer.  I gather they
turn a non-expressload file into an expressload file and thus speed up
loading considerably.  If that is true, they sure do sound like they are
worth it for stuff that is no longer being updated.  Two questions:
could someone please describe more fully what they do, including how
hard they are to use, and, what kinds of files will they work on?  (I'm
interested particularly in WordPerfect, which no longer seems to be
actively supported since the beta testers bulletin board was
discontinued -- turned into an Amiga board -- maybe six months ago.)

TMPLee@dockmaster.ncsc.mil