rousom@mercedes.misemi ( development) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar21.003501.3921@agate.berkeley.edu> bclee@ocf.berkeley.edu (Bob C. Lee) writes: > > First of all, how much will DD slow down my Mac? I know that it > runs transparent to the user, but is there a noticeable difference > as applications or documents are opened? I use DD and am a satifified customer, almost. No, it does not seem to affect my Plus. You do get to see the automatic decompression upon opening and compression upon closing. I don't find it a problem, but speed demons might. My Plus has 4Meg of memory. > Second, how convenient is it to install the program? .... Its Easy. The manual is quite readable, thin, and the work is trivial. > Oh, btw, does DD compatible with System 7.0? This Sys7.0 stuff > has really gotten my undivided attention. Don't know, and yes I am just as worried about many of my software packages breaking, requiring $$$$ upgrades, with System 7.0. Progress? I have an old GCC 40Meg External drive (FX40). Its noisy, but works well. I purchased DD with the intent of extending the life of my disk by using compression. DD breaks the GCC supplied software spooler for the imagewriter. If I want the spooler to work and not waste a box of paper the DD init must be removed. If I want compression then I must disable the GCC spooler, for printing . One of lifes little annoyances that I probably won't fix until I see what software upgrades are required for a Plus under System 7.0. The Canadian prices for hardware & software are outrageous. I am a satified customer of the DD product and have no affiliation with DD or Salient. Now if I could only get my spooler back! -- ============================================================================ Paul Rousom (613)592-2122 Internet: mitel!rousom@uunet Usenet: ...!uunet!mitel!rousom ===========================================================================
edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu (03/28/91)
In article <1991Mar21.003501.3921@agate.berkeley.edu> bclee@ocf.berkeley.edu (Bob C. Lee) writes: > Oh, btw, does DD compatible with System 7.0? This Sys7.0 stuff > has really gotten my undivided attention. I just got DD and put it on my Mac running System 7.0b4. While the application seems to run fine, the DD menu doesn't show up, so I can't do anything in the Finder, nor can I set preferences. This is version 3.1.1 of DD; is there a later one? Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy