ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) (07/29/90)
Does anybody out there have any experience with DiskDoubler? Does it work? and if so, what sort of average disk space do you find you're saving? --Gerry ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu maxg@suvm (bitnet)
dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) (08/03/90)
DiskDoubler 2.0 has been working well for me, it shrinks my MS Word 4 files by more than half. The best feature about it is that the DD menu is right there in the Finder menu bar; just select a file or a whole folder, choose Compress from the menu and away it goes -- very fast to use. The support I've received from Salient, the author-publishers, has also been excellent. Dana E. Keil, dana@are.berkeley.edu
cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf) (08/03/90)
ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) writes: >Does anybody out there have any experience with DiskDoubler? >Does it work? and if so, what sort of average disk space do >you find you're saving? With the shareware version, I found that it workedd quite well... on the order of 50% savings was average. And it was pretty fast too. Add to that not having to wait for the application to load, and it was a winner hands down. I am not supprised at all that it is now a commercial product. I have not yet had a chance to install the commercial version, so I can't comment on it yet. +C -- Cory Kempf I do speak for the company (sometimes). The Enigami Co. 603 883 2474 email: cory@three.mv.com, harvard!zinn!three!cory
mlbarrow@athena.mit.edu (Michael L Barrow) (08/11/90)
In article <398@three.MV.COM> cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf) writes: > >Does anybody out there have any experience with DiskDoubler? > >Does it work? and if so, what sort of average disk space do > >you find you're saving? > > With the shareware version, I found that it workedd quite well... > on the order of 50% savings was average. And it was pretty fast > too. Add to that not having to wait for the application to > load, and it was a winner hands down. I am not supprised at all > that it is now a commercial product. I have not yet had a chance > to install the commercial version, so I can't comment on it yet. > > +C > -- > Cory Kempf I do speak for the company (sometimes) I just saw it at MacWorld today and it looks really great! It can compress/decompress docs on the fly when you open/close them! In addition, you can make archive files. You can also double-click on a DD compressed file and have it open DD and uncompress! It looks really good and it is selling at their both for a mere 50 bucks. ------ Michael L Barrow mlbarrow@athena.mit.edu MIT Information Services Consultant Project Athena Volunteer User Consultant Member, Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
warner@scubed.com (Ken Warner) (08/11/90)
>In article <398@three.MV.COM> cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf) writes: >Does anybody out there have any experience with DiskDoubler? >Does it work? and if so, what sort of average disk space do >you find you're saving? I got it. It works great. I like it. It's worth the money. I save about 50% in file size. They sent me an upgrade without me asking. Ken Warner
long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (08/17/90)
>Does anybody out there have any experience with DiskDoubler?
I've got 3.0 and love it. It can open compressed files either from a
double-click in the Finder, or from an SFGetFile (decompress on the way in,
compress on the way out). It's an excellent product. I'd say I save roughly
50% in file size. Another nice feature is that it decompresses Stuffit
archives into their own folders.
I do have one problem though, OF COURSE with Microsoft Excel v1.5. I've
compressed all my worksheets, and while a double click from the Finder will
open them correctly, I cannot open them from an SFGetFile. The decompression
starts, then I get a message about "folders nested too deeply". I've moved the
program and the sheets into various folders, and nothing helps. Any ideas? I
suspect this is not Salient's fault.
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Richard C. Long | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | get out alive anyway.tdenny@psueea.uucp (Tom Denny) (08/18/90)
In article <14667@shlump.nac.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: > >>Does anybody out there have any experience with DiskDoubler? > >I've got 3.0 and love it. It can open compressed files either from a >double-click in the Finder, or from an SFGetFile (decompress on the way in, >compress on the way out). It's an excellent product. I'd say I save roughly... I would like to run DiskDoubler off of a server (such as singleshare), and was hoping someone could tell me, before I purchased DiskDoubler, if this would cause problems (if two people wanted to use the same application, what would DiskDoubler do?) Thanks in advance! Tom Denny/ CSNET tdenny@jove.cs.pdx.edu \ UUCP {ucbvax, decvax, ihnp4, orstcs}!tektronix!psueea!jove!tdenny ARPANET tdenny%jove.cs.pdx.edu@relay.cs.net
Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) (08/20/90)
Rich Long writes in a message on 08/17/90 at 16:11:11 ... RL> I do have one problem though, OF COURSE with Microsoft Excel RL> v1.5. I've compressed all my worksheets, and while a double RL> click from the Finder will open them correctly, I cannot open RL> them from an SFGetFile. The decompression starts, then I get RL> a message about "folders nested too deeply". I've moved the program RL> and the sheets into various folders, and nothing helps. Any RL> ideas? I suspect this is not Salient's fault. Call up Salient and ask for DD 3.0a. It was a bug fix, put together Thursday 8/16 finally after several, similar problems cropped up and were put to the attention of the programmer. In a flash of insight, he recognized where the problem lay, and fixed it. It was subtle, but serious. I don't know if this will solve your problem, but you should have 3.0a anyway. --Adam-- -- Adam Frix via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!200.2!Adam.Frix INET: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG
pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (08/21/90)
In article <14667@shlump.nac.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: >>Does anybody out there have any experience with DiskDoubler? No need to add much to Rich's description, I just wanted to add my voice to the people who love DiskDoubler. It's a very well done product that was well worth the $40 I got it for at Macworld. It could use a better manual, but you don't need the manual at all because it is so easy to use. Adam > I've got 3.0 and love it. It can open compressed files either from a > double-click in the Finder, or from an SFGetFile (decompress on the way in, > compress on the way out). It's an excellent product. I'd say I save roughly > 50% in file size. Another nice feature is that it decompresses Stuffit > archives into their own folders. > > I do have one problem though, OF COURSE with Microsoft Excel v1.5. I've > compressed all my worksheets, and while a double click from the Finder will > open them correctly, I cannot open them from an SFGetFile. The decompression > starts, then I get a message about "folders nested too deeply". I've moved the > program and the sheets into various folders, and nothing helps. Any ideas? I > suspect this is not Salient's fault. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > /~~) /~~ / | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com | Don't take life too > /~~\ /__ /__ | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long | seriously; you won't > Richard C. Long | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | get out alive anyway. -- Adam C. Engst pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I ain't worried and I ain't scurried and I'm having a good time" -Paul Simon